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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"

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Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames.

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UNESCO's restoration of Iraq's historic Al-Nouri mosque site has been placed on hold

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The UNESCO -led effort to restore the historic Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul has come to a halt this week after recent discoveries and feedback from the community have prompted a change of direction from the cultural agency.

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Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin theatre reopens after five-year restoration

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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. Rhodes and Leona B.

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Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates restore Phoenix abbey to be "garden in a ruin"

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The team sought to leave some elements "seemingly untouched" Led by EverGreene Architectural Arts , preservation efforts throughout the building included restoration of the central, recessed rose window, salvaging existing doors and windows, repairs to masonry and plaster and "thoroughly" cleaning interior spaces.

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Preservation group completes purchase of Marcel Breuer's 1949 Cape Cod home

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The fight to save Marcel Breuer ’s former home on Cape Cod, the 1949 Wellfleet Cottage, has reached its conclusion after The Cape Cod Modern House Trust completed its purchase following a successful $1.4 The house had reportedly degraded into what The Art Newspaper describes as “not in the best condition.”

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Chatillon Architectes restores 1970s sports complex in Paris

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Chatillon Architectes has renovated Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes Chatillon Architectes ' goal for the overhaul was to preserve and celebrate the original architecture of Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes while meeting modern energy standards. Restoration is creation, you have to create things, but in a special way, not in the usual way."

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Eight lesser-known examples of mid-century modern architecture

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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of "landmark architecture" built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series , its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era.

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