This year, AN reported on efforts being made around the country to transform aging architectural icons into state-of-the-art facilities. Here are a few of our favorites.
Brooklyn’s largest and most stunning theater gets a meticulous renovation.
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Louis Sullivan’s Ohio "Jewel Box" in the rough gets polished. |
Irene Cheng sticks her nose in new ways of uncovering the past. |
Two structural engineers on what they learned while preserving historic masonry. |
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Two Lescaze buildings to be demolished in New York City.
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Four case studies of transformative retrofits.
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MoMA and DS+R to rework visitor experience, demolish Folk Art Building. |
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The Mid-Century Modernist single-glazed curtain wall is an endangered species.
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Bruner/Cott give new life to a Josep Lluis Sert building at Boston University.
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Crystal Bridges Museum acquires a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House from New Jersey. |