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Khaleejia Square, Kuwait City, Persian Gulf

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A landscape, criss-crossed by multiple paths, connects the site with its city. In plan, the different elements and geometries on the site are influenced by Khaleejia tower’s structural grid, which partly supports the tensile shading.

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Is 88 square metres enough space for an office and a three-level home?

Habitus Living

When RAAarchitects purchased this dilapidated two-storey commercial property in 2017, it was in desperate need of attention. Our intentions were to catalyse the (re)activation of the building across its two street frontages; establishing a precedent for the area and other underutilised inner-city commercial terraces.”.

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Adelaide Buildings: South Australia Architecture

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Located within an urban city context, the small site is contained between building forms on three sides with a south facing street frontage. Keeping within its context by subtly nodding its head to the bungalow that previously occupied the site.

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Eiswerk Building, Berlin Germany

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In 2017, GRAFT was commissioned with the redevelopment and transformation of the former Eiswerk site, located between the Spree and Köpenicker Straße in Berlin’s Mitte district. After the arrival of electric refrigerators in homes and trade, the ice production was steadily reduced until the site was finally closed in 1995.

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Art Attack: 5 Artistic Interventions Making Old Architecture New Again

Architizer

Don’t contemporary additions disrupt that purpose? In fact, through renovation projects that include large, bright artistic installations, some firms are showing that bold contemporary additions can actually enhance the character of historic structures. The projects below illustrate that this isn’t always the case. Together Apart.

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Retu(r)ned Oak // Studio Winterich

Architizer

Retu(r)ned Oak” is a site-responsive public art installation. Making a connection with nature in our contemporary fragmented lives may seem challenging, but it has never been more vital. In 2017, Ellis Partners decided to restore the Key System Building and connect it to a new high-rise. © Studio Winterich.

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Colony Square Midtown Atlanta Development

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Largely complete by 1972, Colony Square offered an unconventional vision for co-located residential, commercial, and recreational uses never before seen in the Southeast. The original project was visionary both architecturally and culturally, but immediate commercial success eluded the complex.