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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: Italy, Milan, Park Associati, Random pattern, Refurbishment / Extension
This building is distinguished by the burnished colour finish of the metal structures on the facade, the tinted glass of the curtain wall system, the brown paintwork and the smaller volume used as a residential unit. During its heyday, the building would have been considered modern and technologically advanced. However, in its contemporary condition, many [...]
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Category: Architecture Tags: Division1, Refurbishment / Extension, Stair, Steel
8030 is located in an industrial site in Silver Spring, MD. The site has been retrofitted with café’s, and artist’s studios. There has also been a surge of condominium construction around the sites periphery. The site acts as a hinge between residences, retail, and 2 major streets. The stairs act as a focal point while [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Division1, Refurbishment / Extension, USA architecture
Designed by American architecture firm Division1, the ¾ acre site of the Roberts Residence is bound by, a residential street along its west edge, single-family detached residences on adjacent lots to the north and south, and a wooded park towards the rear. At the front of the site along the street edge the site drops [...]
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Category: Landscape, Selected Tags: EMF, Refurbishment / Extension, Spain
In 1961, on the eastern tip of Iberia Peninsula, Cap de Creus cape, one the windiest and most northern exposed corner of our geography, Club Med constructed a privative holiday village with 430 buildings to receive around 900 visitors 3 months a year. The urbanization project it is considered as one of the most notorious [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Refurbishment / Extension, Romania, Stair, Wood
In Romania, X3 new office recently has been completed, the office has been re-purposed an old attic and it is both visually appealing and tightly organized. X3 office is an interesting game of contrasts and states that aligns perfectly to X3‘s own eclectic style. In addition to the the visual game, the handcrafted items bring [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Belgium, Refurbishment / Extension
Interior architect Mauro Brigham has completed reconversion of a water tower into a single family house in Belgium. The history In a small terrain of 16m width by 20m long in the middle of a flat Belgian landscape, raises a 30m high water tower built between 1938 and 1941 for and by the village of [...]
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Category: Architecture, Industry Tags: Architectural Resources Group, David Wakely, LEED, Refurbishment / Extension, USA architecture, Winery
The Jackse Winery, one of St. Helena’s oldest wood-framed winery buildings, has recently been restored and expanded to serve as the permanent offices for the Napa Valley Vintners, a non-profit organization responsible for protecting and promoting the smaller wineries in this premier winegrowing region. Built between 1905 and 1913 by Austrian immigrant and vintner Stephen [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: César San Millán, Refurbishment / Extension, Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura, Spain
The Sancho el Sabio Foundation, dating from 1964, is the main documentation and investigation centre of Basque culture and history. Designed by Spaish firm Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura, the proposal involves the recovery of a former cemetery and based on that, the development of the remaining building. Because the programme contemplates important storage spaces, it was [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Concrete, Loft, Refurbishment / Extension
Shared by Paris-based firm NZI Architectes + Sandra de Giorgio, this loft has been transformed from a 50m² artist’s workshop (13m long x 3.5m wide x 5m high) to a compact living and sleeping spaces. Due to tight space, NZI Architectes has clearly defined the spaces by changing the level and also provided a sleeping [...]
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Category: Landscape Tags: Belgium, Bridge, OKRA, Refurbishment / Extension, Steel
‘Water in Historic City Centres’ has Mechelen as its proving ground The first project for the ‘Water in Historic City Centres’ (WIHCC) project has been completed in Mechelen, Belgium. The Melaan, a tributary of the Dijle river, has been excavated and newly landscaped in the old city centre of Mechelen. WIHCC is a European collaborative [...]
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Category: Architecture, Commercial, Hotel, Industry, Mixed Use, Office Tags: China architecture, Peter Ruge Architekten, Refurbishment / Extension
German architectural firm Peter Ruge Architekten proposed renovation and reconstruction of an old factory into a high quality hotel and office building in Hangzhou, China. The site is the historical Hangzhou Machine factory, the building concept aims to create a harmony of the sites inherent industrial character with a modern interior aesthetic. The Xintiandi old factory [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Balcony, David Baker, ESD design, Green architecture, Lattice screen, LEED, Refurbishment / Extension, Swimming pool, USA architecture
In Healdsburg, California, h2hotel, is a new eco-conscious hotel designed by David Baker + Partners, the hotel has recently opened its doors to guests. A glimpse of the undulating green roof of this sustainable inn signals your arrival in historic downtown Healdsburg. The sister property to an acclaimed luxury hotel down the street, h2hotel offers [...]
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