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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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Philip Johnson's Glass House guest annexe reopens after restoration

Deezen

US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. And yet, now that the project is complete, most visitors will be completely unaware of the vast amount of exterior and interior restoration efforts that went into this project."

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Reinventing History: 20 Remarkable Renovations of Stone Houses in Spain

ArchDaily

Image © DEL RIO BANI What does architectural restoration, transformation, or renovation entail? Caseta de les Brugueres Refurbishment / GMO Arquitectura. What factors are involved in their processes?

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Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia

Deezen

Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. One of the key changes made was reworking the layout to restore this original flow, while also making the house more functional for modern living," he added.

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Japanese ryokans inform OWIU's renovation of Duane House in LA

Deezen

Close to Silverlake Reservoir on the east side of the city, the house was originally built in 1962 by renowned mid-century architect Carl Maston , then later owned and re-designed by Swiss architect Pierre de Meuron. The post Japanese ryokans inform OWIU's renovation of Duane House in LA appeared first on Dezeen.

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Fairhaven Bay Renovation by Murdough Design

Archinect

"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.

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SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House

Deezen

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. This renovation reactivates Lever House for the 21st century," said SOM partner Chris Cooper.