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MAD to transform Chinese factory with futuristic rooftop extension

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MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark MAD 's ambition is to preserve the industrial aesthetic of the ageing warehouse on the banks of Chuanyang River while contrasting it with the contemporary addition. The extension will contain glass-lined rooms MAD is an architecture studio founded by Ma in Beijing in 2004.

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Naturehumaine splits Quebec ski cottage La Brèche in two

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The client's functional needs are strategically distributed inside two independent volumes connected by a walkway forming a breach through the house," said the Montreal -based architects. Naturehumaine was founded in 2004, and has completed a variety of residential commissions within and around Montreal. Structural engineer: Geniex.

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Cobe and Yellon win competition for Stadsljus

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In operation until 2004, the site features several distinctive cylindrical gasholders with significant architectural and cultural value, among them are the architect Ferdinand Boberg’s two brick gasometers from the late 1890’s. The construction start is planned for 2026 with occupancy from 2029.

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Snøhetta to transform the historic Natural History Museum of Lille

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Accompanied by a transdisciplinary team featuring the scenographer Adeline Rispal, the landscape architects of Taktyk, the engineering firm Quadriplus and the construction economist VPEAS, Snøhetta will restore and modernize the museum for a planned reopening in 2025. Image © Snøhetta.

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CookFox releases photos of linked towers at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery

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The towers, called One South First and Ten Grand, are located at the historic Domino Sugar Refinery , which opened in 1882 and was shut down in 2004. The contemporary facade design is inspired by sugar's crystalline structure, connecting the new building with the industrial history of the site," the team said. Client: Two Trees.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

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This vocabulary has influenced countless architects of later periods, from Vitruvius to today’s contemporary designers. The 20th century also birthed one of the most romanticized aesthetics of contemporary design: the whitewashed seaside home, otherwise known as Cycladic architecture.

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Reimagining Landscape Architecture: Designing Without Plants

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Once a meandering marshy stream, the river first became an engineered channel to support the industrial transformation of the city. In 2004, the government considered these 50-year-old East German designed factory buildings as a low density waste of space in a city that needed to build vertically.