抄録
It is expected to develop a technology which controls efficiently the life cycle of buildings from the view point of problems of environments and resources. In this paper we reper we report the result of the investigation into the actual conditions of remodeling commercial buikdings in Sendai city and discussed the change of the facade and finishing materials. The commercial buildings tend to improved or refinished in very short cycle for various factors, including the obsolesence. So studies contributing to the serviceability planning against the obsolescence need to be urgently done.