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Bofill Foundation Headquarters, Barcelona, Spain

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The design process began with a meticulous exploration of which building elements should be preserved and restored, carefully peeling away layers accumulated from decades of renovations. The meticulous restoration of the façades unveils the minimalist polychromatic beauty of the original stucco.

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Studio Anne Holtrop adds textured plaster walls to Bahrain pearl museum

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"Stripped down to the remaining historic elements, the missing parts of the building are added by extending the existing walls and their directions [which are] more or less based on found historic foundations," the studio said.

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

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A pale green metal was chosen for the extension The addition utilises a 2009 outdoor terrace structure as the foundation – and serves as the new focal point, opening views from the school's entrance to the cathedral's stained glass windows. A wide corridor connects the addition to the rest of the school.

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"The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"

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The second tenet of the circular economy, as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , is to "keep materials and objects in use". It was launched in 2009 with a collection of eight garments made from a single pilot's parachute and has continued the themes of reuse and repair to this day.

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Places in Time I

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Detroit Modern: 1935–1985 by Peter Forguson, photography by Amy Claeys, published by Visual Profile Books , November 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place Reborn by Pat Cannon, photography by James Caulfield, published by Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, December 2022 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) A.

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Ten projects by RIBA Stirling Prize-winner Niall McLaughlin Architects

Deezen

As part of the renovation , the studio restored the building's existing library and dining area and extended it with offices, social spaces, student accommodation, a cafe and a student bar. The structure has a steel frame, built on top of a concrete foundation that is cast on the lakebed. House at Goleen, 2009.

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The Chesapeake Bay - A Complex Eco-System Explained

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Advocacy spans from government to non-profits ranging from the Chesapeake Bay Commission , the Chesapeake Bay Program , the Chesapeake Bay Trust , the Chesapeake Bay Foundation , the Chesapeake Stewardship Fund , all the way to the EPA and the MD Department of the Environment (MDE). Agreements go back for decades.