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Call For Entries: Domus Restoration and Preservation International Award - IX Edition

ArchDaily

© Domus Award The International Prize for Architectural Restoration “Fassa Bortolo Domus Restoration and Preservation” was established for the purpose of rewarding and promoting architectural restoration works that have managed to best interpret the preservation principles including through the use of contemporary forms of expression.

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SOM Completes Restoration of New York’s Lever House, Seven Decades After Originally Designing It

ArchDaily

© Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has completed the restoration works for Lever House, one of New York’s Modernist landmarks. The building was completed in 1952, following SOM’s design. Read more »

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Theaster Gates' 'The Gift and The Renege' highlights the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's summer programming

Archinect

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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Brazil has turned a corner in its yearslong National Museum restoration project

Archinect

According to The Art Newspaper , local firms Velatura Restaurações and Construtora Biapó have now completed the restoration of the historic facade and expect the building to be completely reopened sometime in 2027. ” They also mentioned that the fire apparently served as a “violent intervention”

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Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse 2024

Architectural Record

RECORD explores recent works by architects who restore, reclad, and reuse existing buildings to accomodate contemporary context, expanded capacity, or reimagined function.

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Quinn Evans completes restoration of historic Detroit train station for Ford offices

Deezen

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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Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade"

Deezen

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. The post Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade" appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Robocoop.