The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Driving up the steep gravel driveway at Forge Project—a nonprofit Indigenous arts initiative in Ancram, New York—first you see, then you hear, the landscape.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For three decades, the art moderne–style Eldorado Ballroom sat on the corner of Dowling Street—now Emancipation Avenue—and Elgin Street in Houston as a prominent Black music venue during the Jim The post Stern & Bucek Architects restores the Eldorado Ballroom, a Black cultural site in Houston’s Third Ward appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. (..)

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 30, 2025

The University of Oregon has already opted out of any direct involvement in the future of the site. The site is already rated a Walkers Paradise with a Walk Score of 91 but imagine a streetscape that seamlessly ties together the university and the adjacent West University neighborhood.

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Archinect

AUGUST 10, 2022

During this time, LA's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) embarked on “significant transformations” at the Hollyhock House and Residence A, a guest house (also designed by Wright) located at the same site. The property saw conservation work on its cast stone, art glass windows, woodwork, and landscape.

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The Spaces

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Grand Hotel Belvedere, a former Art Nouveau hotel in the Swiss Alps only accessible by train, reopened this month after a loving but extensive renovation. Painstaking restoration efforts have seen original crystal chandeliers carefully restored and paint stripped back to reveal the original wood and painted frescoes beneath.

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Restoration Site Renovation Art 98

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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ArchDaily

JULY 5, 2024

It fascinatingly juxtaposes grandeur and monumentalism with its predominately baroque, “second empire,” and art nouveau works; while also pushing for designs that strive for social living reforms such as in Le Corbusier ’s experimental works or Lacaton & Vassal’s considerate interventions. Read more »

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2025

Informed by concepts of magnetic forces and interconnectivity, the design incorporates dynamic elliptical curves radiating from the old factory chimney, the site's dominant feature." "The museum's design draws on Tesla's research into magnetic fields and wireless energy transfer," said Zaha Hadid Architects.

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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. Rhodes and Leona B.

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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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Archinect

AUGUST 10, 2022

During this time, LA's Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) embarked on “significant transformations” at the Hollyhock House and Residence A, a guest house (also designed by Wright) located at the same site. The property saw conservation work on its cast stone, art glass windows, woodwork, and landscape.

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Housing Restoration Design Renovation 246

ArchDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

At the time, Salvador was one of the largest and most important Brazilian cities, and its port was the site of a large portion of the Portuguese colony's sugar exports, an economy fueled primarily by slave labor.

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Modern Restoration Cities Site 261

Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

The building, which opened in 1971, was designed by architects Anatole Kopp, Lucien Metrich and Pierre Chazanoff to resemble an overturned boat, nodding to its riverside site. 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

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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Art Restoration Industrial Structure 142

Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Engineered for rapid on-site assembly without scaffolding, the trusses integrate lighting, mechanical services and acoustic absorption while offering corrosion resistance and renewable, carbon-sequestering benefits. The centerpiece of the design is its prefabricated wood truss system, developed under the Citys Wood First Policy.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Local studio GO'C drew on the aesthetics of a 1930s gas station to create Mini Mart City Park, a community arts centre in Seattle that aims to show the potential of remediated brownsites. Also important was the remediation of the contaminated site, often referred to as a brownfield site.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Dean Park with an emphasis on “stitching” the site with the popular nearby Katy Trail and Turtle Creek attractions. Chicago-based preservation specialists Harboe Architects is also involved with the planning team, helping to restore the so.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image courtesy RIOS The 620,000-square-foot Echelon at Television Center involves the restoration of two existing Art Deco structures and the addition of two new six-story office towers on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard on a two-block site that also includes multiple sound stages, a “basecamp,” and a new public restaurant.

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Real Estate Project Restoration Technology 246

Architizer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Landscape as an Extension of the Building Narrative Quinta de Santo António Hotel & Winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo , Tabuaço, Portugal Landscape design acts as a critical architectural element, extending the building’s design language into its surrounding environment and embedding it within its site.

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Archinect

JUNE 12, 2023

” In 2012 the site was acquired by the Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation, a not-for-profit organization created to redevelop the property and manage operations as Powerhouse Arts.

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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. Summer temperatures in Scottsdale have an average high of 107 degrees Fahrenheit (41 Celsius).

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2024

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has adaptively reused a domed cement factory in Shanghai , China, to create a performing arts and sports venue. Maintaining the dome structure as a historic relic that symbolised the memory of the site, sitting amongst a new part of the city, was an exciting proposition for us," he told Dezeen.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has restored four heritage-listed buildings within the Brighton Dome cultural complex, upgrading its performance spaces and uncovering 19th-century structures. These feature nods to the site's history, including a suspended horse sculpture and a timeline of the site.

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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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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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Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

Named Stanton Yards, after the marina it is to be built on, the project includes the conversion of four warehouses into an integrated "arts campus". SO-IL will provide critical restorations of the structures and unify the campus through a courtyard area that will connect to the buildings as well as to the street and adjacent marina.

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Art Space Restoration Roofing 116

Architizer

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Combining government offices, retail spaces, cafes, restaurants, and a luxury hotel, the development centers around an open public square that invites civic engagement and celebrates the sites heritage. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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Building Inspiration Contemporary Glass 106

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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Architecture studios Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture have completed a renovation and expansion of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha with the addition of a "weightless" pavilion. Our goal has been to provide a harmonious place for guests, art, and gathering that will become a vessel for inspiration and creativity to flourish."

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Art Civil Engineering Renovation Structural Engineering 128

Deezen

JULY 29, 2024

An abandoned school building converted into art galleries and a furniture collection informed by a childhood baseball bat were among the objects and exhibitions on display during Upstate Art Weekend in the Hudson Valley. It's not a gallery week, it's not an art fair. Read on for our top picks from this year's art weekend.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

Mary Miss has filed an injunction against the Des Moines Art Center to protect her work. Though women have been important contributors to the land art movement, their work has often gone underappreciated and underacknowledged. In December 2023, the Des Moines Art Center notified Miss of its plan to demolish the work.

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Hotel Designs

MAY 4, 2023

Situated within Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and opening by Q4 2023, The Chedi Hegra will offer 35 bespoke guestrooms, each with its own distinct connection to the Hegra landscape, a breath-taking testimony of human expression within the natural environment.

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The Spaces

AUGUST 31, 2023

The palazzo’s present owners, Golden Goose founders Alessandro Gallo and Francesca Rinaldo, have spent years turning this once-mouldering palazzo (abandoned for decades) into a dynamic culture hub filled with art, dubbed The Venice Venice Hotel.

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Art Restoration Renovation Installation 98

Dwell

AUGUST 17, 2022

The official celebration is Saturday, but the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in L.A. s first and only UNESCO World Heritage Site, a title the home earned in 2019. Returning guests to East Hollywood’s Barnsdall Art Park, where the landmark home is located, will notice some improvements. is welcoming visitors again.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River.

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Roofing Art Sketching Site 105

Deezen

JULY 20, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: an architecture project using reclaimed materials is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Norwich University of the Arts. Also included is a renovated bathhouse in London and the adaptive reuse of a red brick pumping station in Norfolk , UK.

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