Dwell

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Robert and Cortney Novogratz, known for their reality TV shows on Bravo and HGTV, recently renovated a 1930s Spanish villa in Los Angeles. Before: Exterior The foundation was crumbling, and the home needed a major overhaul to be brought back to life. Staci Marengo After: Exterior A coat of white paint freshened up the exterior.

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Architizer

JANUARY 25, 2023

Originally founded in 1905, it has passed through three defining eras of modern and contemporary Chinese history, these being the late Qing Dynasty, the formation of the Republic of China and finally the new China as experienced today. With the abundant reflection and transmission effects of glass, a real-time changing scene is displayed.

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Dwell

APRIL 11, 2023

Many of these houses were designed by noted Portland architects, like Van Evera Bailey , who collectively created the Northwest modern style: pitched overhanging roofs, large expanses of glass, and extensive wood. Before: Exterior Before: The house lacked natural light, as it only had small punched windows.

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Architizer

AUGUST 11, 2022

It was important to prove that sustainable architecture can have a modern aesthetic. Often overhangs are clunky in nature and are avoided even-though they serve an important role in sending runoff water away from the buildings foundations. Simple and clean detailing is more likely to be restored than renovated.

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Architizer

APRIL 30, 2024

At their core, these bridge-buildings are rooted in the ethos of integration and engagement, merging the built environment with the natural landscape, interior with exterior, and function with form. Designed with modern aesthetics and functionality, it deftly integrates classrooms with a pedestrian bridge below.

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A4 Architects

DECEMBER 8, 2022

He purchased the lot which had the remains of the foundation of the previous structure. These foundations were creatively reused and gave the initial footprint to the new structure. The challenge with owning and designing renovations to old buildings is not to keep them exactly as they were.

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Urban Design Associates

MARCH 18, 2022

You want a modern remodel with clean lines and a sophisticated look, but the minimalism that often accompanies the modern style can set unrealistic standards for an actual lived-in home. Incorporate Organic Materials Another way to make a modern remodel more inviting is to bring in nature. That doesn’t have to be the case.

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Urban Design Associates

MARCH 18, 2022

You want a modern remodel with clean lines and a sophisticated look, but the minimalism that often accompanies the modern style can set unrealistic standards for an actual lived-in home. Another way to make a modern remodel more inviting is to bring in nature. Or worse, the rooms don’t feel remotely comfortable.

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e-architect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Located in a forest clearing, the newly renovated house takes advantage of its surroundings by arranging windows on each facade to feature views of the surrounding woodland, made up primarily of pine, oak, and maple. Locals tend to like the fact that a modern renovation utilizes a wood finish that is familiar and used in a respectful way.”

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Bloszies has completed an extension and renovation of the Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco. The studio added a metal and glass extension to the school The extension included the "careful inssertaion" of a modern, glass-lined structure between the cathedral and the school. Local studio Office of Charles F.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The Pashby-Amann house has served as a weekend retreat for an antiques dealer specializing in 17th- and 18th-century English furniture and an art conservator of modern and contemporary artworks. Obtaining insurance to pay for the storm’s damage and the renovation required extensive work by ACHA. ACHA then designed two additions.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Top photo is by Lorenzo Zandri As part of the first phase of a multi-stage renovation project, Studio McW added three gabled extensions to the existing property, which is located in a conservation area near Peterborough. Studio McW has added three extensions to an 18th-century house. The largest extension is formed from clay bricks.

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Architizer

APRIL 4, 2024

Reynolds Foundation to revamp the museum, introduce new interactive exhibits, and create an outdoor science skywalk focused on adventure and learning. The renovation aimed to enhance visitor experience by utilizing the museum’s wooded surroundings and existing facilities, while emphasizing hands-on learning and adventure.

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Habitus Living

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Key to the renovation was an early decision to retain the existing footprint despite the run of small rooms typical to the war-era architecture favoured in Hawthorn. Effectively this provided an immediate foundation with a bedroom for each of the three children.

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Architizer

JULY 23, 2023

Project Status: Built Year: 2019 Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft 712 Fifth Avenue Renovation – Returning to one of our projects more than 30 years later, we were challenged with how to reimagine the entry and lobby to a prestigious postmodern building. In this case, as a renovation project, we were starting out with an existing structure.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Barnes Foundation By Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners , Philadelphia, PA, United States The Barnes Foundation collection was relocated to a 93,000 square foot, LEED Platinum building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia. This became a renovated cottage that was originally built in 1851.

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e-architect

JUNE 5, 2023

Renovation: Changes in Architectural and Spatial Functions LI City Study is located in the Tianmu Lake Resort in Liyang City. Before the renovation, the building was an office. At the same time, the architects removed the exterior walls, exposing the original beams and columns frame.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 9, 2022

LAMAS Architecture gets to the root of the problem by shoring up its unsettled foundation and fixing damage from a fallen tree. Before: Entry Before: The exterior of the house needed sprucing up. The homeowners wanted to maintain the architectural spirit while modernizing it. It all started with a Norway maple.

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Architizer

JANUARY 31, 2023

The façade’s cedar planks are arranged in groups of five or ten, and then staggered diagonally across the building’s three-story exterior. The exterior walls include 2,500 cast stone panels hung on gently sloped walls curving vertically and horizontally. The solid timber material provides both façade and structural material.

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Habitus Living

JUNE 20, 2023

In renovating and redesigning the 1950s timber cottage-style farmhouse , Layan Architects was able to both revitalise the existing distressed weatherboard structure and expand its functionality to meet their clients’ off-grid priorities. The design approach takes a respectful simplicity that favours reuse over renewal.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Defined by their steeply pitched roofs that extend to reach near ground level, A-frame homes became popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and are now seeing a resurgence with modern interpretations being designed around the world. Corrugated black metal panels cover the roof of the upper level, where beds are placed.

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Architizer

MAY 4, 2022

Thankfully, commissioned by Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), thorough repairs and reconstructions have been carried out since the 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall. To the back of the Altes Museum is the Neues Museum, renovated by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 16, 2022

In the early 1900s Hanyang became the site of China’s first modern iron and steel works as well as key arsenal city. As a backbone of the industrial base of Hubei and Wuhan, Hanyang Iron Works promoted the rapid development of Hanyang Arsenal and the textile industry of Wuhan, forming the foundation of Hubei industries.

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Habitus Living

JULY 30, 2023

What stood out to me was the way designers create a connection between interiors, exteriors, and circulation, along with bringing in light, which all contributes to creating a really nice quality of space.” Studio Prineas preserved the original weatherboard cottage and added a modern touch with a new vertical off-form concrete wing.

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A4 Architects

JANUARY 2, 2024

Tilton House (Newport, Rhode Island) Marked by an almost painterly use of shingles cut in different decorative styles, the building had both a respect for previous styles but also a freshness and a lightness that was not characteristic of the Queen Anne Revival period, which often had polychromy and heavy exposed timbering on the exterior.

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Architizer

AUGUST 5, 2022

Today, libraries are rapidly evolving to meet modern technological and collective demands as they anticipate future trends. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch Renovation. Renovation and Expansion of the Morgan Library. Libraries are defined by a personal and collective exchange.

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ArchiDiaries

MARCH 10, 2023

He is assured without hubris, consistently avoiding trendiness to confront and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,” comments Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. Cities are dynamic, so they don’t just sit there, they evolve.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 16, 2022

Wraparound House is an expansive architectural renovation and landscape of a 1930s home in the Marina neighborhood, for a couple with three children. In excavating the top layer of soil, it became feasible to lift the entire house, and to modernize the entire foundation with a relatively thick mat slab. Photo © Paul Dyer.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Michael MacLean, Project Lead and Associate at RJC, explains, “The entire team understood the importance of maintaining the building’s historic character while providing a revitalized structure that meets the Church’s vision for a modern-day gathering place.” Brightside Community Homes Foundation. image courtesy of architecture firm.

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e-architect

MARCH 7, 2023

He is assured without hubris, consistently avoiding trendiness to confront and sustain the connections between tradition and innovation, serving history and humanity,” comments Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award. Cities are dynamic, so they don’t just sit there, they evolve.

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 17, 2022

The cultural tourism project developed by ZOINA Group, intended to renovate the old center of Changle under the spirit of Zhang Jian and renamed it as Jianli (the Hometown of Zhang Jian). Affected by the low-lying and sandy geographical condition, local people use to build high foundations and dig moats by houses to collect soil.

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The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 31, 2022

They reduce the risks of having a flooded basement or damaged siding by directing water away from the house’s foundation. Some of the most in-demand rain gutter styles that enhance a house’s exterior include K-style, half-round, and box-style gutters. Moreover, they prevent erosion and damage to valuable landscaping.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Villa Emerald Lake Garda Property, Luxury Brescia House, Modern Lombardy Home, Italian Residential Building. With an eye to privacy both from and for the adjacent properties, the exterior façade of the property is completely blind, except for the entrance door, which is accessed via a pedestrian walkway from the street.

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e-architect

APRIL 27, 2023

The Museum’s project – which will be largely funded by private donations – focuses on strengthening the DMA’s work with its communities, creating stronger civic connections, transforming the welcome for visitors with new facilities, and expanding education and gallery space – all underpinned by a thorough modernization.

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Hotel Designs

JULY 11, 2023

Working to the site’s special energy the site and its existing archaeological landmarks, Warner set out to respectfully restore the relaxed Pacific Island style that epitomised the original property while elevating it with modern touches and sustainable elements. The restaurants and bars will also conjure a familiar feeling.

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SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Laird Memorial Library Expansion & Renovation Building projects do not happen overnight. I’ve been involved in several such projects, one of which—the expansion and renovation of the Flora M. The City had no recourse but to place the project on hold and recalibrate its hopes for an expanded and modernized library.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

Find out more about North Salem Farm House › The photo is by Mark Mahaney Floating Farmhouse, New York, Tom Givone Self-taught designer Tom Givone renovated this dilapidated farmhouse in upstate New York, adding a glass curtain wall in the kitchen and dining area, concrete floors and exposing the original wood beams.

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