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On the Market: A French Estate, an Old Pasta Factory, and More Great Homes for Sale This Week

Dwell

Stay on top of new listings by signing up for On the Market , Dwell’s weekly real estate newsletter. Photo courtesy of © Architecture de Collection "This picturesque estate located in Saône-et-Loire was completely rehabilitated in 2008 by Patrick Bouchain of Construire," say listing agents at Architecture de Collection.

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A former monastery and cardinal’s palace finds new life as a mixed-use complex in Vilnius

The Spaces

The Ortiz brothers arrived in Lithuania in the early 1990s, and through their real estate business Baltisches Haus, they set up the IKI supermarket chain.) Down one of these side streets, three Belgian brothers spotted a walled site that had been vacant since 1999 and was ripe for development.

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Save Pawtucket’s Ott Mansion

Architecture Here and There

The headline of this post is the same as when I wrote it as my weekly column for the Providence Journal in 2008. One can empathize with the costs of supporting a congregation and maintaining its real estate in a city that is a ghost of its once hugely prosperous self. The Read-Ott Mansion, 97 Walcott St., Neo-Georgian?

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Eleven of the most under-threat modern buildings in America

Deezen

The building has sat vacant for almost thirty years, and restoration projects have come and gone due to delays and inflation. The most recent restoration proposal will cost close to $61.2 million and the city of Miami is faced with the decision of whether or not to move forward with the restoration advancements.

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Leadership by Design: Dong Gong on Reimagining Contemporary Architecture in China and Beyond

Architizer

Founded in 2008 in Beijing, Vector Architects has distinguished itself by embracing a philosophy of integrating architecture with its environment, prioritizing logic and restraint over grandiosity. The Seashore Library (2015) reflected the real estate and commercial dynamics of that time.

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A4 Architecture’s Twentieth Anniversary

A4 Architects

From 2004 to 2008 the number and size of the projects that we were working on grew steadily. By the time of the financial crisis of the autumn of 2008, we had a staff of six and were working on more than 20 projects, many of which were commercial in nature. We cherish these longstanding clients greatly.

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Reinvestment without displacement: North Avenue Market

Community Architect Daily

In 2008, a $1 million initiative to restore the building as an “arts-focused mix of shops, eateries, and offices” was launched. Even under the previous owners Mike Shecter and Carolyn Frenkil the arts were a theme to revive the market complex which covers almost the entire block between Charles and Street and Maryland Avenue.