Restoration

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Goiás City Hall Headquarters / A+P Arquitetos Associados

November 20, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The revitalization and expansion project of the Headquarters of Goiás City Hall, sited in the historic center of the city, World Heritage, had as objectives: revitalize the existing buildings and consider the construction of a new annex to expand the built area, needed to shelter, in an optimized way, the administrative functions of the city incorporating some of its secretariats in the set of the two existing houses (the current one and the neighboring one).

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Vegan House / Block Architects

November 17, 2019 Cristian Aguilar 0

This house was in an old terrace next to an apartment built in 1965. The owner works in travel and tourism, he once rented the house and planned to renovate it into a cultural place. It is on this spot that people meet up, share and cook Vietnamese traditional food, especially vegan one. They may also stay in during their time in Vietnam.

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El Palomar House / FB+ estudio

November 5, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The house is located in Santiago de las Montañas on the street Juan de Salinas in the Las Palmas neighbourhood in Loja. It is built in 1950, and formerly known as “The Old House”. El Palomar is a restoration and renovation project in which FB+estudio creates a subtle dialogue with the city, from within.

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PK Arquitectos extends art deco house with contemporary addition

November 3, 2019 Kristine Klein 0
Casa Nido by PK Arquitectos

A coloured stained glass window and decorative orange tiling were among the existing features PK Arquitectos combined with modern touches in the renovation of this house in Argentina. PK Arquitectos has extended the art deco home in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, to create a 200 square-metre (2,150 square-foot) house that preserves and restores many of the house’s original

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Baena Castle Restoration / José Manuel López Osorio

October 30, 2019 Karen Valenzuela 0

In Baena, Córdoba, restoring its XII century castle has acquired a major characteristic, as it is one of the largest and most important projects of architectural restoration. Granada native José Manuel López Osorio was the architect commissioned to lead the whole process, which as he points out, “seeks an integrated vision of heritage that considers both the consolidation and enhancement of its historic structures, such as the ability to integrate the urban areas where it is located into global processes of revitalization.”

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Dama Apartment / BOMORI Architetti

October 7, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The residential building dating back to the early twentieth century was for years home to embassies and it is inserted in a historical context in the heart of Rome. The choice to “drape” the building in white comes from a desire to reinvigorate its presence in the urban context, highlight the architectural traits, signs of the time, the shadows, the projecting volumes, the positive and negative space of a body that is shaped by sunlight. The design aimed to a radical renovation of the building, through a constant discovery of the existing elements emerged through the design and construction phases.

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Africa Museum in Tervuren / Stéphane Beel Architects

September 10, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

In 2006, the Belgian Buildings Agency launched a competition for the redevelopment of the site of the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren. The multi-disciplinary team headed by Stéphane Beel Architects, laid out the new masterplan for the AfricaMuseum and its surrounding area.

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Antwerp Management School / HUB

September 8, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The AMS Boogkeers project comprises the restoration and conversion of two historic buildings and the construction of a new building for the main campus of the Antwerp Management School. The project forms part of a municipal ecosystem of start-ups, scale-ups and support facilities which includes the StartUpVillage project located across the road (also designed by our office).

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Pink marble core cuts through concrete interiors of Portuguese house

September 7, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Casa do Monte by Leopold Banchini and Daniel Zamarbide

Architect Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini Architects have designed a concrete house in Lisbon with a central core of local pink marble. Called Casa do Monte, meaning Hill House, the project is located at the top of a steep and narrow stepped hill characteristic of the Portuguese capital. A restoration of an abandoned and fallen down

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