CannonDesign + NEUF Architect(e)s, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, 2017 (via hcd)
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Mitchell Giurgola Architects, Stocking Hall Rehabilitation at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, c. 2015
Working in the arts is about transformation, and transformation isn't a matter of letting go of the past, it's a matter of remembering, it's adapting, and it's modifying, but it's not a break.
Martin Brody, “On Pendleton Hall Rehabilitation at Wellesley College by Kieran Timberlake,” 2014
All agreed that the amenities of the past couldn’t be restored at once; destruction is an easier, speedier process than reconstruction.
Albert Camus, The Plague, 1947
Andrew Berman Architect, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY, 2014
Rural Studio, Safe House Museum, Greensboro, AL, 2010
MAP Architects, Kalø Castle Stair Project, Aarhus, Denmark, 2016
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Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu, CG House, Pajottenland, Belgium, 2016 (via dujardin)
‘The conversion of a former farm complex to residences is based on inserting multiple “houses” within the existing structures; this concept is strengthened by creating a new orthogonal layout independent from the existing barn, peeling them away from the original walls at varying angles.’
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Brandlhuber+ & Riegler Riewe vs. Werner Düttmann, Conversion of St. Agnes Church to a Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 1967 / 2015 (via reisch)
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Max Dudler, Hambach Castle Renovation, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany, 2012 (via müller)