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Stay in a Puglian castle restored by two London creatives

The Spaces

Set within 37 acres of citrus and olive groves, Castle Elvira had sat abandoned for a century when club-owner Steve Riseley and creative director Harvey B-Brown discovered it in 2018. The post Stay in a Puglian castle restored by two London creatives appeared first on The Spaces.

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St Pauls Cathedral Library London building

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Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, England, UK St Pauls Cathedral Library Restoration 12 th October 2023 – St Paul’s Cathedral has reopened its Library to members of the public, after five years of restoration work starting in 2018.

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Light and Air opens up Z House in Brooklyn to the outdoors

Deezen

The brick continues into the kitchen and dining area on the lower floor While the historic front facade was carefully restored, the rear elevation now presents as a contemporary stack of pale-brick cube volumes. The interior was completely reorganized to allow sightlines between the original spaces, the new extensions and the outdoors.

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Before & After: A Couple Give a Treasured Family Home a Fresh Start—Furniture and All

Dwell

In São Paulo, architect Alexandre Skaff restores fixtures and furniture while updating a midcentury home that once belonged to his husband’s grandmother. Before: Living room Before: The apartment had been built in 1960 and owned by the grandmother of architect Alexandre Skaff’s husband until the couple bought it in 2018.

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Walk-in camera obscura features in V&A Photography Centre

Deezen

It includes a double-height library space Gibson Thornley Architects worked with Purcell to provide additional roof space while revealing and restoring parts of the original building, before introducing contemporary elements that reference and complement the museum's existing fabric.

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Collectible 2023 presents curated selection of designs "where visitors can witness design history in the making"

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Promotion: international design fair Collectible returns to Brussels to present the latest collectible contemporary design , including bespoke commissions, limited editions and one-off pieces. and will focus on creator collaborations that aim to "restore and empower a collective force of creativity from the grassroots".

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

Deezen

The studios performed a sensitive renovation and restoration that also resulted in the rebuilding of the missing northwest wing and southeast bay – both of which were destroyed by bombing during the second world war and had remained derelict since. A temporary exhibition space was topped with a saw-tooth roof.

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