Behind The Scenes of a Daring Renovation
This is Grant Gibson’s story about his journey to design a house in central Missouri. The original structure was designed by Grant with Doug Garofalo as his mentor. Recently, Grant was …
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MVRDV Reveals Plans to Transform Palma de Mallorca’s Cultural Neighbourhood
MVRDV and Spanish firm GRAS Reynes Architectos are transforming El Terreno, a renowned residential area in Palma, Mallorca. This is being done through renovations and additions. A series of plots near …
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Foster + Partners Begins Work on San Francisco’s Iconic Transamerica Pyramid Renovation
Foster + Partners and SHVO are leading a revitalization of the Transamerica Pyramid. It is a landmark on San Francisco’s skyline. The 48-story, Brutalist-style building was built in 1972 and was …
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Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio Selected to Design UK’s Barbican Centre Refurbishment
Allies and Morrison led by Asif Khan Studio have been selected to renovate the Barbican Centre in London. The winning design proposal preserves and expands on the original architectural language of …
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SANAA to Design Extension of Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Arts has announced that the Hexagon pavilion will be constructed by SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates). This major architectural project will expand the museum’s footprint …
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12 Chinese Home Remodeling Ideas: Solutions to Housing Problems
A home reconstruction program, “Dream home”, was launched in China in 2014. It invited interior designers and architects to design old homes that were facing problems. These homes have unusual shapes, …
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Daylight Helps Transform a Once Victorian Prison into a Luxurious Hotel
Commercial building refurbishment projects pose design challenges for architects. The transformation of Bodmin Jail, an 18th-century prison, into a modern hotel required acknowledgment of limitations in relation to its infrastructure. Many listed …
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Coppin Dockray Mixes Contemporary and Mid-Century in Renovation of Jørn Utzon’s Ahm House
A modernist house built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in Hertfordshire, England, has been given a new life with a renovation by architecture studio Coppin Dockray. Ahm House is the …
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