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Transforming Hotel Renovations with Eco-Friendly Solutions

ArchDaily

© hansgrohe / Hansgrohe SE Hotel renovations today transcend mere improvements in guest comfort or alignment with prevailing design trends. A major demand currently facing the industry is the need to respond to the growing wave of environmental awareness and embrace sustainable development objectives.

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Renovations complete on Einstein Tower, observatory built to represent Einstein's theory of relativity

Archinect

A solar observatory built to substantiate Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity has been reopened near the German capital after a renovation project to preserve it for future generations. [.] In addition, the working telescopes are the original ones installed nearly a century ago. The restoration cost approximately $1.2

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Home Renovation Ideas

Aric Gitomer Architect

Residential architects love renovations. Most of them suggest that the best home renovations are those that respect the original structure and enlighten it from a modern and contemporary perspective. So, it’s fair to retain some of those features during renovation. During the renovation, the scale of the project matters.

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sloping playground roof tops renovated 50-year-old kindergarten by studio YY in japan

designboom

the bright colors of the playgrounds stimulate the students' imagination, while the installed cave walls and climbing pillars pique their curiosity. The post sloping playground roof tops renovated 50-year-old kindergarten by studio YY in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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A Sleek Solar Roof Solved for Clean Energy—and Errant Golf Balls—for a Couple in Texas

Dwell

A traditional Hill Country-style home in Austin has been given a serious upgrade with an unobtrusive solar roof that complements the architecture and surrounding natural landscape. While it offered the perfect base to explore the great outdoors, its attractive Spanish-style clay roof tiles proved hazardous. "It

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This French fixer-upper boasts a barrel-vaulted glass roof

The Spaces

Its twin is installed in the home of the Niortais architect Bernard d’Agesci.) A weathered stone staircase connects each level of the house, and a glass-roofed garden room is at the rear. One of the more inspiring spaces is the gallery, crowned by a glass and timber barrel-vaulted roof with a neo-gothic stone balustrade.

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Heryco blends "history and modernity" in renovation of pink apartment block

Deezen

Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. This led the team to search for ways to reinforce the building's structure and repair the corroded roof without making too many interventions into the floorplan.