#adaptive re-use

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Virgin Izakaya Bar – Upscaling historic influences.

Studio YoDezeen re-adapts an old, historic Kyiv Factory into an upscale Japanese restaurant. Check out how simple interventions restore and repurpose this 18th-century industrial architecture into a mesmeric bar with an izamayaki experience. https://bit.ly/YoDezeen-IAnD

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Revisit: La Fábrica

Ricardo Bofill lived and worked in La Fábrica until his death in 2022, constantly transforming it. ‘The factory will always be a work in progress, which is part of its fascination,’ he once wrote. The site continues to undergo transformation today; upon approaching the entrance gate, a pair of old, very thick and tall concrete walls were recently stained in ochre, partially concealing the ageing…

Revisit: La Fábrica

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Community Integration

[Originally published in Bauwelt 14.2022] With a current average life expectancy of almost 84 years, Spain’s is one of the longest in the world; a significant improvement from the late 19th century when the average Spaniard could not expect to live much beyond age 30. The explanation behind this great leap forward lies in an enviable public health care system that is a product of Spain’s…

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Archaeological Building

Photo by Adrià Goula courtesy Josep Ferrando. Older buildings are no longer what they used to be. Until recently, the argument for not demolishing a building was chiefly one of heritage conservation, but since the arrival of the anthropocene, it is increasingly one of energy conservation. As is now widely recognized, demolishing an existing building that is still structurally sound entails, in…

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Traces of the Past

Traces of the Past

[Originally published in Baumeister January 2020]

Vilanova de la Barca is a small town located on the eastern bank of the Segre River, near the Catalan provincial capital of Lleida, Spain, that was founded in 1212 as a point from which to cross the river by ferry boat, hence the place-name of “new-town of the boat”. Centuries later, in 1938, the Medieval church of Santa María de Vilanova de la…

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Circle of Life: Sala Beckett by Flores & Prats

Circle of Life: Sala Beckett by Flores & Prats

[A version of this text was originally published in The Architectural Review December 2019/January 2020]

Article 12 of the 1964 Venice Charter of the International Council on Monuments, states the following: “Replacements of missing parts must integrate harmoniously with the whole, but at the same time be distinguishable from the original so that restoration does not falsify the artistic or…

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Reducing the urban footprint

Studio Archohm illustrates the potential and power of architectural reinterpretation through their striking adaptive reuse project – The Design Village institute in Noida. Check it out here.. https://goo.gl/Yut6Cb

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In Escrow - 738 S Los Angeles St #302, Los Angeles, CA 90014 Downtown L.A. Lofts Sold

In Escrow – 738 S Los Angeles St #302, Los Angeles, CA 90014 Downtown L.A. Lofts Sold

How to Get into Escrow and Close Successfully in Downtown Los Angeles

Some happy home buyers just got into escrow with the best deal on a Downtown loft with a balcony at the Eckardt Building. Escrow generally refers to money held by a trusted third-party on behalf of transacting parties, and to the process of smoothly bringing together all of the paperwork and payments required to change property…

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