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This Prewar Brooklyn Apartment Is Full of Surprises

A prewar apartment in Brooklyn was transformed from nine rooms to fourteen, emphasizing subdivided spaces rather than open layouts.
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Renovation

This Prewar Brooklyn Apartment Is Full of Surprises

A prewar apartment in Brooklyn was transformed from nine rooms to fourteen, emphasizing a more subdivided layout while maintaining historic charm.
Renovation
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1 hour ago

This Prewar Brooklyn Apartment Is Full of Surprises

A prewar apartment in Brooklyn was transformed from nine rooms to fourteen, emphasizing subdivided spaces rather than open layouts.
Renovation
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1 hour ago

This Prewar Brooklyn Apartment Is Full of Surprises

A prewar apartment in Brooklyn was transformed from nine rooms to fourteen, emphasizing a more subdivided layout while maintaining historic charm.
fromArtnet News
1 day ago

250-Year-Old Kiln Discovered on Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Estate

In 2025 alone, archaeologists there unearthed unusual creamware, and evidence that Monticello had prototypical bathrooms. Now, experts have uncovered yet another striking find-a 250-year-old kiln where enslaved people and indentured laborers fired the bricks used to build Monticello.
Arts
#architecture
fromArchDaily
2 days ago
Design

"Material Is Where the Story Begins": Studio NEiDA on Building Through Craft and Context

Design
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

Architecture of Belonging: Vision Pakistan in Islamabad by DB Studios

Architecture is about belonging, responding to context, people, and local identity through design.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

"Material Is Where the Story Begins": Studio NEiDA on Building Through Craft and Context

Studio NEiDA integrates local materials and cultural conditions into architecture, emphasizing collaboration and vernacular practices to shape design and construction.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

BAN MAA / Geemo Design

The design of the space emphasizes warmth and familiarity through Lingnan cultural elements and natural surroundings.
Washington DC
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Trump says plans filed for huge triumphal arch in Washington

Trump confirmed plans for a 76-meter triumphal arch in Washington D.C., claiming it will be the most beautiful in the world.
Boston real estate
fromBrownstoner
2 days ago

City Deems Fort Greene Manse Unworthy of Protection

The butter yellow Italianate house on South Oxford will be replaced by an apartment building after landmark status was denied due to extensive alterations.
Running
fromiRunFar
2 days ago

Building Community the Old Fashioned Way

Building relationships through shared training experiences enhances the running community.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

carsten holler on the 'most powerful architect' and collective experience at MIT museum

The dream is the confusion machine I didn't have to build, a space where perception slips beyond authorship. Within Communal Dreams, influence operates as a subtle signal rather than a directive force.
Berlin
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

sanctuary of dreams: toguna world's digital temple for collective visioning

The Sanctuary of Dreams operates as a collective framework for imagining futures, developed within the universe of Toguna World to reactivate dreaming as a shared cultural practice rather than an individual act.
SOMA, SF
Mission District
fromStreetsblog New York City
2 days ago

Tribeca Residents Want To Swap Parking for A Plaza at Underused Barnett Newman Triangle - Streetsblog New York City

Barnett Newman Triangle needs transformation into a green pedestrian space to enhance community use and safety.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
3 days ago

Promoting Civic Friendship: The Transformative Power of Public Spaces

The neighborhood in Lisbon faces challenges due to population growth, infrastructure strain, and a need for community-driven solutions like SAAL.
Upper West Side
fromWest Side Rag
5 days ago

Upper West Side Historical Photo Challenge No. 24

The photo challenge invites participants to identify a historical image of the Upper West Side, revealing its significance and history.
London
fromianVisits
4 days ago

The case for keeping museums free - even if you never visit

Reintroducing entry charges at UK museums could harm cultural diversity and economic benefits derived from free access.
fromMedievalists.net
5 days ago

Norway Invests Millions to Preserve Medieval Sites - Medievalists.net

"The ruins from the Middle Ages are part of our common history. With these grants, we are strengthening the work that makes it possible to preserve them, not only as historical traces, but also as living sources of knowledge for both researchers, craftsmen and local communities."
History
fromMpls.St.Paul Magazine
5 days ago

Design Destinations: New York City

"It's a really special spot. When you start at the top and move down the gently sloped ramp, you almost feel like a marble tumbling down, looking at art as you roll by. The slight slant plays with your sense of perspective and grounding."
NYC food
Chicago
fromSURFACE
5 days ago

Edge at Hudson Yards Will Introduce Multi-Sensory Installations, and Other News. - SURFACE

Edge at Hudson Yards will transform into an immersive art destination with multi-sensory installations this summer.
Photography
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

40+ Contemporary Architectural Works Across Ecuador Captured by Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti

Photographers document Ecuador's architecture and landscapes, highlighting the country's evolving identity and the interplay between built environments and natural surroundings.
fromArtnet News
2 days ago

Colosseum Facelift Restores Ancient Southern Entrance to Its Former Glory

"[The project] has finally restored the perception of the monument's original size and floor level," architect Stefano Boeri said in a statement. "It also offers the public the opportunity to approach its walls and imagine the rhythm and sequence of the ambulatories and arches, now lost. It's a respectful and useful project that completes research carried out by the archaeologists of the Colosseum Archaeological Park."
Arts
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 day ago

Yutang Culture and Sports Center / GL Studio

Yutang Culture and Sports Center is a civic complex in Shenzhen, integrating sports, culture, and community services for local residents and industrial workers.
#heritage-preservation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

The clock is ticking for some of Toronto's most historic buildings, which may be at risk of demolition | CBC News

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1 month ago
World news

World Monuments Fund Backs 21 Locally Led Heritage Projects Addressing Climate Risks and Indigenous Knowledge Loss

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

The clock is ticking for some of Toronto's most historic buildings, which may be at risk of demolition | CBC News

fromwww.archdaily.com
5 days ago

Curly Cube / People's Architecture Office

Curly Cube is a modular public art installation that transforms public spaces into vibrant hubs for social interaction and engagement, set in a park along Shanghai's Huangpu River.
Design
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

'My family took on a Loop Head schoolhouse that was 20 years abandoned'

The Old Cross National School, first registered as a national school in 1893, was originally a hedge school that provided informal education before the national system was established.
Renovation
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week ago

Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 Lebanese heritage sites as war escalates

The designation prohibits the sites from being targeted or used for military purposes, with violations potentially constituting serious breaches of the 1954 Hague Convention and grounds for criminal responsibility.
Arts
Design
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

Elevating Earth: Reviving and Advancing an Indigenous Building Material

The Western Deffufa is a significant ancient mud brick building, highlighting the enduring use of earth in construction across Africa.
#historic-preservation
New York City
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 month ago

Historic Brooklyn Homes Preserved Two Months Ahead Of Schedule

A $4 million restoration of the Hunterfly Road Houses at Weeksville Heritage Center preserved four 19th-century structures representing one of the nation's largest pre-Civil War free Black communities.
New York City
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 month ago

Historic Brooklyn Homes Preserved Two Months Ahead Of Schedule

A $4 million restoration of the Hunterfly Road Houses at Weeksville Heritage Center preserved four 19th-century structures representing one of the nation's largest pre-Civil War free Black communities.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
Renovation
fromianVisits
3 days ago

Visiting Hackney's oldest house - a Tudor survivor with a punk past

Sutton House, built in 1535, is the oldest surviving residential building in Hackney, restored to showcase its Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian history.
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Veil / Arid

In a distinctive part of Athens' urban fabric, in the Patisia neighborhood, a corner two-story residential building from 1951 has been given a new identity.
Renovation
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
32 years ago

COLUMN ONE : New Lives for Aging Beauties? : Elegant buildings that once housed landmark department stores often face uncertain fates. Despite efforts to preserve their soul, some end up as office complexes or forlorn hulks.

Bullocks Wilshire, a 1929 Art Deco landmark, faces uncertain future as retail consolidations leave grand department stores abandoned across the nation, though preservation efforts seek new uses for these architectural treasures.
#urban-transformation
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
29 years ago

Bringing Back the Luster to the Grace

The Grace Apartment Hotel, a historic 1906 colonial structure, undergoes a million-dollar restoration to improve tenant living conditions while maintaining its affordable monthly rent of $255.
#vernacular-architecture
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china

A micro-museum in Huizhou documents two vernacular bridge types—baqiao and gaoqiao—representing distinct regional stone construction traditions adapted to varying river conditions and topography.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

vernacular bridge craftsmanship informs micro-museum set within bamboo grove in china

A micro-museum in Huizhou documents two vernacular bridge types—baqiao and gaoqiao—representing distinct regional stone construction traditions adapted to varying river conditions and topography.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

Old Folk House in Iwakura / td-Atelier

The project involves renovating a traditional farmhouse in Iwakura, Kyoto, originally built in the Meiji period and characterized by its Iwakura-type minka design.
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Reopens After Restoration, Celebrating Its 90th Anniversary

The intervention, led by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, focused on addressing structural and environmental challenges while maintaining the integrity of Wright's original design.
Renovation
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

open-air museum revives an industrial past through reclaimed materials and sound

The design by 1Y Architects approaches this silence as material rather than absence. Instead of clearing the debris scattered across the site, the team gathered bricks, concrete fragments, and broken tiles from former factory buildings. These remnants form the structural fabric of the sound museum itself.
Design
fromLos Angeles Times
15 years ago

Modern notes grace a historic pedigree

Designed by noted residential architect Roland E. Coate, the home was built in 1926 for Annie Wilson, daughter of pioneering Southern California businessman and politician Benjamin Wilson, for whom Mt. Wilson is named. The gently sloping 1-acre-plus property was once part of the vast holdings of George S. Patton, father of the famed U.S. general.
LA real estate
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#british-museum
France news
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

How This Skyscraper Ruined Paris, and Why They're Now Trying to Make It Invisible

Tour Montparnasse symbolizes Parisian modernity and commercialism but remains widely disliked as the city's lone central skyscraper, contrasting with celebrated landmarks like the Eiffel Tower.
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forum, Depot, Maze: Toward a Plural Ecology of Museums

Museums should shift from fixed, authoritative narratives to porous spatial ecologies that grant visitors greater agency and make process and back-of-house visible.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
2 months ago

The Auspicious Manor: A Masterclass in Scale and Sustainability - Washingtonian

Unrivaled in scale, this nearly 18,000-square-foot manor is a masterclass in architectural precision. The exterior's brick and granite facade is defined by four regal balconies featuring exquisite limestone and granite architectural balusters. Inside, the home is a showcase of custom interior detailing, featuring extensive shadowboxes, art niches, and intricate tray ceilings. Vertical proportions are equally impressive: the main level boasts 20-foot ceilings in the living and family rooms, with 10-foot ceilings throughout the rest of the floor.
Real estate
#heritage
fromThe Good Life France
2 months ago

Renovating a property in France - heritage status and protected zones - The Good Life France

In the UK and the US, it is often crystal clear when your new home is classified as a heritage home or period property, but in France it can be less obvious. You could be breaking the rules simply by installing new windows. So how can you check that your big plans aren't going to upset anyone - or worse, break the law?
Real estate
Renovation
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

The people remodelling homes with reclaimed ruins

Reclaimed building materials are salvaged for reuse, promoting sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of the construction sector.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Transforming a Concrete Shell into a Wooden Interior Shaped by the Sea

A Mediterranean harbor house renovation transforms a raw concrete shell into a material-driven interior that echoes maritime atmosphere through spatial organization, natural materials, and carefully controlled views of the surrounding landscape.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Architecture as a Platform: What Makes a Building Evolve?

Architecture increasingly adopts product design principles, prioritizing operational clarity, performance, and scalability over novelty, making buildings accountable for functionality and consistent user experience.
#adaptive-reuse
Renovation
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The quarry that built modern Beijing gets a surprising second life

A former Beijing quarry that supplied materials for the city's rapid growth has been transformed into a 265-acre ecological park that repurposes its massive excavation pits as functional and scenic landscape features.
#heritage-conservation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Design

Heritage Transformations, New Capital Cities, and Residential Innovations: This Week's Review

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Renovation

Shaping Architectural Continuity: 25 Revitalization Projects Across Historic, Industrial, and Natural Sites

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Design

Heritage Transformations, New Capital Cities, and Residential Innovations: This Week's Review

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Renovation

Shaping Architectural Continuity: 25 Revitalization Projects Across Historic, Industrial, and Natural Sites

Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

A Day in the Bazaar: When Architecture Is Observed in Time

Bazaars function as temporal systems where spatial order emerges from repetition, occupation, and shared timing rather than fixed architectural form.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Leisure Architecture: 13 Projects Shaping Togetherness Across Generations

Leisure spaces are often where different generations cross paths. Without formal programs or assigned roles, they allow people to move, pause, and remain together, each engaging space in their own way. In a built environment increasingly shaped by specialization and separation, these shared spatial grounds have become less common, giving leisure-oriented architecture a renewed relevance. Discussions around public space have repeatedly pointed to the value of openness and flexibility in supporting collective life.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

This 3D-Printed Roof Is Saving 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tombs - Yanko Design

What makes this canopy special isn't just that it uses 3D printing technology, though that's certainly impressive. It's the way the designers thought about the entire system. Rather than simply throwing a roof over the tombs and calling it a day, they created what's essentially a climate-control system disguised as architecture. The canopy features a double-layer envelope that does way more than keep rain off ancient stone. Built into this roof are ventilation and air extraction components that actively regulate temperature and humidity.
Design
Renovation
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Neighbours at war over plans to build over last surviving' Georgian entrance at 1.6m Greenwich home

A proposed two-floor extension to a Georgian listed house in Greenwich would destroy the last remaining example of architect Michael Searles' distinctive recessed entrance bay design, sparking heritage concerns and neighbour disputes.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Heritage Ay Kiln Adaptive Renewal / WUGE Studio + YFS

Qingshan Wu "Ay" () is a type of black-glazed ceramic indigenous to the mountainous region of northeastern Fujian, positioned between pottery and porcelain.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Between Materials and Memory: Three Madrid Architecture Practices on Heritage Rehabilitation

Ba-rro: "Our starting point is always the context and what already exists." We are interested in recognizing the value of things simply because they are there, without assuming that everything must be preserved as a matter of principle. The question isn't what can be kept, but what deserves to be kept in each specific project. The decision to preserve, reveal, or remove doesn't stem from universal values or a nostalgic impulse, but from a situated interpretation:
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