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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

Archinect

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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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. We've restored the plaza and podium to its original 1952 glory while comprehensively overhauling the mechanical systems."

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Field Operations converts restored Staten Island landfill into wetland park

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The project consists of a 21-acre swath of land that connects visitors to the interior of the park It once contained five "massive" landfill mounds before it closed to the public in 2001 to undergo redevelopment. The post Field Operations converts restored Staten Island landfill into wetland park appeared first on Dezeen.

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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. Restored Bob Lewis ranch home hits the market in Vancouver. It consists of two steel-framed glass towers linked by an upper bridge designed to draw the air upwards through roof openings for natural ventilation.

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Catifa Carta chair marks a "milestone" in Arper's sustainability journey

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The chair is an updated version of Lievore Altherr Molina's Catifa 53 chair from 2001, with its distinctive bi-curved shell rendered in paper rather than plastic. The material used to form its seat is called PaperShell and is made almost entirely from waste materials, mostly residues from wood production that are turned into kraft paper.

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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.