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Finally complete, the Watt Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

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One of Los Angeles ’ most significant cultural landmarks, Simon Rodia ’s monumental Watts Towers sculpture, finally re-opened last month after a five-year multimillion-dollar restoration effort spearheaded by LACMA. Taken May 4, 2022, by Sara Chao. Image via Covizzi's Instagram ©master_conservation.

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Finally complete, the Watts Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

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One of Los Angeles ’ most significant cultural landmarks, Simon Rodia ’s monumental Watts Towers sculpture, finally re-opened last month after a five-year multimillion-dollar restoration effort spearheaded by LACMA. Taken May 4, 2022, by Sara Chao. Image via Covizzi's Instagram ©master_conservation.

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A futuristic Venice Beach villa lists for $5.8m

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Tectonic House was built by the Viennese studio in 2001 with a design celebrating the location’s vibrancy and diversity. It’s currently being used as an arts space. Restored Bob Lewis ranch home hits the market in Vancouver. Photography: Eric Staudenmaier (c) Engel Vo?lkers.

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Treasure Island: The Museum Island Berlin is a Trove of Art, Architecture and History

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The king’s successor, King Frederick William IV, after 11 years of the Altes Museum’s completion in 1830, decided to rebuild the Spree Island into “ a sanctuary for art and science.”. Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht took the recent restoration work, which won the competition in 1998. DE) via Wikimedia Commons. Alte Nationalgalerie.

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"Longest cable-stayed bridge" in North America nears completion above Detroit River

Deezen

Work on the bridge began in 2018, after a 2001 study conducted by US and Canadian parties anticipated the need for an additional crossing as the result of increased traffic.

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Hugh Broughton Architects transforms Sheerness Dockyard Church into community hub

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Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a sensitive restoration of a 19th-century church to provide a community hub in a historic dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey. The converted church now contains an exhibition area, cafe, events space and business incubator hub for the local community. A dockyard wall separates it from the town centre.

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Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum steps up slope below Indian fort

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Architecture studio Vastushilpa Consultants has created a museum and memorial in India to honour the victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and celebrate the resilience of the local Kutch community. According to the studio, the Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum has a modular design that can be added to for future expansion.