Architizer

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Large conservation sites, cultural landmarks and even smaller historic buildings offer a gateway to the past, which admittedly cannot be reproduced through contemporary architecture. Architectural heritage has always been romanticized. These technological advancements, however, also open up the question of heritage replication.

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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. The blackness absorbs and eliminates solar reflection, creating a facade that is restorative when measured against the eclectic tapestry of façades within the District.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The Breathable Walls project was inspired by traditional Ukrainian mazanka houses , plastered using clay mixed with manure or other organic materials. He also claims the plant-based elements in the clay mixture could enhance wellbeing by releasing restorative aromas and natural oils into the air.

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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. Order your copy today. It is easy to forget that architecture, or more accurately, construction, is an extraction industry. Order your copy today.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Photo by Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens The winning Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre was up against the other 14 category winners that included a spherical dome extension using cross-laminated timber in Stockholm, an office building with exposed timber frame in Paris and a restored fortress using timber in Turkey.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In this lookbook , we collect 10 living rooms in Victorian and Georgian-era homes that carefully balance contemporary style with original features. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. Many UK cities are still filled with prominent architecture from these times.

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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. Architecturally, La Gemma Hotel marks a new era for this prestigious Florentine property and its transformation fittingly draws inspiration from its surroundings.

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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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Architizer

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Today, food markets across the city are undergoing extensive restoration and upgrading work. The restoration efforts often focus on improving the public spaces surrounding the markets to enhance social activity. They are remarkable architectural marvels that enhance the shopping experience, blending history and contemporary city life.

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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. square metres, this Tokyo hotel's constrained space inspired its distinctive design. New additions include a travertine swimming pool coloured to match the surrounding woodland.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2023

Atak Architekti restored and extended a former rectory Looking to maintain the character of the existing building, its deep foundations were used to carve out a semi-recessed basement level, housing reading rooms and spaces to be used by local clubs. Photography is by Tomáš Souček.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Drawing together eight bathhouses across multiple continents, the following projects explore how to build restorative and tranquil spaces to unwind. Architects: Want to have your project featured? Bathhouse designs are attuned to the senses.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Fernando Laposse has won the Bentley Lighthouse Award Laposse collaborates with an Indigenous farming community in Tonaquixla, Mexico, to restore its farmland and create new job opportunities for the community through his designs. It's a project about restoring biodiversity," Laposse explained.

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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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Architizer

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. In older properties, keeping or restoring original tilework can add a sense of history and craftsmanship that’s difficult to replicate.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

residence features a graphic facade inspired by the work of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon. By combining traditional vertical grain Douglas fir, redwood, and cherry with contemporary stone, stainless steel, and metal materials, this modern home has become more in tune with contemporary building technology and design culture."

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Photo by Karen Van der Biest Photo by Karen Van der Biest Photo by Karen Van der Biest See the full story on Dwell.com: In Belgium, a Wooden Home Nestled in the Dunes Is Thoughtfully Restored Related stories: The Secret Behind This Malibu Home’s Hard Concrete Shell?

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Hotel Designs

JUNE 13, 2023

Inspired by the innovative geometric designs of his mentor and Arizona Biltmore’s consulting architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Chase McArthur built the resort to reflect its desert surroundings. Burton Studio and Wimberly Interiors.

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Deezen

AUGUST 27, 2023

The renovations below see many of these original features retained and restored, supplemented with contemporary additions such as double-height ceilings and furniture by the likes of Tadao Ando and Mario Bellini. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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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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Architizer

MAY 23, 2022

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. . As wealthy foreigners and locals continue to build, we see a new wave of contemporary designs within the traditional Basque landscape. At first glance, contemporary structures can often appear to puncture the traditional architectural landscape.

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Hotel Designs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Located on lower King Street, the unique hospitality development is an assemblage of four buildings—a new three-story structure and three restored buildings dating back to 1843. The Pinch, one of Charleston’s newest boutique hotels , offers guests a blend of historic ambiance, modern amenities, and residential comforts.

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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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Habitus Living

MAY 9, 2023

“During the build, we tried to keep as much of the heritage fabric visible as we could but at the same time create a more contemporary layer that represents where Fitzroy is at now,” says David Goss, Director Studio Goss. The Melbourne Showroom is located at 102 Charles Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065.

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This bold aesthetic is inspired by the rich marine life and lush flora of the island, blending the island’s raw beauty with a sense of contemporary sophistication that is distinctly W. From massages to body scrubs, each treatment is designed to restore balance and enhance well-being.

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Habitus Living

MAY 16, 2023

His team of 17 also contribute their special talents, so that each commission becomes a unique example of excellent contemporary residential architecture. The design was inspired by hexagonal tiles in various shades, along with a mix of geometries and textures that together helped distil the concept.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Project Details: Location: Barcelona, Spain Architect: Sigla Studio / @ s1gla Footprint: 1,615 square feet Photographer: Marta Vidal / @ _martavidal From the Architect: "Eixample, a Barcelona neighborhood with rich history and distinctive architecture, has been a crucial source of inspiration for this project.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sessions Arts Club, Clerkenwell Courtesy of the Session Arts Club The interiors of this former courthouse are as romantic as they come, with peeling paint and raw plaster walls, restored mouldings and patinaed floors adding to the sense of faded grandeur inside the restaurant, and walls a revolving gallery of contemporary art.

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Hotel Designs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Today, as a national monument recognised by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, it continues to honour this legacy while providing a haven of unparalleled elegance and sophistication for contemporary travellers. The Heritage Bar features a signature cocktail menu inspired by Bucharests history, paired with an elegant afternoon tea service.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2024

Called The Mineless Heritage Restoration Project and completed in 2023, the scheme involved the adaptation of a series of logistical structures including offices, dormitories and a bathhouse that once supported the Chungyi Coal Mine.

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Archinect

MAY 28, 2022

Inspired, among others, by the work of Le Corbusier, young Avant-garde architects Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík designed an open-cross plan building – the first Prague skyscraper conceived as a solitaire amongst the typical residential block buildings of the time.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2022

Architects have always been asked to breathe new life into ancient architectures inherited from the past or into historical – often monumental – artifacts that no longer respond to the customs and needs of contemporary society. The “ Architecture for Heritage ” course has been created on these premises.

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Architizer

JULY 25, 2024

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. Scenario 03: The Heritage Preservation District In 2037, the restoration works for the Acropolis in Athens are coming to a close.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 29, 2023

As well as being known for its contemporary furniture and lighting design , Italy is home to some of Europe's oldest buildings and has numerous historic cities and villages. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. Motifs inspired by the factories, water and native trees are integrated into the design of the metal railings and the floodwall panels.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2022

A home in Williamsburg with a bathroom that saw its original tin-panelled ceiling restored and intricate 19th-century plasterwork set within a modern apartment feature in this lookbook , which showcases decorative and ornate ceilings. This is the latest in our lookbook series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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