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3 Years and Over $2 Million: What It Costs to Restore a Frank Lloyd Wright Home

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Weak foundations, leaky roofs, and poor insulation, among other problems, have reportedly caused headaches for homeowners again and again over the decades. So instead we sought out the next best thing: Frank Lloyd Wright homeowners and curators who would share what their restoration processes entailed.

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Newport Spotlight: Belmont Chapel Renovation

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The Chapel was neglected for over one hundred years, but the building is now undergoing a major restoration that began when several individuals uncovered the forgotten Chapel in 2016 and pledged to try to restore it. He holds degrees with honor in Architecture from Yale, Cambridge, and Columbia Universities.

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Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs

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A foundation that manages the house gifted it to the museum to be part of its permanent collection, moving it from a storage unit in New York to southern California. On March 23rd the restored house opens to the public as part of the museum's Albert Frey Collection, which includes the architect's final home, Frey House II.

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Adjaye Associates begins transformation of historic Washington DC power plant

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The design maintains elements of the original build According to renderings released by the studio, the design will preserve the monumental squared arch at the end of the structure, restoring it and adding textural details to the light-coloured brick facade.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. Elizabeth K.

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New London Museum Smithfield Market

e-architect

Both the General Market building, which dates back to the Victorian era, and the 1960s Poultry Market building are being carefully restored to ensure that their history and character are celebrated as part of the new museum. Sethia Foundation. On Saturday, a 3-metre wide glass oculus was craned onto the roof of the General Market.

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Who Gets to Use the Beach?

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There are a lot of bad actors on this front, but two you’ve likely heard of are tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who, in 2016, built a wall around their Kauai estate they purchased at the dismay of locals , greatly diminishing access to a stretch of pristine coastline once easily enjoyed by the public.