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Herzog & de Meuron’s Powerhouse Arts restoration opens in Brooklyn

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A crossover arts and manufacturing project from Herzog & de Meuron opened on May 19 following several years of construction that remade a former brownfield site into the new home of the non-profit Powerhouse Arts in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

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Finally complete, the Watt Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

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One of Los Angeles ’ most significant cultural landmarks, Simon Rodia ’s monumental Watts Towers sculpture, finally re-opened last month after a five-year multimillion-dollar restoration effort spearheaded by LACMA. Image of Elisabetta Covizzi working on Rodia's sculptural canopy at Watts Towers. Taken May 4, 2022, by Sara Chao.

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Glasgow School of Art enters Phase 2 of its Mackintosh Building restoration

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The first phase of preparation work for the rebuild of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building has been completed. At the time of the blaze, the Mackintosh Building had been undergoing extensive restoration due to an earlier fire that damaged the site in 2014.

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inside chatillon architectes’ grand palais restoration in paris with photographer danica o. kus

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kus reveals details of the renovation that seeks to breathe new life into the beaux-arts landmark. The post inside chatillon architectes’ grand palais restoration in paris with photographer danica o. kus appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Explore images of Shubin Donaldson’s completed restoration of Richard Neutra’s Mariners Medical Arts building in Orange County

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An overlooked design from one of Southern California’s most respected midcentury designers, Richard Neutra ’s Mariners Medical Arts building in Newport Beach, California, was restored thanks to Los Angeles-based ShubinDonaldson.

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OMA and WITH Architecture Studio announce Perth Concert Hall renovation plans for 2028

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million state-of-the-art reworking to enhance its visitor experience and public spaces. A much-needed restoration of the building's plinth will be enacted in addition to refurbished lobbies on both building levels One and Two, with a new foyer and musicians’ lounge/patrons' area added to the former.

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Finally complete, the Watts Towers’ restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles

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One of Los Angeles ’ most significant cultural landmarks, Simon Rodia ’s monumental Watts Towers sculpture, finally re-opened last month after a five-year multimillion-dollar restoration effort spearheaded by LACMA. Image of Elisabetta Covizzi working on Rodia's sculptural canopy at Watts Towers. Taken May 4, 2022, by Sara Chao.