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Colleen Healey combines old and new for historic DC house renovation

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Colleen Healey Architecture has revamped a home on a radial lot facing Washington DC 's Logan Circle, retaining historic details while updating the spaces for contemporary living. During the renovation, brick walls and floor joists were exposed to contrast a contemporary kitchen.

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DS+R unveils design proposal for the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater masterplan

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Restoring the Kalita Humphreys Theater to its original state requires a multifaceted approach that involves surgical extraction, selective reconstruction, careful preservation, and faithful reinterpretation of Wright’s design intent. At the civic scale, the masterplan reimagines the public green as a vibrant and democratic urban park.

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Architects urged "not to work with the British Museum" due to BP partnership

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has called on architects not to work on the British Museum 's recently announced redevelopment masterplan as it will be funded by oil company BP. 50 million from oil giant BP, over the next ten years to 'help deliver the museum's redevelopment masterplan'. Activist collective BP or not BP?

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Hugh Broughton Architects transforms Sheerness Dockyard Church into community hub

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Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a sensitive restoration of a 19th-century church to provide a community hub in a historic dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey. Located in a prominent position in the port town of Sheerness in north Kent, the church is a key part of an 18th-century masterplan by Scottish civil engineer John Rennie.

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Studio Libeskind set to add angular extension to Antwerp art deco tower

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Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind 's studio has designed a contemporary extension to the iconic Boerentoren tower in Antwerp, Belgium, which was once Europe's tallest high-rise. Restoration work on the Boerentoren has already begun, with its interiors gutted due to the presence of asbestos.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Find out more about Ciutat de la Justícia › Neues Museum, 2009, Germany David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects renovated Berlin's 19th-century Neues Museum on Museum Island in 2009. The renovation and restoration of the buildings were completed in collaboration with conservation studio Julian Harrap Architects.

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The Bowline, Bowling Harbour Glasgow

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The Bowline, Bowling Harbour Regeneration, Glasgow Landscaping Renovation, Scottish Architecture, Photography. Restored to its former glory, the refurbishment of the swing bridge laid the foundations for future phases of the transformation. Bowling Harbour Regeneration near Glasgow. 7 Jan 2022. Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK.