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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"

Deezen

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames.

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UNESCO's restoration of Iraq's historic Al-Nouri mosque site has been placed on hold

Archinect

The UNESCO -led effort to restore the historic Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul has come to a halt this week after recent discoveries and feedback from the community have prompted a change of direction from the cultural agency.

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Stern & Bucek Architects restores the Eldorado Ballroom, a Black cultural site in Houston’s Third Ward

The Architect's Newsletter

For three decades, the art moderne–style Eldorado Ballroom sat on the corner of Dowling Street—now Emancipation Avenue—and Elgin Street in Houston as a prominent Black music venue during the Jim The post Stern & Bucek Architects restores the Eldorado Ballroom, a Black cultural site in Houston’s Third Ward appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. (..)

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Stavros Tis Minthis – a modern relic restored

Hotel Designs

Image credit: Woods Bagot Woods Bagot Chief Executive Officer and Project Leader Nik Karalis said the redevelopment was informed by the concept of the “modern relic”, celebrating the anachronisms of a bygone era while boasting the latest in world-class amenity.

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An Artful Restoration Returns a Louisville Home to Its Midcentury Roots

Dwell

John Brooks and Erik Eaker called on architecture firm Rock Paper Hammer to restore a 1953 ranch home in Louisville, Kentucky, to its modernist roots. Photo by Lucy Hewett Having lived in the Mies van der Rohe tower at 860 Lake Shore Drive , the couple had their hearts set on a midcentury-modern house. "We

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An Art Deco gem gets a second chance in Montreal

The Spaces

A fan of the Art Deco aesthetic seen on ocean liners crossing the Atlantic, Eaton commissioned French architect Jacques Carlu, who designed an expansive penthouse space with murals, bas reliefs, promenade and 600-seat ‘grande salle’ in a style known as Streamline Moderne.

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Lina Bo Bardi and Her Helicoidal Wooden Staircase: Tradition and Modernity

ArchDaily

Following Bo Bardi's decisive contributions, the buildings were restored and became the new home of the Museum of Popular Art and the Popular University. The ensemble drew the attention of Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi at her first visit in 1958, during which she spent some years working and teaching in the city.

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