Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Titled ‘Monumento’ and taking as its backdrop the 16th-century monumental staircase restored by David Chipperfield Architects as part of its five-year renovation project, the installation presents a subversion of the traditional thinking and rhetoric that surrounds monuments worldwide.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 21, 2024

The area's heritage has been protected and restored through efforts by figures like Phyllis Lambert and organizations such as Heritage Montreal, allowing the city’s rich architectural history to coexist with its modern developments.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Taken as a whole, their oeuvre has defined a contemporary architectural language that honors local context and tradition in more subtle and poetic ways, encouraging users to be radically in tune with their present moment and inspiring other architects to revisit the fundamentals of architecture for the future.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Montreal’s Maisonneuve Library has reopened to the public following a major restoration and expansion of the historic building. Image credit: Adrien Williams Image credit: Adrien Williams At the center of the project is the original 1912 building, which was rehabilitated to restore its “original splendor.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Dutch studio OKRA landschapsarchitecten has been announced as the winner of the 11th edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space in a ceremony conducted at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) on Tuesday.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

People's Architecture Office has transformed an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen Using a strategy that the studio calls "plug-in architecture", the site's traditional brick and timber structures have been extended and interlinked with contemporary elements in glass and blue and orange steel. "By

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 45,000-square-foot expansion is the fifth building designed by Siza for the foundation after the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (1999), Manoel de Oliveira Cinema House (2019), Gardeners’ House (2021), and the restored Serralves Art Déco Villa (2021).

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2025

Genoese architecture studio Caarpa has restored the Church of Nostra Signora della Costa in Levanto, Italy , installing a mezzanine to complement the original ornamentation. With a history predating its 14th-century consecration, the historic building was transformed by Caarpa into a versatile space for conferences, seminars and events.

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

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. We've restored the plaza and podium to its original 1952 glory while comprehensively overhauling the mechanical systems."

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Fran Parente The term " retrofit ," unlike rehabilitation or restoration , has been adopted by the market to address technological upgrades in existing buildings. These projects focus on aligning constructions with local technical standards and adapting spaces to be more functional and sustainable , meeting current demands.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Several restaurants and a hotel have opened within Detroit 's historic Book Tower as part of a years-long restoration project of the building undertaken by its developer and architecture studio ODA.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2024

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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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The 19th-century landmark structure between the Champs-lyses and the Seine was restored by French studio Chatillon Architectes ahead of the games. "It is respectful of its surroundings, gentle in its density and sparing in its use of concrete, as well as generous in layout and use of material finishes inside the flats.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2024

While stabilizing the building and making it appropriate for contemporary usage," she continued. Preservation efforts included restoring exterior cladding, doors, windows and cleaning the interior Other elements include elevators, stairways, restrooms and a catering kitchen.

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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 9, 2023

The removal and restoration initiative was led by the Nakagin Capsule Tower Preservation and Restoration Project, which was established in 2014. They will be reimagined as creative spaces where contemporary artists can exhibit work, sell art and crafts, and use them for events.

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Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From the meticulously restored features to the thoughtfully chosen décor, Ruby’s team of architects and designers combine old-world elegance with contemporary style, offering guests a truly unique experience. The process commenced with recycling and creating that involved meticulous restoration and innovative design.

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ArchDaily

JULY 2, 2023

Presented by the main curator Lesley Lokko, it invited "architects and professionals from an expanded field of creative disciplines to draw examples from their contemporary practices that would pave a path for the audience to move forward, imagining for themselves what the future may hold." Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Following a major 11-year-long, $96 million restoration led by Rotterdam-based firm KAAN Architecten , the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) finally reopened in Belgium. Twenty-first century white cube galleries have been incorporated into the original structure, increasing the exhibition space by 40%.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2025

Original mosaic floors and decorative mouldings have been restored in this early 20th-century Barcelona apartment renovation by local practice Sigla Studio. These features, emblematic of the period, were meticulously preserved and restored". The photography is by Marta Vidal.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. For the planting, protected species found on the site were maintained and accompanied by new fruit and mulberry trees.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2023

A mid-century house originally designed by British architect Trevor Dannatt has undergone a sensitive restoration by architecture studio Coppin Dockray in north London. Hampstead House is the latest in a series of architecturally significant modernist houses that it has had a hand in restoring to their former glory. "We

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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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Archinect

DECEMBER 11, 2023

France had previously reversed plans for the restoration’s completion before the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games prior to the death of project overseer General Jean-Louis Georgelin in August. Both outstanding elements are expected to be added later, along with contemporary stained glass windows.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 13, 2023

For over two years, the studio has worked alongside the Arts and Cultural Development Foundation, designing the Center for Contemporary Arts and their initiatives to restore and rehabilitate vernacular houses, transforming them into artist residencies.

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Architizer

MARCH 10, 2025

Alvar and Aino Aaltos first industrial structure has been abandoned since the 1980s and long thought beyond restoration or reuse. In the end, the heritage structure was bought by Factum Foundation and Skene Catling de la Pea, who are working with architect Charlotte Skene Catling on its restoration.

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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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Dwell

JULY 29, 2024

Set just seven miles from the coast, the compound pairs pastoral grounds with contemporary interiors by Feilden Fowles. acres From the Agent : "Tamar Barns is an ensemble of three beautifully restored farm buildings nestled in a peaceful pocket of countryside on the Devon/Cornwall border, seven miles from the beaches at Bude.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2024

Restored elements of the building include a staircase with tiled risers and iron railings The team worked with Post Company to uncover historical details about the property, which was originally built in 1905 by landscape painter Chris Jorgensen for his wife, chocolate heiress Angela Ghirardelli. The photography is by Chris Mottalini.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Italian designer Andrea Rosso has updated the interiors and restored historic details at the art deco Pelican Hotel, which was recently given a day of commeration by the City of Miami Beach. Other recent restoration projects in the Miami area include a hotel designed by Studio Collective a The Moore in the Miami Design District.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes , bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal. Our focus has always been to honour and restore the best of the building's past but not to do this blindly.

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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

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

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

JANUARY 20, 2024

Find out more about Nickzy Apartment › The photography is by José Hevia El Priorato, Spain, by Atienza Maure Arquitectos The interiors of this 16th-century Spanish clergy house were restored by Atienza Maure Arquitectos to create ambiguity between the existing structure and new interventions.

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designboom

MARCH 12, 2025

The post WHY turns 1980s warehouse into first major contemporary art museum in thailand appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. set to open in december 2025, dib bangkok's collection features over 1,000 works by more than 200 artists.

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