Ames Boston Hotel Renovation, Massachusetts
Reno & redesign of the 1893, Ames Boston Hotel (and Cultivar restaurant) by Glen Coben, of NYC’s Glen and Co. Architecture – blending modern elegance with its preserved, original features
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Command of the Oceans Chatham, Kent
This building design by Baynes and Mitchell Architects champions progressive conservation, inventive re-use and adaptation of existing fabric. The historic fabric is respected, with the complex of buildings given a new lease of life.
Coombe Cliff Conservatory Building Restoration
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates’ restoration of Grade II listed building for the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. The building was commissioned in 1894 by Frederick John Horniman as a place to tend his rare plants.
Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco
The Minnesota Street Project, designed by Jensen Architects, was established as an initiative to combat the rising rent market in San Francisco, who’s many casualties have not spared the City’s artists and art galleries. A renovation of a 1937 industrial warehouse in the heart of the rapidly developing Dog Patch neighborhood.
Bernardas Convent Reconversion, Portugal
Design: Souto Moura Arquitectos. Award for the restoration of the Convento das Bernardas building, based on the construction of a resort with 78 residences. The architecture design has two types of intervention: new construction work and the recovery of the existing building
Battersea Power Station Chimney Rebuild
The final pour of concrete into the Northwest chimney marks the completion of the Battersea Power Station chimney rebuild. The four iconic chimneys have been rebuilt using the same construction technique as when they first graced London’s skyline.
Tritalo Restaurant in Palermo, Sicily Building
Design: Studio DiDeA Architetti Associati. The architects have converted a small former clothes shop – 38 square meters – making it special by the unveiling, during the refurbishment works, of some frescoes dating back to the late Nineteenth Century.
Sky Park in Bratislava, Slovakia building
The building design by Zaha Hadid Architects converts an abandoned site into a new 20,000 sqm public park and community of more than 700 apartments together with 55,000 sqm of office and retail space connected to the city’s tram and bus networks.
Two Manchester Landmark Buildings
Allied London and architects Levitt Bernstein have submitted design proposals to reinvigorate two of Manchester’s best loved buildings – London Road Fire Station and the Old Granada Studios at St. John’s
Grand Théâtre de Québec building restoration
Architects: Consortium Lemay and Atelier 21
An innovative Canadian first for a heritage preservation project of its size, the new glass envelope that will protect the Grand Théâtre de Québec is a Lemay and Atelier 21 consortium design and the winning solution in the cultural complex’s architectural competition.
Conversion of the Former Hospital Meursault
Design: JUNG Architectures & Simon Buri. The Gatehouse of the former hospital hosts the Tourist Information Office, while the Poor Hall and the Chapel, with its own access to the piazza, comprise temporary exhibition areas.
31 Booth Street Office Building Manchester
Design: OMI Architects. Grade 2 listed office building in the Upper King Street Conservation Area, in the traditional commercial centre of Manchester. Originally designed by prolific Victorian architecture practice Clegg and Knowles in 1868.
Lower Lodge Gatehouse Bristol Building
Two year restoration of handsome Grade II listed gatehouse completed by Austin-Smith:Lord. The Gothic revival building was formerly on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ register.
New Banca di Credito Cooperativo Auditorium
Design: FABBRICANOV. The new Auditorium of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (B.C.C.) “G. Toniolo” in San Cataldo born from the client’s desire to create a public space for cultural events open to the public and for hosting business private meetings.
Willis Tower Building Renovation, Chicago
Numerous improvements revealed for Chicago’s tallest building. Totaling up to $500 m the renovations will include six floors of new retail space, an outdoor deck and a winter garden. The tower was once the world’s tallest building for 25 years.
Mackintosh Library Restoration in Glasgow
A major step forward in the restoration of the Mackintosh Library was marked today, 3 February 2017, with the appointment of Laurence McIntosh to construct a full-size prototype of a library bay.
Ancient Party Barn, Kent Residential Property
Architect: Liddicoat & Goldhill. The playful ‘Ancient Party Barn’ is the conversion, renovation and restoration of a Kentish barn into a highly unusual home.