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Tongbai Palace is one of the most important traditional Taoist temples in China. When New China was founded, the government decided to build a reservoir to solve the water problem….
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A reconstruction of a historical monument that brings a contemporary architectural shape. AARH studio connected a technical-style glass and concrete tower to the originally Baroque monastery on Hybernská Street. The…
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© Nolan Issac | Source: Unsplash Renovating is a big job. It’s stressful, it’s messy, and there’s no guarantee that everything will work out the way you envision it. However,…
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The SESC Pompéia Factory is a unique adaptive reuse project designed by one of Modernism’s best-known female architects: Lina Bo Bardi. Originally a drum factory, Bo Bardi transformed the structure…
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Completed in 2021 by PLAT ASIA Architects, the Lushan West Sea Art Center is a multi-functional cultural complex renovation that focuses on the dialogue between the natural environment, architecture, and…
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Cukrarna is a former sugar refinery built in 1828 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2009 Scapelab won the international competition of the city municipality to renovate the national monument into a…
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The conversion project preservers the external shape and proportions of the original 1980s canteen building. The main intervention is the creation of a generous central hall – a social center…
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Completed in 2020 by ARCHSTUDIO, the Qishe Courtyard House is a renovation project located in a hutong within an old core quarter of Beijing. It’s a small Siheyuan (a traditional…
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Located at the former site of an aluminum factory in the Huli District of Xiamen, The Field Studio and Exhibition Space designed by TEAM_BLDG was initially a public bath of…
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Five decommissioned aviation fuel tanks once stood abandoned on an empty industrial site along the Shanghai’s Huangpu River banks. Today, these tanks and the surrounding area – forgotten relics of…
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Completed in 2020 by architecture firm Atelier-r, the Helfštýn Castle Palace’s renovation in the Czech Republic complements the historical building with contemporary architecture that focuses on practical uses. The respect…
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Completed in 2020 by Portuguese Architecture firm Paulo Merlini Architects CASA RIO (RIO House) is a contemporary intervention in an old farmhouse located in the Porto District, in the north…
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Completed in 2020 by Portuguese Architecture firm Anarchlab, Architecture Laboratory, the newly renovated factory is part of a set of constructions by the company Fábrica de Cerâmica das Devesas, in…
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Completed in 2019 by Portuguese Architecture firm COVO Interiores, the Grandfather’s Martinho House is located in a small Portuguese village. The architects have maintained the traditional appearance and materiality, inspired…
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