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Philip Johnson's Glass House guest annexe reopens after restoration

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US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House annexe, the Brick House, has been restored and reopened following a 15-year closure in Connecticut. Architect Mark Stoner has led the restoration of Philip Johnson's Brick House It follows the building's closure in 2008 after the structure suffered ongoing "water intrusion" due to its sloping site.

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

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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."

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Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates restore Phoenix abbey to be "garden in a ruin"

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The courtyard was once an enclosed auditorium, but due to the 1980s fire, the roof was burned and never replaced, leaving it open to elements as it exists today. 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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Jonathan Tuckey Design restores and extends traditional stone farmstead in Italy

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Jonathan Tuckey Design has renovated a former farmstead in northern Italy , restoring and extending a cluster of 19th-century stone buildings to create Cascina, a new home and studio. Upstairs, the restoration of the barn roof was prioritised so one could immediately feel and connect to the building's heritage," she added.

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Chicago preservationists just saved two landmark early skyscrapers from the GSA wrecking ball

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"We’re hoping the remaining $45 million of this demolition earmark could be invested in the terra cotta and the exterior cladding and roof structures, along with the windows," Preservation Chicago’s executive director Ward Miller told the outlet. "I

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Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx restore 1960s home in Belgium

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Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx have refurbished a 1960s home in Belgium Over time, numerous additions to the home and its garden had distracted from its original structures and their relationship to the landscape, and so its new owners tasked Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx with restoring this condition. The photography is by Séverin Malaud.

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SPPARC transforms London townhouse into office with "honeycomb" roof

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London studio SPPARC has overhauled a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia to create a homely four-story office featuring a honeycomb-shaped roof. It is illuminated by an array of skylights set in a hexagonal roof structure resembling honeycomb. On one side, it forms a lightwell for the basement.

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