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Marvel proposes new Maritime, Business, Research, and Innovation Center for Puerto Rico

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The plan for the island’s Maritime, Business, Research, and Innovation Center (MBRIC) calls for the addition of a new landmark building at the site of a former U.S. Coast Guard-operated pier looking out over the Straight of Vieques.

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Post Company restores hotel known as birthplace of Apple's Macintosh computer

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Restored elements of the building include a staircase with tiled risers and iron railings The team worked with Post Company to uncover historical details about the property, which was originally built in 1905 by landscape painter Chris Jorgensen for his wife, chocolate heiress Angela Ghirardelli. The photography is by Chris Mottalini.

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Field Operations converts restored Staten Island landfill into wetland park

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The opening marks a significant milestone in a 30-year master plan created by Field Operations for the 2,200-acre (890-hectare) site located along the west side of Staten Island – a borough of New York City – that is currently being transformed from a landfill into parkland. said the team.

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Risco updates Portuguese events centre housed in former convent

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Portuguese studio Risco has renovated the Beato Convent Events Centre, an events space housed within a former convent in Lisbon , sensitively updating its existing fabric and adding a series of contemporary additions. The post Risco updates Portuguese events centre housed in former convent appeared first on Dezeen.

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro set to restore Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Dallas

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Restoring the Kalita Humphreys Theater to its original state requires a multifaceted approach that involves surgical extraction, selective reconstruction, careful preservation, and faithful reinterpretation of Wright's design intent.". The project will restore the green area around the theatre.

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The Central Mexican Hot Springs Site That’s Run Like a Local Co-Op

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A photojournalist visits Grutas Tolantongo, a thermal pool complex that operates under a communal ownership system established to restore land rights to Indigenous communities. The site runs under the ejido system, meaning it’s owned and operated by members of the local community, similar to a co-op. But every year, that role changes.

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Lloyd Wright chapel to be disassembled following ongoing California landslide

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A team will catalogue the structure during its deconstruction Led by Architectural Resources Group (ARG) of Los Angeles, along with "historic preservation experts" a group will deconstruct the chapel, documenting its pieces along the way, to preserve and reconstruct the structure on a nearby site.