Historic preservation - Articles - Page 10

In York, The Restored Clifford’s Tower Keeps Watch Over the City

Contemporary and historical elements meet in the reimagining of an 800-year-old landmark

April 11, 2022

New interventions by Hugh Broughton Architects respect a difficult cultural history while enabling the 800-year-old structure to welcome visitors.

David Chipperfield Architects Unveils Restoration of Venice’s Procuratie Vecchie

Instantly recognizable from the exterior, the 16th-century building on St. Mark’s Square will be partially accessible to the public for the first time in 500 years

Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi

April 7, 2022

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Off limits to the public for 500 years, a St. Mark’s Square landmark is converted by David Chipperfield Architects into offices, galleries, and event spaces.

World Monuments Fund Spotlights Threatened Historic Sites

2022 World Monuments Watch includes 25 buildings and landscapes around the world

Ilana Herzig

March 2, 2022

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The World Monuments Fund’s announcement highlights heritage sites from Indigenous lands to architectural icons, many of which are threatened by climate change and development.

March 2022 Editor's Letter: Taking History Into the Future

Cathleen McGuigan

February 28, 2022

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Preservation matters, not only for saving architecture’s valuable legacy but to create richly textured urban neighborhoods that enhance the civic realm.

Though Beloved, Midcentury Modern Houses Are Vanishing

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

February 20, 2022

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The sudden demolition of Marcel Breuer’s influential 1945 Geller House is symptomatic of the larger trend of disappearing midcentury modern homes and the informal lifestyles they promoted.

For France’s Sciences Po, Moreau Kusunoki Inserts a Glassy Pavilion into a Historic Monastery

The historic school's brand new Paris campus opened in January

Andrew Ayers

February 16, 2022

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The campus's inauguration has allowed Sciences Po to concentrate its research activities and newer diploma programs at a single site.

2022 Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Reuse Projects

February 1, 2022

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Record highlights renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects from a former power station in Moscow turned into a lively arts center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop to the sensitive resurrection of Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Memorial in Italy.