Tag Refurbishment

11-06-2021

From old factory to youth activity centre: a project by REDe Architects and Moguang Studio

Two Chinese firms, REDe Architects and Moguang Studio, have overseen the renovation and transformation of a former clothing factory in the suburban outer belt of Beijing. It now has an entirely new use as a youth activity centre, all whilst maintaining the original layout of the industrial buildings.

10-06-2021

UPHouse by cumuloLimbo studio, or: how to enlarge a space elegantly

The #UPHouse project, by Madrid-based architecture firm cumuloLimbo studio, is a sustainable intervention within an existing building. By adding a staircase and a new mezzanine-style floor, the architects have managed to give the house 50% more living space.

02-06-2021

Othernity, Hungary at the 17th Architecture Biennale

Othernity, the Hungarian exhibition at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, provides thought-provoking answers to an important question: what lessons can be learnt from the legacy of architectural modernism left behind in Central and Eastern Europe? The answers offered by the 12 emerging studios invited to participate in the initiative are presented in a captivating way, while at the same time providing interesting inputs for other geographical contexts.

24-05-2021

atelier-r restores a castle in the Czech Republic

Helfštýn castle is the Czech Republic’s second-largest castle, after the one in Prague. Located in the region of Olomouc, it was subjected to a major restoration by Czech architectural practice atelier-r.

20-05-2021

Coffee and local history: Arquetipo’s Casa Zaragoza

Arquetipo Arquitectura Práctica built Casa Zaragoza, a café in the heart of the city of Veracruz, in the Mexican state of the same name: a convivial place where history meets the contemporary world, in a welcoming atmosphere where the architects expertly use traditional materials to create a spatial narration with a contemporary appeal.

07-05-2021

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design by Lord Aeck Sargent with The Miller Hull Partnership

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta - designed by US firm Lord Aeck Sargent in collaboration with The Miller Hull Partnership - has won one of the AIA COTE® Top Ten Awards. These constitute the industry’s best-known awards programme for excellence in sustainable design and are presented by the AIA which, for the past 25 years, has celebrated ten of the most innovative and outstanding projects in the field of design and sustainability.

28-04-2021

SRG Partnership and Behnisch Architekten design the Karl Miller Center

The team consisting of SRG Partnership with Behnisch Architekten designed the Karl Miller Center, new home of the School of Business at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon. The building's sustainable combination of reclamation and new construction has earned it LEED Platinum certification.

26-04-2021

Atelier DYML’s YUE City is the metamorphosis of an existing building

Atelier DYML has transformed a shopping centre built more than 15 years ago on the site of an old cement mill in Guangzhou, China into YUE City, a complex standing out with a new sense of identity that brings new value to its surroundings.