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Brooklyn’s historic Domino Sugar Factory restoration lights up with signs of progress

Archinect

A beloved monument returned to the Brooklyn skyline without pomp or circumstance last night when the Domino Sugar sign was quietly relit atop the Thomas Havemeyer building’s new barrel vaulted glass roof, illuminating the Williamsburg waterfront for the first time in eight years.

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The Grand Palais debuts its pre-Olympics makeover in Paris

Archinect

As the start of this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics draws closer in Paris, the first images of the Chatillon Architectes-led restoration of the Grand Palais have been made public. The project's total costs will equal about $500 million USD, and the.

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Manica designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears

Deezen

Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting events to the Windy City's downtown, to replace the Bears' current home at Soldier Field. The renderings were provided by Manica Architecture.

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Tour a restored 1970s modernist home in East Melbourne

The Spaces

Local architect Dale Fisher designed this brick and glass property in the East Melbourne suburb of Balwyn, which has undergone a sympathetic expansion and restoration by architect David Neil, principal of Neil Architecture. The pavilion is an entertainment space with an open fireplace and roof garden. and $6 m AUD.

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Provencher Roy designs tower with dramatic cantilever for Montreal quay restoration

Deezen

Above: it has a viewing deck that cantilevers from the side The entirety of the pier was restored by the studio, with the tower rising at the end of a similar horizontal structure that serves as a boat terminal and was completed in 2019. It has a glass and metal facade that reveals its interior.

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Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx restore 1960s home in Belgium

Deezen

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. These open onto a terrace extending onto the roof of the former garage below.

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This week Manica Architecture unveiled glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears

Deezen

This week on Dezeen , American studio Manica Architecture revealed its design for a stadium for the Chicago Bears football team featuring a translucent roof and a glass-curtain wall at its entrance. A factory by architect CFA Voysey was restored by UK studio dMFK Architects Renovation projects also proved popular this week.

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