Former Post Office Transformation Into Futuristic Destination Delivers Lesson in Adaptive Reuse

From a distance, not much of the historic Barbara Jordan Post Office in downtown Houston appears to have changed at first. The facade looks as it has for decades, with rows of concrete, vertical fins jutting from the former five-story office building in front of a nondescript, windowless, concrete warehouse where 2,000 mail sorters once worked. But step inside or up on the roof and the difference is undeniable.