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Abandoned Walmart Turned Into Giant Public Library With Gorgeous Interior....
Adaptive reuse of dead big boxes is important, but what about context?
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Transforming an Old Cooperage into the Hippest Hotel in Brooklyn; the Wythe...
The Wythe Hotel in NYC has been designed with an eye for detail and preserving its history. The result: a stunning, hip and truly local place to stay in Brooklyn.
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The Maritime Hotel. How a Building Serves Sailors, Runaways and Now Hotel...
I visited the Maritime Hotel to see how the 1968 built headquarters for the National Maritime Union has become one of the most desirable hotels in NYC. Conserving the modernist "pizza box" building...
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A Dank Laundromat Is Transformed into a Modern, Sunny Studio in Barcelona
Maio Studio turned an old, dark launderette into a bright new co-working space for creative professionals.
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Don't Park Your Backup Generator in the Basement
Forget the party room and the concierge, the latest architectural accessory is the high and dry backup generator set.
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"Vertical Loft" Is Designed Around a Giant, Three-Story Closet
In Rotterdam, Shift Architecture and Urbanism renovated a townhouse, using a central, three-floor-high closet -- and lots of bookcases -- as the central column.
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Zaha Hadid's new building and renovation at the Serpentine Gallery
Zaha Hadid has created a restaurant, attached to an old gun powder storage, as a new art gallery.
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Why the caulking gun (and the thermal imager) are the best weapons in the war...
Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why.
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WWII anti-aircraft bunker is turned into energy center
Now people can hunker in a toasty warm bunker.
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yök Casa + Cultura: Eco-renovation in Barcelona!
Follow the step-by-step eco-renovation of a 100-year-old Modernisme-style space into apartments in Barcelona. From upcycling to smart water-saving devices and insulating rooftop plants, yök Casa +...
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yök Casa + Cultura: (down)cycling old walls and preserving for the future
Recyclability is key at yök's eco-renovation. First, preserve everything we can, then recycle everything that has to go and lastly, make sure any new stuff is recyclable in the future.
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yök Casa + Cultura: A+ certified low-VOC drywalls by Knauf
In the end it needs to work, fit the budget and be easy to install. To divide our spaces, we opted for low-VOC drywalls, locally made in Spain. That way, no floors or ceilings shall be harmed!
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PEX over copper for the plumbing at yök Casa + Cultura
Copper is recyclable, but requires a lot of energy to do so. For our plumbing system, we opted for PEX, a crosslinked Polyethylene that is easy to install, non-toxic and long-lasting.
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