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Memphis Slim Collaboratory / brg3s architects

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Renovation, Services
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Memphis, United States

Revised Renovation Plan Released for New York Public Library

Details have been released on the New York Public Library’s (NYPL) plan to renovate its Mid-Manhattan branch, while creating more public space within its flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The news comes shortly after Foster + Partner’s redesign of the the Beaux-Arts landmark was scrapped due to concerns of a ballooning budget. The revised $300 million overhaul suggests a more affordable option of relocating Schwarzman’s main stacks beneath Bryant Park, while establishing a more campus-like connection with a fully renovated Mid-Manhattan branch. All the details, here.

Tadao Ando to Expand Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis

Construction is slated to begin in August (2014) on an expansion project that will transform the lower level of Tadao Ando’s Pulitzer Arts Foundation building in St. Louis into a public space for exhibitions, new programs and artist-driven activities. Previously used as offices and storage, the two new galleries, also designed by Ando, will expand the Pulitzer’s programable space by nearly 50 percent. This will be the building’s first major renovation since opening in 2001.

Patio House / AR Arquitetos

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Houses, Renovation
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Brazil
  • Architects: AR Arquitetos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  408 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Attic Apartment Bled / Arhitektura d.o.o.

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Renovation, Apartment Interiors
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Bled, Slovenia

Griffith University G11 Library / ThomsonAdsett

Griffith University G11 Library / ThomsonAdsett - Renovation, Facade, Column, Beam, Arch
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Library, University, Renovation
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Southport, Australia
  • Architects: ThomsonAdsett
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  MODWOOD

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Northcote Residence / Wolveridge Architects

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Houses, Renovation
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Melbourne, Australia

UK Museum of the Year Shortlist Announced

The Art Fund recently announced the six museums on the UK's 2014 Museum of the Year shortlist, its annual award for the outstanding museum of the year. The award celebrates every aspect of what makes a museum successful, but this year the list was highlighted by crucial work by architects, including renovations of the Tate Britain and the Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft, as well as the newly-constructed Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth. The winner from the six museums will receive a £100,000 prize, and will be announced on July 9th.

Read on after the break for the complete shortlist

What If MOMA Had Expanded Underground (And Saved The American Folk Art Museum)?

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In January of this year, the latest work by Smiljan Radic, the Chilean architect chosen to design the next Serpentine Pavilion, opened to public acclaim. The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art (Museo de Arte Precolombino), located in Santiago de Chile, is a restoration project that managed to sensitively maintain an original colonial structure - all while increasing the space by about 70%.

Two days before the The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art opened, the Museum of Metropolitan Art (MOMA) in New York issued a statement that it would demolish the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, in order to accomplish its envisioned expansion. Two weeks ago, preparations for demolition began.

Some background: MOMA had hired Diller Scofidio + Renfro a year earlier to design the expansion. The office asked for a period of six months to consider the possibilities of integrating the American Folk Art Museum into the design. After studying a vast array of options (unknown to the public) they were unable to accommodate MOMA’s shifting program needs with the AFAM building. They proposed a new circulation loop with additional gallery space and new program located where the AFAM is (was) located.

What appears here is not strictly a battle between an institution that wants to reflect the spirit of the time vs a building that is inherently specific to its place. It represents a lost design opportunity. What if the American Folk Art Museum had been considered an untouchable civic space in the city of New York, much like the The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art is for the city for Santiago? Then a whole new strategy for adaptive reuse would have emerged.

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UNStudio’s Responsive Facade to Transform Seoul Office Tower

UNStudio has won a competition to remodel the Hanwha headquarters in Seoul. With an aim to transform a building into a symbol of the leading environmental technology company’s values, UNStudio's winning scheme will replace the skyscraper’s opaque panelling and single layer of dark glass with an animated facade designed to reduce solar gain, increase natural light, generate energy, and interact with its surrounding.

House WZ / Bernd Zimmermann Architekten

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Houses, Renovation
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Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • Architects: Bernd Zimmermann Architekten
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Luxsystem

17a Highbury Terrace Mews / Studio 54 Architecture

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Houses, Renovation
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London, United Kingdom

Studio in a Mountain Resort / Beriot, Bernardini Arquitectos

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Renovation, Apartment Interiors
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Madrid, Spain

Marfa Contemporary Gallery / Elliott + Associates Architects

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Gallery, Adaptive reuse, Renovation
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Marfa, United States

Boisset House Transformation / Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes

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Houses, Renovation
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Orsières, Switzerland

Renovation and Extension At St Monica's College / Branch Studio Architects

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Elementary & Middle school, Renovation, Extension
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Epping, Australia
  • Architects: Branch Studio Architects
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

St John’s Orchard / John Smart Architects

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Houses, Renovation
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Greater London, United Kingdom
  • Architects: John Smart Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014

KAAN Tapped to Transform Heritage Site into Dutch Think Tank

The Hague government officials have named KAAN Architecten’s design for the Facilicom Consortium PPS B30 as winner of the PPP contract for the Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 project. Originally built in 1917 for the Department of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, KAAN is expected to transform the existing National Heritage Site facilities into a vibrant and open “modern day think tank” for the Dutch government.