Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan , to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". Copper is a traditional material in this region, and we thought it was particularly appropriate," he added. The photography is by Kenta Hasegawa.

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Architizer

AUGUST 15, 2022

Rural living has for long existed in the human imagination as a mythical refuge where we might be able to escape our modern distractions: a bucolic place where life is simpler, living is intricately tied to the land, and one’s days can be spent cultivating fields and tending to flocks of sheep. A Restorative Retreat for Sartfell.

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Deezen

MARCH 16, 2022

Local practice Valentino Architects was tasked with transforming the existing structure into a home for the artist's granddaughter, starting with adding a raised sun deck to the southernmost point of the house. Adjacent to the terrace is a modern kitchen with black cabinetry. The study is finished with petroleum green walls.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Rising in Boston’s South End, this church turned condominium mixes the craftsmanship of the past with modern amenities for a new style of urban living. The badly deteriorated roof and interiors of the 1874 German Trinity Catholic Church were removed, while the granite and puddingstone masonry shell was stabilized and restored.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Several structures listed as historic monuments were preserved and restored as part of the scheme, while some modern additions to the site were demolished and replaced to improve circulation. Those that were restored date back to the 1950s and 1960s. Structural engineering: LAP Leonhardt, Andra? und Partner.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It wanted its design for the transportation centre to open up the building to its surroundings, while still respecting security concerns by setting the structure back from the perimeter of the site. Its facades are a mix of glass and white-painted aluminium, placed at various positions based on the sun's path.

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Habitus Living

JANUARY 16, 2022

The brief was to provide a separate kids area, a larger integrated living area that connected to the outdoors, new modern amenities, and to introduce much needed natural light and volume in a particularly tight site. “ With the owner’s desire for raw character the first floor addition structure was designed to be on display.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 17, 2024

Its elliptical plan, sweeping “potato chip” roof, and once expansive glass walls are characteristic of the futuristic Googie designs—many of which employed gravity-defying cantilevers, bold geometric shapes, and vibrant colors—that exuberantly celebrated the car-centric culture of the era. Redevelopment proposal by Project^.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2024

These support the cantilevered upper floors, running up through the structure and reappearing as columns supporting a shade structure on the canopy. Read: 1930s modernist Aluminaire House moves cross-country to Palm Springs Six five-inch aluminium pipe columns bear the weight of the entire structure.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2024

Located on the Odderœya peninsula in Kristiansand, Kunstsilo is home to the world's largest private collection of modern art from the Nordic region, with more than 5,500 artworks. To achieve this, Mestres Wåge Arquitectes , BAX and Mendoza Partida set out to place its 30 silos – which once contained 15,000 tonnes of grain – at centre stage.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read on to find out more about Dezeen readers' favourite houses from November: Photo by David Barbour Cuddymoss, Scotland, by Ann Nisbet Studio Architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio inserted an insulated timber frame into a stone ruin in Ayrshire, adding a timber-clad extension to form two gabled structures connected by a glass corridor.

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Architizer

MARCH 7, 2024

Looking back on the transformative impact of Modernism, which reshaped the global built environment in just twenty-seven years, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment where we possess the knowledge and tools to envision doing the same at an accelerated pace. Hardie/ Wikimedia ; Air pollution in Victorian-era Britain. Function-Based Zones 2.

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Architizer

JULY 26, 2022

From small to large sites, light to heavy renovations, the projects in this collection strategically marry the advantages of industrial buildings and modern workspaces. Old limestone walls and timber members are restored and left exposed, adding a strong industrial flavor to the spaces. Jury Winner, 2018 A+Awards, Architecture +Stairs.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Malik Architecture restored the 144-year old ice factory Named IF.BE – Ice Factory Ballard Estate, the gallery was designed around a central courtyard. This roof, initially a north-light truss, was rotated by 90 degrees to let in light from the east – also ensuring light and ventilation for the neighbouring structure.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Designed in 1854 by Johannes van Maurik, the building historically acted as a member's hall and museum for the zoological society Natura Artis Magistra or Artis, which closed in 1946 prior to the entire structure being closed in 2011. It restored the building's original features. Merk X renovated Amsterdam's Groote Museum. "The

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , the cedar house was originally constructed in 1961 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1971, with unusually shaped rooms, rounded seating spaces and colourful glass accents. Hill was a proponent of California Modernism in the Bay Area during the postwar period.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Phipps' visual exploration of modernism in Wales follows six other publications by the London-based artist capturing post-war architecture in Britain, including Brutal North and Brutal London. For Phipps, the book aims to recalibrate the undervalued history of modernism in both a local and international context. "I

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Dwell

APRIL 4, 2024

Dating back to 1871, the historic property has vaulted ceilings, stained glass windows, and a wide-open layout. acres From the Agent : " Welcome to 41 Pitt Street, a unique blend of historic charm and modern comfort. The structure formerly served as the first dedicated sanctuary for Plymouth Congregational Church.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2023

The museum is divided into two volumes, which are connected by a glass and concrete footbridge. Each of the volumes has glass bases that are elevated on top of concrete pillars that help the building withstand flooding. Inside publicly accessible spaces are bridged by glass passages that lead to the exhibition rooms.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Architecture firm SOM is renovating the glass Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York in an effort to preserve the modernist office building's "very important legacy". The International Style was a modernist movement defined by simple cubic forms and the use of glass and steel, stripped of any ornamentation.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

It bears heavy influence from Frank Lloyd Wright, adapting to its rocky terrain with its wedge-shaped design and stone structure, built with materials excavated from the site. Modern House is listing the four-bedroom house, which underwent an award-winning restoration in 2000 under the guidance of Tropman & Tropman Architects.

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Deezen

AUGUST 27, 2023

The renovations below see many of these original features retained and restored, supplemented with contemporary additions such as double-height ceilings and furniture by the likes of Tadao Ando and Mario Bellini. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

These light-filled kitchens feature different finishes, including marble , concrete , wood and glass , but are joined together by the sunlight that streams through their large windows, glazed doors or skylights. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Built following the restoration of the owner's main house in a hillside settlement in the Cairngorms National Park, the completion of the trio of buildings marks the end of a decade-long undertaking by the studio to reoccupy the site. undertaken with great care and precision in the detail," said Addy.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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The Spaces

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Uniquely, the 2,380 sq ft residence is built on four structural steel beams rotated on an axis to capture the ocean breezes, with one wrapped in a yellow spiral staircase. Schwartz House, or 444 Sycamore Road, was built in 1994, making the three-bedroom stilted property Koenig’s last completed project.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The project was envisioned as a "modern reincarnation" of the hotel that once operated on the site. The hallways are darkly clad and feature wooden crossbeams On the ground level, the team added folding glass doors on the front wall, which faces a pedestrian promenade. The building's terracotta tile roof was retained, as well.

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Architizer

APRIL 4, 2024

The state boasts a variety of structures and construction approaches that contribute to a diverse built environment. Eight pavilions, including galleries, a library, educational spaces, and a restaurant, are clustered around two ponds, connected by bridge-like structures that act as dams and bridges.

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Architizer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cast-iron’s structural strength allowed architects to engineer expansive spaces and, when paired with glass, illuminate buildings in ways not previously possible. After a long period of disuse, Architecture Patrick Mauger restored the Secrétan Covered Market to its original function.

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Dwell

JUNE 3, 2022

Now, at the peak of its care, the property has been entirely customized and restored by the current owner/designer, with the intent to marry the memorable with the modern." Photo by Virtually Here Studios The current owner, designer Brooke Safford, carefully restored the 1800s home. An Earthship-Inspired Desert Home Asks $3.5M

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The Spaces

MARCH 2, 2023

Oodi library in Helsinki, Finland Photography: Tuomas Uusheimo ALA Architects designed Helsinki’s strikingly modern Oodi public library, conceived as a ‘living room’ for the Finnish capital. Interiors are ultra-minimalist, with white walls, lofty ceilings and huge expanses of glass along the building’s undulating facade.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Georgian period features were meticulously restored as part of the renovation and paired with a soothing colour palette of creams, greens and blues, turning what was previously a dark and cramped interior into a modern living space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The overhaul aims to bring new life to the listed Victorian building by introducing a hotel to its upper floors while restoring original features, including its glass-roofed atrium. Externally, Jenners' Victorian facade will be restored. The building's glass-roofed atrium will be restored.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Having been restored and re-imagined, TWA Hotel has become a destination itself for design and architecture lovers looking to spend an overnight near JFK airport, or simply enjoying an out-of-the-box experience that is easily accessible from Manhattan. Located in the former terminal designed by Eero Saarinen in 1962.

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Architizer

MARCH 25, 2022

After the Main Library was relocated in 2001 the building remained dormant for long periods until private owners purchased it with the intent to restore the original structure and give the building new life as creative office space. © HASTINGS Architecture. © HASTINGS Architecture. © HASTINGS Architecture. © HASTINGS Architecture.

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Architizer

MARCH 2, 2022

The Church, located in Sag Harbor, New York, is a 12,000 square foot comprehensive adaptive reuse and restoration project that returns the once-shuttered religious structure back to the community as a vibrant center for creativity. They present themselves as a modern interpretation of traditional stained-glass windows.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

acres From the Agent : "This midcentury-modern masterpiece, nestled amongst beautiful mature trees is now available after 40 years. As featured in Midcentury-Modern Homes of Denver, this architectural and structural example of expressionism with classic post-and-beam styling must be seen by those looking for a very special opportunity.

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