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Architects: MOZHAO ARCHITECTS
- Area: 10000 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Nippon
Renovation: The Latest Architecture and News
Jiakeli Apartment Renovation / MOZHAO ARCHITECTS
Expansion and Renovation Works for Bruce Museum in Connecticut
The first phase of construction on the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut has begun. The New Orleans based architecture, interiors and urban planning firm EskewDumezRipple (EDR) was selected to design the new addition and renovation for the community-based Museum.
Tsukiji Room H / Yuichi Yoshida & associates
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Architects: Yuichi Yoshida & associates
- Area: 47 m²
- Year: 2014
Dirk Denison Renovates the Mies Van Der Rohe Bailey Hall
The Mies van der Rohe residential building, the Bailey Hall built in 1955, at Illinois Institute of Technology will be subject to renovation works by Dirk Denison Architects. The Chicago-based firm will modernize the mechanical, structural, and interior works, modifying its original function, and introducing a new configuration to host up to 330 first- and second-year students, while the exterior will remain faithful to the original design and the ground floor lobby will still hold on to the Mies’ iconic recessed glass lobby.
Jingshan School Library Renovation / Hui-Yin Design & Research
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Interior Designers: Hui-Yin Design & Research
- Area: 800 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Dulux, LG Hausya floors, Siemens
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Professionals: Zhinjun Li Structural Design Team
Olson Kundig's Innovative Office Renovation and Expansion
Olson Kundig is one of the quintessential Seattle-based architectural practices, with a focus on creativity, experimentation, and craftsmanship that has allowed them to expand on a global scale over the past few decades. This expansion has necessitated office improvements and renovations throughout the years, the most recent of which occurred in 2018. As explored in a recent article by Metropolis Magazine, this 2018 expansion reflected key values of collaboration and flexibility, expressed through the firm's unique visual and kinetic language.
Queen Photo Studio Refurbishment / NTYPE
Architecture Building of Inner Mongolia University of Technology / Inner Mongolia Grand Architectural Design Co
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Architects: InnerMongolia Grand Architectural Design Co.Ltd.
- Area: 5200 m²
- Year: 2009
Architect Transforms a Copenhagen Railway Depot into a Colorful Playground
The 2019 CANactions International Architecture Festival focused on an exploration of a notion of "Hromada" — Ukrainian name for the 'community', which is embedded into the country's historic and cultural codes and reflected in contemporary social movements and architectural forms.
Architect Illya Rastvorov is one of the winners of this year’s CANactions Youth Competition presented in Kyiv, Ukraine. For his proposal, the architect transformed the railroad depot of the Copenhagen Railway Station in Denmark into the “Copenhagen Playground”, a recreational area that caters to people of all ages and enhances the social conditions of the city.
What to Know Before Tackling a Renovation Project
As technology moves forward, so does architecture and construction. Architects, designers, and planners around the world now have infinite tools and resources to design and build the cities of today and the future. As promising as this may sound, new construction is also consuming our world’s limited resources faster than we can replenish them.
This situation leaves architects with an important responsibility: the rehabilitation and reuse of the existing built environment. This means using creative thinking and design to save and incorporate old or historic buildings that currently exist, in the present and future of our cities, by adapting them through creative and sensitive treatments.
Skate Park Nou Barris / SCOB
Kantoor IMd / Ector Hoogstad Architecten
Cubo House / Phooey Architects
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Architects: Phooey Architects
- Area: 410 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Conterno Group, Perrett Simpson P/L
10SPACE, The Future Hall / SpaceStation
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Architects: SpaceStation
- Area: 500 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Frontier Design, WFP
Japan's Bet on Adaptive Reuse to Alleviate an Emerging Housing Crisis
Half a century after the new suburban tract home was the dream of many a young American family, refurbished properties are gaining in popularity. This trend extends beyond North America, with exciting renovations of existing structures popping up all over the world, from Belgium to Kenya to China. The attraction to this typology likely lies in its multiplicity; renovations are both new and old, historic and forward-looking, generative and sustainable.
Nowhere is this trend more visible and popular than in housing, where the transformation is often led by the owners themselves. Loosely grouped under terms like “fixer-upper” and “adaptive reuse,” these projects begin with just the structural skeletons and the building’s history. At the personal scale, renovation/refurbishment is an opportunity to bring a part of yourself to your home - but do these small projects together have the potential to turn around a housing crisis?
MVRDV Proposes Respectful Renovation for 19th Century Heritage Building in Wrocław, Poland
MVRDV has released details of their proposed renovation of a 19th-century listed building on Slodowa Island in Wroclaw, Poland. The “Concordia Hub” will see the retention of the existing façade, with the addition of a contemporary rear extension to “create a focal point” for the general public and visitors.
The site’s former use as a German artillery base in 1945 means almost all of the island’s structures were destroyed in the closing months of World War II. The Concordia Hub scheme seeks to preserve one of the only surviving heritage structures on the island, while transitioning the building into the modern age.