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Austin Maynard Architects is adept at transforming dilapidated homes into attractive modern residences, such as the King Bill and Mills, the toy management house projects. The firm recently performed similar magic with its Helvetia, which breathed new … Continue reading Tired old house goes green with masterful modern renovation
It’s all well and good creating new buildings that are packed with sustainable design, but it can often be even greener to simply adapt what has already been constructed. To highlight this, the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) h… Continue reading Radical renovations celebrated with inaugural RIBA Reinvention Award
Studio Gang has certainly had a busy week. Following the completion of its Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts just a few days ago, the firm has now also finished work on its American Museum of Natural History extension, which features an extraordinary sculpt… Continue reading Extraordinary museum extension adds rocky canyon to Manhattan streets
Studio Gang’s highly anticipated US$155 million Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) project has finally opened to the public, following a painstaking renovation and extension of the aging museum, including an interesting pleated roof that helps reduce … Continue reading Ambitious renovation treats Arkansas museum to energy efficient upgrade
UNStudio recently completed an extensive renovation of a former bank headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The firm has vastly improved the aging building’s energy efficiency while rearranging its interior layout to be suitable for use as a moder… Continue reading Radical renovation upgrades aging bank HQ into energy efficient office
The aging European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has been deemed inadequate for continued use. Rather than constructing something from scratch, a design collective including Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) is proposing an ambitious renovation o… Continue reading European Parliament building receiving radical green renovation
Iconic is a word that’s often overused in architecture, but we have no issue with it being applied to London’s Battersea Power Station. Almost 40 years after it was decommissioned, the famous Art Deco building has been painstakingly restored by Wilkins… Continue reading Mixed-use development brings new energy to Battersea Power Station
Project Harbour Club, by Levs Architecten, is an interesting new development in Amsterdam that involved renovating and extending a shipping terminal originally constructed in 1901. Most notably, the project transformed former industrial wine silos that… Continue reading Disused wine silos transformed into novel rooftop homes
As retail habits have changed over time, many shopping centers and malls have fallen into disrepair, and it can be difficult to know what to do with the hulking structures. As part of a wider redevelopment project in Nottingham, England, Heatherwick St… Continue reading Shopping center ruins being transformed into greenery filled space
Designed by prolific American architect S. Charles Lee and originally opening back in 1927, the Tower Theatre has seen a lot of changes over the years. It was Los Angeles’ first movie theater capable of showing “talkies” and, thanks to its distinctive … Continue reading Apple and Foster + Partners restore 1920s glamor to LA movie theater