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Revolutionizing Art Restoration: Can Laser Cleaning Machines Safeguard Our Cultural Heritage?

The Architecture Designs

However, in the sphere of art restoration, such revolutionary processes are already unfolding. Central to this discourse is the emerging technology of laser cleaning, a technique that holds promising implications for the careful and meticulous world of art and artifact conservation.

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Update on Mack restoration

Architecture Here and There

Glasgow School of Art before the fires of 2014 and 2018. The famous 1909 Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has not been rebuilt after its near destruction after two fires in 2014 and 2018. Faithful reinstatement leans, as I understand it, more toward replication among the various synonyms for restoration.

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Artiq on the dynamic of technology and art in hospitality

Hotel Designs

The monumental makeover of this cultural landmark as one of the world’s biggest brick buildings, is notable for its original Art Deco interior fittings and décor. This is something that Artiq wanted to honour when curating an art collection for Arcade, a contemporary food hall offering a modern approach to dining.

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Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, reveals its restoration

Hotel Designs

Inspired by the innovative geometric designs of his mentor and Arizona Biltmore’s consulting architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Chase McArthur built the resort to reflect its desert surroundings. Burton Studio and Wimberly Interiors.

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Restoration lab and French cultural center // GRACE

Architizer

The architectural bureau known for its work on Garage contemporary art museum, will restore a famous modernist building in Uzbek capital. The restoration is being backed by the Uzbekistan’s Art and Culture Development Foundation. GRACE studio is set to reconstruct an important cultural center in Tashkent. © GRACE.

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Winter Visual Arts Center, Franklin & Marshall by Steven Hall Architects

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On the historic campus of Franklin & Marshall College, the new Winter Visual Arts Center takes shape as a raised pavilion formed by the site’s 200-year old trees, the oldest elements of the campus. A new campus destination for all students, the building’s spaces aim to evoke the creative energy involved in teaching and making art.

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The Courtauld Institute of Art London Renewal

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The Blavatnik Fine Rooms at The Courtauld Gallery: photo © Hufton+Crow The three-year redevelopment of the Courtauld Gallery has been the most significant modernisation project in its history, providing a transformed home for one of the UK’s greatest art collections. Our carefully planned refurbishment is a complex weaving of old and new.

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