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SOM completes restoration of Lever House, a midcentury Manhattan office icon

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of a recent restoration project that’s meant to breathe new life into their historic Lever House design in Manhattan. Image: Lucas Blair Simpson © SOM “This renovation brings Lever House into the 21st century,” SOM Partner Chris Cooper said in a statement.

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Glazed extensions flank Montreal’s historic Maisonneuve Library following major EVOQ renovation

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Montreal’s Maisonneuve Library has reopened to the public following a major restoration and expansion of the historic building. Image credit: Adrien Williams Image credit: Adrien Williams At the center of the project is the original 1912 building, which was rehabilitated to restore its “original splendor.

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SOM completes restoration of New York's historic Lever House

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US-based architecture studio SOM has completed a restoration of the Lever House seventy years after the studio originally designed the historic New York City office building. Upon the developers' purchase of the building in 2020, many of the interior spaces had fallen into disrepair.

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

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New York design studio Post Company has revived a historic hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , drawing on the building's illustrious past and recent acclaim to inform its interiors. One of the ground-floor rooms boasts a star-shaped stained glass window, which is surrounded by foliage on the exterior.

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thatched brick ‘nieby crofters cottage’ transformed with modern glass renovation

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a contemporary glass volume is nestled beneath the restored thatched roof. The post thatched brick ‘nieby crofters cottage’ transformed with modern glass renovation appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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lightweight glass box adheres to 1870s gothic building after hyde + hyde’s restoration

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The post lightweight glass box adheres to 1870s gothic building after hyde + hyde’s restoration appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the new extension applies quatrefoil tectonic tiles in bronze and steel textures amplifying the original brick facade.

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Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx restore 1960s home in Belgium

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It comprises a brick and glass pavilion and a concrete blockwork garage, which step down its gently sloping site. By removing extensions to the home, the original frontage was restored with full-height, sliding glass doors. Here, the original brick walls have been painted white and the wooden ceiling restored.