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National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts Reopens After a Top-to-Bottom Makeover

Washington, DC
Pansy Schulman
December 7, 2023
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The $70 million renovation of the wedge-shaped Neoclassical building restores its original 1908 elements and modernizes gallery space to accommodate the museum's ever-expanding collection.
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Paris Maritime Museum

Paris’s Maritime Museum Reopens after a Belowdecks Overhaul by h2o and Snøhetta

Paris
Andrew Ayers
Andrew Ayers
December 1, 2023
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The revamped museum is located at Palais de Chaillot, a building whose multiple transformations over the years shows that "adaptive reuse" is hardly a new concept.
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The Pyramid in Tirana
RECORD Forum

Revisionist History: Turning A Symbol of Oppression into a "House of Freedom"

Tim Abrahams
December 1, 2023
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Forum: MVRDV's revamping of the Pyramid of Tirana—a former monument to an Albanian dictator—demonstrates how structures can be maintained, but their significance transformed.
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Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Snapshot: Rockwell Group and Ennead Rehabilitate The Newseum's Former Digs To Academic Ends

Washington, D.C.
Matthew Marani
Matthew Marani
November 13, 2023
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The building, shuttered in 2019, is brought back to life as Johns Hopkins University's D.C. outpost.
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ETH Machine Laboratory

In Zurich, Itten+Brechbühl Restores a Landmark of Swiss Modernism

Switzerland
Andrew Ayers
Andrew Ayers
November 8, 2023
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The famed Maschinenlaboratorium at ETH Zurich now functions as a space for exhibitions, receptions, and experiments in robotics.
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Vale Pereiro

In Lisbon, NOMOS's Vale Pereiro Unites the Local and the Global

Lisbon, Portugal
Izzy Kornblatt
Izzy Kornblatt
October 5, 2023
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An aging office building gets a new look—and a new identity—in a residential conversion.
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Book Tower

Continuing Education: Office Conversions

Can adapting empty commercial buildings revive business districts and allay the housing shortage?
James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus
October 4, 2023
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Turning vacant offices into residential buildings could help solve several pressing problems.
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After Two Decades Dormant, Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery Reopens Its Doors

Matthew Marani
Matthew Marani
September 27, 2023
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A commercial tower nestled within the preserved brick facade of the former factory will offer waterfront office space.


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Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects to Transform Dilapidated Detroit Convent into Contemporary Art Center

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
September 21, 2023
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Featuring gallery space, an in-house production studio, and more, the new home of Louis Buhl & Co. will be adjacent to the forthcoming Shepherd arts campus in the East Village neighborhood.


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Bulgari Hotel Roma

Bulgari Hotel Roma Brings the Luxury Brand's Signature Hospitality to its Hometown

Italy
Chris Foges
September 1, 2023
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ACPV Architects took a brick-and-travertine office building facing Piazza Augusto Imperatore and infused it with rich color, imperial splendor, and motifs derived from Bulgari’s main business as a high-end jeweler.
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