designboom

MARCH 14, 2025

The post wavy oxidized copper roof tops athens beefbar restaurant by aeter mimicking the seascape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. aeter architects' restrained material palette reinforces the buildings connection to nature.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens has been revealed as Dezeen Awards 2024 architecture project of the year following the announcement of all 15 architecture category winners at a party in London. Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens by Studio Cho.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Local studio 5468796 Architecture has renovated an early 20th-century utilities building in Winnipeg , Canada, showcasing the industrial equipment while updating the structure for contemporary usage. 5468796 Architecture has added residential buildings to the site The station closed in 1986 and was slated for demolition.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Located in the village of Gashora in Rwanda , the student housing forms part of an off-grid agricultural university , where there are various education spaces including a building with a zigzagging roof. More than a symbol, RICA thrives as a biodiverse ecosystem, guided by a meticulous plan for native species restoration," he continued.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Terraforming in architecture refers to designs that move and re-configure the basic ground layer that makes up a region. The following projects exemplify an architecture of terraforming, where the ground becomes an integral part of the design, blurring the line between where the building begins and the landscape ends.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade , Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The latest edition of Architizer: The Worlds Best Architecture a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe is now available. It is easy to forget that architecture, or more accurately, construction, is an extraction industry. Order your copy today.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Architecture Research Office (ARO) , in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP), has today revealed a new plan for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape at the Olana State Historic Site in Upstate New York.

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Archinect

AUGUST 11, 2023

The North American Copper in Architecture Awards announces this year's winning projects in three categories: New Construction, Restoration, and Custom Fabrication. Now in its 16th edition, the Copper Development Association (CDA) recognizes 19 projects across the U.S. Explore winners from each category below.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Chicago Tribune is reporting on the successful effort by Windy City preservationists to save the landmarked vacant Century and Consumers buildings, the “last vestiges of the Chicago School of Architecture” after two years of fighting. Their owners, the U.S.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The 800-year-old buildings were carefully restored, with the original wooden floors, exposed brickwork and ceiling beams among the features kept. Designed by Amsterdam studio More Architecture , the rooms are arranged with varied orientations to provide guests with an "immersive relationship with nature".

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. Architect Mark Stoner has led the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House It follows the building's closure in 2008 after the structure suffered ongoing "water intrusion" due to its sloping site.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2024

The Hillside Theatre by Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin has reopened following an extensive five-year restoration that addressed "significant structural and functional challenges". Frank Lloyd Wright's Hillside Theatre has been restored following a five-year renovation. Above photo is by Tim Long.

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Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

French studio Chatillon Architectes has renovated the Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes sports complex in Paris , preserving its parabolic roof and updating its polycarbonate facades. The studio has updated its polycarbonate facade "One of the goals in restoration is that the same people who come at the end say, 'Oh, it's the same!'

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2024

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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designboom

APRIL 23, 2023

the unfinished belt dormer from the 1990s is replaced with lighting roof tiles that bring in a dynamic interplay of light and shade. The post byró restores historic authenticity and infuses light into old barn in czech republic appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Belgian architecture studios Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx have refurbished a 1960s home in Hoeilaart, stripping away previous extensions to celebrate the "spirit and quality" of its original design. By removing extensions to the home, the original frontage was restored with full-height, sliding glass doors.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco , USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. The new masterplan restores the logic of Pereira's plan, reasserting its clarity and revitalising the ground plane."

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Deezen

APRIL 27, 2024

London practice Tuckey Design Studio has revamped a house in a converted chapel in Devon , England, revealing and restoring the building's original features. According to Tuckey Design Studio, the interior design is also designed to be sympathetic to the chapel's architecture, complementing and drawing on its historic building details.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

American firms Dig Studio and Lake Flato have restored and expanded Scottsdale Civic Plaza in Arizona , adding a series of pavilions and responding directly to existing buildings flanking the outdoor space. According to the team, the undulating roofs of the two performance structures reference the fluid movement of dance.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

New York-based GRT Architects has completed a mixed-use complex in Jersey City, which involved restoring three brick warehouses and adding four new levels. The lobby is located within the central gabled warehouse A double-height lobby space occupies the central gabled roof building and features details that draw attention to its construction.

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Archinect

AUGUST 30, 2024

The project includes replacing the train shed roof structure and waterproofing membrane, along with enhancing Park Avenue, which will be removed and reconstructed in stages as underground work occurs. The street will be restored with an expanded median for pedestrians.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

French Broad House, Riverdale, Tennessee, 2020, Sanders Pace Architecture, 2020. Years from now, serious collectors of architectural magazines may search for that single issue of the 21st century magazine Dwell , absent a major spread of a house designed in the midcentury modern (MCM) manner or a restoration of a building from that era.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2024

Local architecture and landscape studios Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates have converted an Italian Gothic revival-style church into an event venue in Downtown Phoenix. Originally built in 1929 by Arizona architecture firm Fitzhugh & Byron, the structure underwent a fire in 1984.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2025

The roof truss follows a spiraling, interlocking system, creating a self-supporting dome without the need for complex joints. A solar power plant is integrated into the roof, providing energy for both the headquarters and the adjacent production facility. Inside, columns and walls are illuminated from below, casting long shadows.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The restoration cost approximately $1.2 It is considered a landmark in expressionist architecture, with its lack of right angles, organic form, and curved wooden staircase. The structure was built between 1920 and 1922 by German-British architect Erich Mendelsohn in collaboration with astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 17, 2024

Romania Building, Franklin Boulevard side (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2025

The neo-gothic exterior of the rectory was restored to showcase where interventions have been made GRT Architects was enlisted to convert the derelict four-storey structure, and took the opportunity to rethink the spatial layout to suit the change of use.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Local studio Medprostor has covered and partially repaired a 900-year-old Romanesque church in Slovenia , placing an operable roof on top of the open structure to create a space "between a ruin and a reconstruction". The repairs and alterations were also intended to improve its functionality for tourism and events.

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Deezen

AUGUST 23, 2024

Architecture studios Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes have refreshed a dilapidated 20th-century stadium in La Ciotat, France , repairing the stand and adding a modernised entrance. The post Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes restore 1950s French stadium appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

Local architecture studio Provencher Roy has included the "lighthouse"-like Port of Montreal Tower with cantilevered platforms in the renovation of a disused industrial pier in Montreal. Industrial architecture is based on rationality and forms that are qualified by the need they fill. Photo by Olivier Blouin.

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designboom

MARCH 18, 2025

the perforated curtain draws on the flowing roof tiles of local homes, contorting into a sculptural, circular pathway. The post steel mesh curtain veiling daipu architects’ china culture hall doubles as rain collecting device appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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SW Oregon Architect

MAY 21, 2022

Chambers House (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant. Chambers House. (1)

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2024

A doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and woven timber tunnel have been completed by architecture practice Line+ Studio in rural area in Zhejiang, China. The roof of the tunnel has been clad in locally-sourced black slate tiles, intended to appear as what the practice term a "natural extension of the landscape".

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2025

Architecture firm Sp(r)int Studio has restored , extended and added polycarbonate roof panels to a 1950s timber structure protecting a Viking-era archaeological site in Iceland. Technical precision was essential to preserve the architectural dynamics between the existing building and the newly added elements."

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2025

A miniature gabled roof shelters the hotel's entrance These references can be seen not just in the hotel's dedicated Noh stage a timber skeleton made of yellow cedar and Kyoto cypress but also in the architecture of the hotel itself and the interiors of its 52 guest rooms designed by the late designer Yukio Hashimoto.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

Italian architecture studio Piuarch has completed a production factory for fashion brand Fendi in Florence , which features a green roof to "look like a raised garden". The green roof was designed to blend into the landscape. The architecture thus establishes an open dialogue with its natural surroundings," he told Dezeen.

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