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SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

Archinect

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of a recent restoration project that’s meant to breathe new life into their historic Lever House design in Manhattan. Reed Hilderbrand has also contributed a comprehensive new landscape program for the building that connects the plaza area to third-floor terraces.

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InterContinental Indianapolis opens following $120 million restoration

Hotel Designs

The new hotel is redefining the citys hospitality landscape and providing an urban respite for visitors to Indianapolis and local guests. The hotels exterior, much of which is the Illinois Buildings original architecture, is comprised of granite and limestone with Moderne bas relief panels and topped with gold-glazed terra cotta cornice.

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BVN tops Sydney's brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

Deezen

The original facade was retained and restored with a new extension distinguished from the original concrete exterior with copper cladding that nods to its modular design. Warm tones of timber, stone, and metals are used throughout the apartments, contrasting the building's rough exterior.

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Atelier XÜK incorporates old mine tunnels into tile-clad museum in China

Deezen

Glossy blue and brown tiles intended to evoke mineral veins cover the exterior of this mining museum in Yixing City, China, completed by Atelier XK. Old mines are incorporated as exhibition spaces Surrounding the museum is a landscape of reddish-brown stones and stone seating that mimic the chipped appearance of the mine below.

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Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Citizens named architecture project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2024

Deezen

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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Before & After: Three Creative Sisters Team Up to Remodel Their Mom’s Forever Home

Dwell

Before: Exterior Before: The homes exterior, with neglected, overgrown landscaping, left much to be desired. Courtesy of Best Practice Architecture After: Exterior Sitting jauntily on its block, this renovated residence in Seattles Mount Baker neighborhood retains the original homes footprint.

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Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco

Deezen

UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco , USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. The new masterplan restores the logic of Pereira's plan, reasserting its clarity and revitalising the ground plane."