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Notre Dame's 'shocking' interior cleaning is sparking a debate about methods used in architectural restoration

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The current cleaning phase involves the application of a latex paste to the interior stonework. After a few days, the latex can be peeled off, bringing with it accumulated dust and dirt.

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Restoration of Saarinen-designed First Christian Church tower completed in Columbus, Indiana

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The Landmark Columbus Foundation has shared photos of Louis Joyner Architect 's completed tower restoration of the landmark First Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana, designed by Eero Saarinen and his father, Eliel , in 1942. The project took eight months to complete, wrapping up this past December.

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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. Reed Hilderbrand has also contributed a comprehensive new landscape program for the building that connects the plaza area to third-floor terraces.

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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"

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Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames. A historic archive is hosted on the third floor.

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Brazil has turned a corner in its yearslong National Museum restoration project

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According to The Art Newspaper , local firms Velatura Restaurações and Construtora Biapó have now completed the restoration of the historic facade and expect the building to be completely reopened sometime in 2027. ” They also mentioned that the fire apparently served as a “violent intervention”

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

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The full restoration is expected to be ready sometime in the next year. Image © Wes Tarca New York YIMBY also reported that construction of the reinforced concrete core is complete as well. The tree-lined and column-free office portion is yet to be fully leased in spite of the space’s considerable marketability.