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Social Rehabilitation: Exploring Community Involvement in Architectural Restoration

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It addresses the need to significantly improve a building's failing features, primarily through strengthening or replacing elements to restore the structure's optimal performance. Rehabilitation can serve as a model that brings community members together for inclusive repair and restoration of structures. Read more ยป

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Fentress' Norwegian Embassy restoration is a testament to the country's unique design heritage

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Fentress Architects ’ AIA chapter award-winning Chancery restoration project for the Embassy of Norway has officially opened to the public, representing a first for the 42-year-old Denver-based firm. Situated between the official Vice Presidential Residence and National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.’s

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Grand Palais Restoration by Chatillon Architectes Completed ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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ยฉ Laurent Kronental The Grand Palais, an iconic Parisian landmark, is set to play a significant role in the 2024 Paris Olympics following a major restoration by French studio Chatillon Architectes. The first images of the refurbished building, captured by Laurent Kronental, reveal the progress of the extensive project that began in 2021.

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A restored Irish seaside destination wins the 2024 AR Public Award

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The project restored a spa resort originally built in 1843 with a new engineered jetty feature, including built-in seating and a walkway connecting the adjacent town of Newtownsmith to swimming areas on the Irish Sea.

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Taliesin's $1.1 million restored Hillside Theater debuts in Wisconsin

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Taliesin Preservation’s restoration of the Hillside Theater at Frank Lloyd Wright ’s former estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin, has been completed following a five-year and $1.1 million transformation effort for The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

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Touring Notre Dame Cathedral with its army of restorers

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” A restoration of this order should take 10 to 15 years (that’s according to experts speaking immediately after the April 15, 2019, blaze ). That afternoon in June last year in Saumur, he told the compagnons: “Your pride in your work is beautiful to see. Their incredible pace has required a truly global effort.

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Call For Entries: Domus Restoration and Preservation International Award - IX Edition

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ยฉ Domus Award The International Prize for Architectural Restoration โ€œFassa Bortolo Domus Restoration and Preservationโ€ was established for the purpose of rewarding and promoting architectural restoration works that have managed to best interpret the preservation principles including through the use of contemporary forms of expression.