
Restoration: The Latest Architecture and News
The Green Building / (fer) studio
Wieden+Kennedy Headquarters / Allied Works Architecture

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Architects: Allied Works Architecture
MVRDV will design Caen's port refurbishment

Caen was destroyed during the Second World War and has been restored since, the Presqu’ile project is considered its second restoration. The 300ha Presqu’ile de Caen is located between the city centre and the sea and occupied by industrial structures among which some industrial monuments. MVRDV joined forces with French architect Diagram experienced in the site, landscape architect Territoires and engineering firm IOSIS. The project is a vision of the future based on research and for this the team also comprises of Swiss sociologist Philippe Cabane and Pro-Developpement, a company specialist in development strategy.
Flower Power / Lacoste + Stevenson Architects
Centre for Hearing and Language / e2a
Light Loft / Fabrica 718

Architects: Fabrica 718 Project Team: Cara Solomon, Minyoung Song, Kim Letven, Michael Brehmer, Natalya Egon, Abigail Coover, and Corey Yurkovich Location: Soho, New York City, NY, USA Architect of Record: Melissa Cicetti, AIA MEP Engineer: D’Antonio Consulting Expediter: JAM Project area: 1,850 sq. ft. Project year: 2010 Photographs: Sean Hemmerle
“EUROKOMMERZ” Workspace Company / Single Solution
Brouwersgracht Apartment / CUBE Architecten
Montmartre Apartment / SWAN Architectes

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Architects: SWAN Architectes
- Area: 25 m²
- Year: 2010
Shima Kitchen / Atelier Ryo Abe Works
Christ Episcopal Church / Studio B Architects

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Architects: Studio B Architects
- Area: 9000 ft²
- Year: 2009
Mobility / VA.SO-Nieves Valle & Joao Pereira de Sousa

Nieves Valle & Joao Pereira de Sousa shared with us their proposal for the renovation of a nursing home courtyard, with the implementation of a new accessibility plan in Lisbon, Portugal. Their aim was to bring life back to the courtyard, which was not being used. Therefore, they envisioned the space as a garden, where flowers bloom and fill with colors on both the exterior and interior spaces of the building.
The result is a transformation of the existing levels into a continuous surface, linking the different levels. They picked up from the mobility concept and applied it more widely and efficiently through the use of elements that will strengthen the social ties between the inhabitants of the nursing home. More images and architects’ description after the break.

























