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Renzo Piano’s Istanbul Modern museum opens in Turkey

Archinect

The first dedicated museum of modern and contemporary art in Turkish history is finally opening its doors this week following the completion of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) -designed Istanbul Modern in the country’s most populous city. billion Galataport development beyond.

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Contrast or Harmony: The Aesthetic of Modern Adaptations to Historic Buildings

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Image © Helene Binet As cities grow and evolve, the question of preserving, rehabilitating, or adapting historic sites arises. They then create modern extensions that either harmonize or contrast with the original structure. They then create modern extensions that either harmonize or contrast with the original structure.

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PAU-designed The Refinery at Domino reopens Brooklyn's most iconic building to the modern workplace

Archinect

A landmark era of high-profile additions and architectural changes to the historic Brooklyn waterfront has ushered in a new chapter with today’s official public unveiling of the PAU -designed The Refinery at Domino office component at the 11-acre former Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg.

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A 12th-century Scottish monk may have invented modern architectural drawing techniques, new research claims

Archinect

Research from a professor at the University of Aberdeen has advanced evidence that the art and practice of architectural drawing may have been invented by a 12th-century Scottish clergyman working in Paris around the time of the construction of Notre-Dame Cathedral and other important Gothic structures.

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Feldman Architecture Designs Site Sensitive Modern Atherton Pavilions

Architizer

The distinctly modern forms contrast with the organic surrounds they occupy but the materiality and scale of the structures make them ‘of the landscape’… like they fit right in. ″ spacing of the vertical and horizontal slats set the basis for all structural and finish alignments. © Feldman Architecture.

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"Beautiful structure in the perfect location" says commenter

Deezen

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a mirrored cafe pavilion and courtyard at the site of The Old War Office in Whitehall, London. Unashamedly contemporary" pavilion designed for Old War Office site in London "A modern addition to an ancient classic" Readers were divided.

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The Stories at City Modern by McIntosh Poris Associates

Archinect

The Stories at City Modern is part of a four-block development by Bedrock that consists of four renovated Victorian homes and 19 new structures—a mix of townhomes and midrise apartment buildings comprising 400 individual dwellings. The Stories’ design is a modern reinvention of a stacked flat.

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