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SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House

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US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. This renovation reactivates Lever House for the 21st century," said SOM partner Chris Cooper.

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Lever House renovation and restoration by SOM

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SOM revisited the building in 2001 to completely restore its facade. Now, after nearly 70 years of operation, some of the building’s other original elements are showing their age and need restoration. Today – two decades after the facade work – SOM is returning to this modernist icon to complete its restoration.

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RIBA reveals top six British homes of 2024

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It was established in 2013 in place of the Manser Medal, which was set up in 2001. RIBA president Muyiwa Oki described the 2024 contenders as "exemplars in sensitive restoration, climate-conscious design and ingenious urban placemaking". TaylorHare Architects made the list for its renovation of a Grade II-listed house in Kent.

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

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The museums were first built by different architects and later renovated by different architects but harmonically blend into one both before and now. Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht took the recent restoration work, which won the competition in 1998. Yet, major restoration work has not been done but some emergent repairs.

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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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Saarinen’s TWA Hotel by Lubrano Ciavarra Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle

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Having been restored and re-imagined, TWA Hotel has become a destination itself for design and architecture lovers looking to spend an overnight near JFK airport, or simply enjoying an out-of-the-box experience that is easily accessible from Manhattan. Located in the former terminal designed by Eero Saarinen in 1962.

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Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, New York City

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Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, New York City Building Renovation Project, Manhattan Architecture Images Cathedral Church of St. Located in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, the landmark Cathedral has suffered years of deterioration, water infiltration and damage from a 2001 fire. Then there were two fires, 2001 and 2019.

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