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Contrast or Harmony: The Aesthetic of Modern Adaptations to Historic Buildings

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The intervention in such buildings requires a delicate balance between honoring their heritage and meeting contemporary demands. Often, the most innovative and radical solutions emerge when architects attempt to renew a building while maintaining its original footprint and as many features as possible.

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Modern Straw: From Building System to Decoration

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What was once considered rustic is now being explored in more modern settings; therefore, the application of the material is also subject to new forms of fixation, coloring, and orientation (horizontal or vertical).

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PAU-designed The Refinery at Domino reopens Brooklyn's most iconic building to the modern workplace

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The new, 15-story glass commercial space was constructed inside the building’s old brick masonry shell, offering tenants 460,000 square feet of Class A office space enhanced by carefully-inserted biophilic elements and marked by the firm’s attenuation to ascendant health and wellness considerations typical in modern workplace design.

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Skylab Architecture teams up with Steel Hut to design modern ready-to-build and climate resistant dwellings

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The interior of the homes are characterized as ultra-modern and warm. The prefabricated homes are entirely made of recycled and recyclable steel. They can be used in a variety of ways, such as accessory dwelling units (ADU) and remote living spaces. They have an impressive visual scale relative to their size.

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Modernism Week exhibition explores the Emirates' modern architectural heritage

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A pop-up exhibition titled “Building Identity: Modern Architectural Heritage of the Emirates” opened this week as part of the annual Modernism Week festivities in Palm Springs, California.

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Renzo Piano’s Istanbul Modern museum opens in Turkey

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The first dedicated museum of modern and contemporary art in Turkish history is finally opening its doors this week following the completion of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) -designed Istanbul Modern in the country’s most populous city. billion Galataport development beyond.

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Istanbul Modern Museum / Renzo Piano Building Workshop + Arup

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© Cemal Emden architects: Arup architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Location: Kılıçali Paşa, Tophane İskele Cd. No:1/1, 34433 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Cemal Emden Photographs: Enrico Cano Photographs: Meltem Sarı Read more »

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