Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From an art gallery in a converted grain silo to a brick workshop in Vietnam, Dezeen's editorial team have each picked their favourite building of 2024 , out of more than 1,000 we have published throughout the year. I expect it will be a place where people enjoy living for a very long time."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Among the studio's key projects are the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, which is composed of a low-lying circular structure wrapped with glass, and the stepped Sydney Modern gallery in Australia. Alongside its central art galleries, it hosts public spaces including a library, lecture hall and children's workshop.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

the original details of the homestead, a protected heritage site, were restored and a modern extension was built to harmonize with the city park. The post PUPA revitalizes historic red-brick manor in lithuania as contemporary art center appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Taken as a whole, their oeuvre has defined a contemporary architectural language that honors local context and tradition in more subtle and poetic ways, encouraging users to be radically in tune with their present moment and inspiring other architects to revisit the fundamentals of architecture for the future.

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designboom

MARCH 12, 2025

The post WHY turns 1980s warehouse into first major contemporary art museum in thailand appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. set to open in december 2025, dib bangkok's collection features over 1,000 works by more than 200 artists.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

For over two years, the studio has worked alongside the Arts and Cultural Development Foundation, designing the Center for Contemporary Arts and their initiatives to restore and rehabilitate vernacular houses, transforming them into artist residencies.

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2023

The removal and restoration initiative was led by the Nakagin Capsule Tower Preservation and Restoration Project, which was established in 2014. They will be reimagined as creative spaces where contemporary artists can exhibit work, sell art and crafts, and use them for events.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes , bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Our recent project at Palazzo Mattei di Giove blends installation art with ephemeral architecture," they said. The duo is based between Rome and London.

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Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From the meticulously restored features to the thoughtfully chosen décor, Ruby’s team of architects and designers combine old-world elegance with contemporary style, offering guests a truly unique experience. The process commenced with recycling and creating that involved meticulous restoration and innovative design.

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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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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Renovations and adaptive reuse continue to be key trends in contemporary architecture. Home to the world's largest collection of contemporary Nordic art, the museum occupies a huge former grain silo building. The building is located in the northern Czech city of Ostrava and boasts six rotating concrete walls.

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Dwell

JANUARY 11, 2023

John Brooks and Erik Eaker called on architecture firm Rock Paper Hammer to restore a 1953 ranch home in Louisville, Kentucky, to its modernist roots. A Photon chandelier by Tech Lighting hangs in the entryway, surrounded by John and Erik’s contemporary art collection.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2024

While stabilizing the building and making it appropriate for contemporary usage," she continued. Preservation efforts included restoring exterior cladding, doors, windows and cleaning the interior Other elements include elevators, stairways, restrooms and a catering kitchen.

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Archinect

JUNE 1, 2023

Poised between an architectural trifecta, comprising the De La Cruz Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art and opposite the recently completed Museum Garage. An idea of contradiction permeated the initial concepts. We settled on total darkness, a simple absence of light and color.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Several restaurants and a hotel have opened within Detroit 's historic Book Tower as part of a years-long restoration project of the building undertaken by its developer and architecture studio ODA.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 15, 2023

SPAN worked closely with Mr. Baron to restore the building’s facade, while introducing new, historically appropriate decorative cast iron elements. The interior is more contemporary, and showcases Mr. Baron’s world-class collection of vintage French furniture and fashion prints.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The map, launched by Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin, highlights key infrastructure like the Paul Revere Williams -designed Theme Building at LAX as well as cultural landmarks like Watts Towers Arts Center and the restored Crenshaw Wall.

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Hotel Designs

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Most significantly, its striking interior design concept is attracting guests who truly appreciate the art of contemporary design. References to the Art-Deco era can be noted in the handcrafted king-size beds finished in muted shades of green and pink velvets, while a silk feature wall adds warmth and interest to the space.

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Hotel Designs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Located just steps from the charming Piazza della Scala, Casa Brera is the result of the careful restoration of a historic building to bring a blend of Milanese heritage and cosmopolitan flair under the direction of designer Patricia Urquiola.

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Deezen

MAY 25, 2023

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Most of the art workshops are stacked along this wall but located at different levels depending on their use. The photography is by Iwan Baan.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The design skillfully integrates restored sandstone and masonry buildings with a contemporary 5-Star Green Star office building for the State Public Service, which features dramatic Y-shaped columns and a sunken light well that floods lower levels with natural light.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Local design studio Hauvette & Madani drew on the Haussmannian history of this Paris apartment to create a gallery-like interior for its occupant's vast art collection. We carried out meticulous research to find the right motifs and decorations to restore the place to its former glory and Haussmannian charm," she told Dezeen.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The book showcases 60 houses that exemplify the cutting edge of contemporary architecture from around the world, showcasing materials such as mass timber and technologies such as 3D printing. Find out more about Aucena House The post Ten of the most innovative contemporary houses appeared first on Dezeen. No trees are removed.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

It goes back to the figure of the starchitect , where a sole designer is deemed responsible for the inception and materialization of a contemporary architectural monument, a rather problematic idea since architecture is by default a group endeavor. An architecture that is deeply rooted in context. A year later, the Battery Park (1.2

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Bustler

JUNE 17, 2024

A new exhibition of Theaster Gates ’ large-scale paintings, sculpture, and installation work depicting the complex dynamics – both seen and unseen – undergirding the architecture and everyday lives of marginalized communities across the United States is coming to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) this summer.

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Hotel Designs

JUNE 28, 2024

But nestled amidst the grandeur, a contemporary gem hums a quieter, more modern tune. The Singer Palace Hotel , a meticulously restored Art Deco masterpiece, offers a masterclass in marrying history with contemporary Italian design. From the moment you step into the lobby, a sense of curated luxury unfolds.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind 's studio has designed a contemporary extension to the iconic Boerentoren tower in Antwerp, Belgium, which was once Europe's tallest high-rise. Tower will become "public space for art". Today we are transforming the entire complex into a public space for art.".

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Deezen

MAY 7, 2024

In this video, Dezeen previews the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's latest blockbuster fashion exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, following last night's Met Gala. Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion takes place from 10 May to 2 September at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2025

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto (above) has its own Noh stage (top image) The area's symbolic role as a bridge to the afterlife led Kengo Kuma and Associates ( KKA ) to find the main inspiration for its design in the 14th-century art of Noh, sometimes called the "theatre of ghosts" because it tends to feature spirits as key characters.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2024

UK studio Cowper Griffith Architects has combined the medieval fabric of the 14th-century Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire, England , with contemporary additions to create a holiday home for the Landmark Trust charity. The post Cowper Griffith Architects creates contemporary holiday home in medieval hall appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a contemporary art gallery for Ota Fine Arts in Shanghai with a focus on the "sublime beauty of the banal". Handmade ivory tiles line the inner side of the window in a subtle woven pattern, serving as a neutral backdrop for the art pieces.

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The Spaces

JANUARY 20, 2025

Lance Jaccard, CEO of OTJ Architects , led the careful restoration and rebuild of the former Visitation Academy, founded in 1846. The Voltaggios’ restaurant, known as the Wye Oak Tavern, models itself as a steak and seafood house with original landscape art by local artist Jenny Wilson and preserved stained glass windows.

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Dwell

MARCH 19, 2025

Fortunately, the Seattle property was handpicked by two of her daughters, Sarah and Julia Smith, who have a keen eye for design: Sarah is an architect at local firm Best Practice Architecture , and Julia works at Unique Art Glass , a family-owned, custom stained glass studio.

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The Spaces

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Havana is famed for its elegant Spanish colonial architecture, Art Deco structures and 1950s designs, though many of these structures are crumbling despite being UNESCO-protected due to a fierce combination of storms, neglect, and economic strife.

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2022

American studio Schaum/Shieh Architects has restored the John Chamberlain building, an art gallery in a former warehouse in Marfa , using local, traditional building techniques. The gallery is part of the Chianti Foundation, a contemporary art museum in Marfa created by artist Donald Judd.

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Hotel Designs

JUNE 13, 2023

In recent years, the iconic property has been restored to its former glory by a team of respected designers and consultants from Virserius Studio, PHX Architecture, Serving the Nation, Inc., Burton Studio and Wimberly Interiors.

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