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Quinn Evans completes restoration of historic Detroit train station for Ford offices

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US architecture studio Quinn Evans has completed the restoration of Detroit's Michigan Central Station as part of a wider local development by American automotive brand Ford. The flooring and ceiling tile of the Grand Hall was cleaned, replaced and restored It served 4,000 train passengers a day before its closure in 1988.

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Stay in a Puglian castle restored by two London creatives

The Spaces

Set within 37 acres of citrus and olive groves, Castle Elvira had sat abandoned for a century when club-owner Steve Riseley and creative director Harvey B-Brown discovered it in 2018. The post Stay in a Puglian castle restored by two London creatives appeared first on The Spaces.

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Leth & Gori transforms Danish farm into contemporary supportive housing

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A historical annex and a house built in 1930 were both converted into additional accommodation, while an old stone barn was preserved and restored to provide a flexible activity space and storage. Existing buildings were carefully restored using a colour scheme based on their 18th-century heritage. Photography is by Laura Starmer.

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Before & After: A Couple Give a Treasured Family Home a Fresh Start—Furniture and All

Dwell

In São Paulo, architect Alexandre Skaff restores fixtures and furniture while updating a midcentury home that once belonged to his husband’s grandmother. Before: Living room Before: The apartment had been built in 1960 and owned by the grandmother of architect Alexandre Skaff’s husband until the couple bought it in 2018.

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John Puttick Associates expands St Leonard's Church with glulam porch

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metre-tall porch is designed to echo the architecture of the existing building while acting as a contemporary counterpart. The new porch is deliberately designed to echo traditional forms and the geometry of the existing building, while its contemporary expression signals a new start and welcomes people in."

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Light and Air opens up Z House in Brooklyn to the outdoors

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The brick continues into the kitchen and dining area on the lower floor While the historic front facade was carefully restored, the rear elevation now presents as a contemporary stack of pale-brick cube volumes. The interior was completely reorganized to allow sightlines between the original spaces, the new extensions and the outdoors.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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The studios performed a sensitive renovation and restoration that also resulted in the rebuilding of the missing northwest wing and southeast bay – both of which were destroyed by bombing during the second world war and had remained derelict since. A temporary exhibition space was topped with a saw-tooth roof.

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