Restoration: The Latest Architecture and News

Four houses and a museum. All reinvented, refurbished and redesigned. Projects from the UK, USA, Canada and Chile. Enjoy our third selection of previously featured refurbishment project in ArchDaily. Check them all after the break.

Garden Museum / Dow Jones Architects In October 2007, Dow Jones Architects won an architectural competition to redesign the museum. The competition brief asked for a new gallery space where temporary exhibitions could be housed in secure and environmentally-controlled conditions. It appeared to us that creating a dedicated place for the museum’s permanent collection was equally important, as the exhibits were frequently moved to make space for events. We developed a strategy which addressed both issues (read more…)

C18 Architekten restored an old chapel in Germany, updating the originial funeral parlor designed by Karl Gonse in 1954. When approached to update the chapel, the architects decided to keep the basic shape of the existing structure and pay particular attention to the ceiling.

More images and more about the ceiling after the break.

Architect Gary Chang’s apartment is located in downtown Hong Kong, and represents a remarkable example of interior refurbishment. With only 32 sqm, Chang studied the different distribution possibilities to optimize his space.

More information and images after the break.

Architects: GRAD arkitekter Location: Stockholm, Sweden Project Team: Sébastien Corbari, Malin Hultmark, Martin Hamdahl Structural & Façade Engineering: SD project Builder: Wonderbuild Project Area: 12 sqm Project Year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Sébastien Corbari