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The top 10 building renovations of 2024

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Renovations and adaptive reuse continue to be key trends in contemporary architecture. Featuring a series of colourful additions, including playful rooftop extensions and a new exterior staircase, the now-combined blocks accommodate shops on the ground floor and apartments upstairs.

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

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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. Image: Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM “This renovation brings Lever House into the 21st century,” SOM Partner Chris Cooper said in a statement.

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Robert A.M. Stern Architects to author renovation of Austin’s historic UT Tower

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The project to renovate the historic UT Tower (aka the 'Main Building') back to its original 1937 appearance will be completed by the end of summer 2027. Restoration of its exterior will begin next month. Stern Architects (RAMSA) has signed on to a new higher education project for the University of Texas at Austin.

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

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The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was designed in 1979 by Dutch architect Tao Gofers. Sydney's brutalist Sirius Building has been renovated BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign to save it from demolition.

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Fairhaven Bay Renovation by Murdough Design

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"Fairhaven Bay" is a renovation and addition to a 1950s mid-century residence located in Lincoln, MA. The design challenge involved editing and synthesizing numerous additions to the original house, which had become increasingly incoherent. The project was a collaborative effort with Richardson Associates, Landscape Architects.

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TBo refreshes Philadelphia townhouse originally designed by IM Pei

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An arched entryway and "electric blue millwork" are among the features in a rowhouse in Philadelphia 's Society Hill neighbourhood that has been renovated by architectural studio TBo. A fireplace in the library has a brick surround that mimics the building's exterior vocabulary. The photography is by Kate S Jordan.

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Google NYC's new adaptive-reuse HQ design by Gensler and COOKFOX opens at Hudson Square

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The renovation of the two-block-long former rail terminus yields a total of 1.3 Google ’s brand new New York City headquarters inside St. John’s Terminal at Hudson Square has opened following the completion of a five-year and $2.1 billion project designed by COOKFOX Architects and Gensler. million square feet of new offices.