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Discussion: The Approach to Existing Buildings – Six Positions
Over the course of history, works of architecture have repeatedly been altered, enlarged, and reconfigured. This is reflected in the refurbished build...
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Report: L’île Degaby – Conference Centre in a Former Fortress
Degaby, an uninhabited, craggy limestone island, is 300 m off the coast of Endoume in southern France. Long known as Fort Tourville – after Admi...
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Report: The High Line in New York
This summer an 800-metre segment of the High Line opened to the public. The elevated railway once bore freight traffic on Manhattan’s southwest ...
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Apartment Building in Munich
This 18th century craftsman’s residence is part of Munich’s listed “historic centre ensemble”. In the mid-1990s, however, it was subjected to a regret...
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Residence in former Metalworking Shop in Memmingen
"A former metalworking shop in dense fabric, flanked by narrow streets. The architects left the building’s structure intact, foresaw climatic refurbis...
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Museum and Exhibition Centre in Veenhuizen, Holland
For the renovation of this listed prison campus in Veenhuizen, the architects’ guiding principle was to recreate the historic mise-en-scène. The conce...
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