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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. It is a sustainable strategy for preserving the built environment and mitigating the construction industry's impact on climate change. Read more »

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URB Reveals World’s Largest Ocean Restoration Project in Dubai

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Image Courtesy of URB URB has revealed 'Dubai Reefs,' a floating living lab designed to restore marine ecosystems and promote ecotourism. Dubai Reefs encompasses a sustainable floating community dedicated to marine research, regeneration, and ecotourism , comprising residential, hospitality, retail, educational, and research facilities.

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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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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.

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Restore to Impact: Projects Selected for the Regeneration Contest of an Industrial Site in Parma

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Restore to Impact , the international Call for Ideas powered by the Chiesi biopharmaceutical Group, aims to identify innovative, evolutionary and transversal concepts as guidelines for the future regeneration project of its historic industrial site in via Palermo in Parma. Read more »

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Howard University begins Myrtilla Miner Building restoration, initiating $785 million campus master plan

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This restoration marks the start of Howard University’s $785 million Central Campus Master Plan , the largest campus development project in the school’s history. As noted by Howard University, preservation and sustainability are at the core of the institution’s real estate development initiatives.

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3 Years and Over $2 Million: What It Costs to Restore a Frank Lloyd Wright Home

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Sixty five years after his death, Frank Lloyd Wright has sustained quite the fan club. So instead we sought out the next best thing: Frank Lloyd Wright homeowners and curators who would share what their restoration processes entailed. America’s most famous architect inspires legions of fans.