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New York’s Domino Sugar Refinery reopens after an epic adaptive reuse project

The Spaces

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A newly constructed office peeps through the historic brickwork of this iconic Brooklyn building as the Domino Sugar Factory opens its doors for the first time in almost 20 years. The old factory is the central piece in the project, with Partnership for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) tapped to transform the structure for new use.

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PAU’s Domino Sugar Refinery Reopens as Brooklyn’s Newest Workspace

ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Domino_s office buildings_ Ten Grand and The Refinery at Domino. Image © Max Touhey Two Trees Management announced the official reopening of The Refinery at Domino Sugar, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic buildings transformed into a modern workspace.

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Biophilic installation begins at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Factory, including 17 big trees

Archinect

APRIL 10, 2023

In advance of the expected project completion later this summer, the Brooklyn-based developer Two Trees Management has shared images of its recent installation of the biophilic program inside PAU ’s long-awaited Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment in Williamsburg.

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Brooklyn’s historic Domino Sugar Factory restoration lights up with signs of progress

Archinect

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A beloved monument returned to the Brooklyn skyline without pomp or circumstance last night when the Domino Sugar sign was quietly relit atop the Thomas Havemeyer building’s new barrel vaulted glass roof, illuminating the Williamsburg waterfront for the first time in eight years.

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PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery

Deezen

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. A replica LED sign displaying the Domino Sugar logo brand was hung from the river-facing facade.

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Revitalizing New York City: 7 Remarkable Adaptive Reuse Projects in Brooklyn

Architizer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Brooklyn, the bustling borough of New York City, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, breathing new life into its historic structures through adaptive reuse projects. These endeavors not only preserve the borough’s rich architectural heritage but also offer innovative solutions to urban revitalization.

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CookFox Architects designs mass-timber Bruce Springsteen museum

Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The building will house galleries and a performance theatre A mass timber structure will be used for the project, some of which will be left exposed at the ceiling and in the supporting columns. It will also contain Springsteen's musical archives BSACAM is expected to be completed in 2026. The images are courtesy of CookFox Architects.

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

Deezen

APRIL 19, 2022

American firm CookFox Architects has completed a pair of tall, connected buildings with gridded facades for a Williamsburg site that once held an iconic sugar factory. 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.

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Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for "last waterfront site" in Williamsburg

Deezen

MAY 14, 2024

The project shall regenerate the last waterfront site of South Williamsburg." Gardens and public spaces designed in collaboration with New York studio Scape Landscape Architects will create a "strong public realm" and connect the project to the surrounding neighbourhood, according to the team.

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Salvaged goods: 10 adaptive reuse projects that caught our eye this year

The Spaces

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Refinery at Domino, New York, USA Photography: Max Touhey Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery lost none of its iconic appeal throughout its long-anticipated reinvention by New York’s Practice for Architecture and Urbanism. See more on the Trevarefabrikken hotel. Take a look inside the landmark.

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One South First and Ten Grand // COOKFOX Architects

Architizer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Project Status: Built. Located within the footprint of the former sugar manufacturing facility, the contemporary façade design is inspired by sugar’s crystalline structure, connecting the new building with the industrial history of the site. Year: 2019. Size: 300,000 sqft – 500,000 sqft. © COOKFOX Architects.

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"This is the kind of brutalism I can support" says commenter

Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2023

Christopher , meanwhile, thought the project was indicative of "our wildfire-proof future," while Marc Sicard had nothing but praise, saying "this is the kind of brutalism I can support. This project is so painfully banal." "Why A bit unsettling, but very interesting, with a strange effect on the perception of size.

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Take a look at Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment

BD+C

APRIL 24, 2017

Brooklyn’s iconic Domino Sugar Refinery will become the centerpiece of a redevelopment project spearheaded by SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations for developer Two Trees Management. The new development will also include office space, market-rate and affordable housing, retail, and community facilities.

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Twin porcelain-clad skyscrapers by Selldorf Architects rise on the Brooklyn waterfront

Deezen

AUGUST 24, 2023

Photos have been released of a pair of skyscrapers designed by local studio Selldorf Architects at the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment site on the East River waterfront in Brooklyn , NewYork. Studio founder Annabelle Selldorf said that her studio used principles from its other residential projects for the tower.

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New York’s Domino Sugar Refinery reopens after an epic adaptive reuse project

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"This is the kind of brutalism I can support" says commenter

Take a look at Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment

Twin porcelain-clad skyscrapers by Selldorf Architects rise on the Brooklyn waterfront

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