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Revolutionizing Art Restoration: Can Laser Cleaning Machines Safeguard Our Cultural Heritage?

The Architecture Designs

However, in the sphere of art restoration, such revolutionary processes are already unfolding. Central to this discourse is the emerging technology of laser cleaning, a technique that holds promising implications for the careful and meticulous world of art and artifact conservation.

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Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, reveals its restoration

Hotel Designs

Inspired by the innovative geometric designs of his mentor and Arizona Biltmore’s consulting architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Chase McArthur built the resort to reflect its desert surroundings. Main image credit: Arizona Biltmore Waldorf Astoria Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, reveals its restoration Pauline Brettell.

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Just Add Water: 7 Hybrid Homes Innovating in Water Conservation and Treatment

Architizer

More and more architects are trying to incorporate environmentally conscious materials, construction techniques and solar power sources in their proposals. Large openings help the home connect with the landscape around and passive bioclimate control techniques help regulate temperature and humidity.

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Mizzi Studio Designs 9 Royal Parks Kiosks Using Sustainable Materials and Traditional Craft Techniques

Architizer

Their design responds to the Grade I-listed landscape, with sustainable materials and traditional craft techniques creating simple, functional forms. We believe in the power of public space to bring people together and restore them both physically and emotionally. Team Members. Matthew Chilton, Associate and Project Lead. Consultants.

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FranklinTill shares nine principles for a shift to regenerative materials

Deezen

FranklinTill has curated an exhibition setting out its nine principles The defining characteristic of regenerative materials, according to Till, is that they restore and nourish the ecosystems they are part of. In an online exclusive, we are also unveiling them here.

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Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation

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The new Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, designed by Studio Gang and set in Theodore Roosevelt Park, connects 10 buildings across the Museum’s four-block campus, establishing continuous pathways to enhance visitor circulation. Gerstner, Jr. Solomon Family Insectarium and the first floor of the Louis V.

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This Austin ‘seashell’ house is one of the most popular stays on Airbnb right now

The Spaces

His friend Dalton Bloom commissioned the project, which took 11 years to complete, using eco-friendly building materials and experimental and innovative building techniques. The Bloomhouse was designed in the 1970s by University of Texas student Charles Hawker for his graduate thesis as aa ‘living sculpture’.

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