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Discussion: Conversion – Balancing Cost Effectiveness and Historic Preservation
In the 1980s the general consensus among architects and planners was that enough buildings had been built. The ecological costs of demolition and repl...
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Discussion: Alvéole 14 – Transforming a Submarine Bunker into a Cultural Centre in Saint- Nazaire
The French city Saint Nazaire lies on the Loire Delta and was already home to one of France’s largest port facilities at the beginning of the twentiet...
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Report: Kolumba in Cologne – A Museum for Art
A site steeped in history, it bears witness to 2000 years of architectural history, from the Roman era to post-war modernism. The parish church St. Ko...
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Report: Four Centuries, One Museum: Musée Fabre in Montpellier
Renovated, restored and restructured – following a four-year construction phase Musée Fabre in Montpellier is back as a picture gallery of internation...
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Flat Renovation in Berlin
This tower-like building on Karl Marx Allee known as “Haus des Kindes” (Children’s House) is a number of stories taller than the structures surroundin...
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Conference Centre in Rome
Inserted with utmost care in the vaulted spaces of the ministry of commerce and finance in Rome, the centre comprises a library, hallway zone, meeting...
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