The Ruhr Museum, along with the Visitor Center is located inside the old washing plant of Zeche Zollverein and today is a focal point of activity in constant motion with over a million and a half visitors each year., full_html
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Ruhr Museum in Zeche Zollverein by OMA. Photography © OMA
This intervention seeks to integrate and enhance Danish heritage in the ruined castle of Vordingborg. In order to do this, the new pavilions are covered by coated steel sheets which blend in with the terrain volumes., full_html
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Centro del Castillo Danés por Lungaard & Tranberg. Imagen cortesía de Lungaard & Tranberg
A clear, sober and simple architecture that uses both traditional local techniques and new structural systems to recover the old Royal Butchers Royal and turn them into the container of the historical heritage of this small town in Jaen., full_html
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Royal Butcher XVI Century, revamp by Pablo M Millán Millán. Photograph by Javier Calleja
The architecture studio of Atela Architectes present us the "Maison du Mexique", a project of rehabilitation of a student residency located in the heart of the Cité Internatinale Universitaire de Paris. , full_html
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Vista exterior. Residencia de estudiantes Casa de México por Atela Architectes. Fotografía © Gerardo Custance.
The Emscher Park is the great landscape performance in the Ruhr area, Germany. Created after the disappearance and decline of the industry in the area, it has been a key instrument for the territorial, social and economical transformation of what…
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Hansa coke plant, Dortmund. Photography Creative Commons courtesy Arnoldius
An old abandoned pharmaceutical factory on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Zi Bo has lived a long history of transformations since its opening in the mid-twentieth century. After decades of being abandoned, the place has emerged as a museum of…
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Exterior. The Great Wall Museum of Fine Art by Archstudio. Photography courtesy of Archstudio
Cavaa Arquitectes refurbishment consists on a minimal intervention in an old house in the village of Poblenou, next to Barcelona. , full_html
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Detail. House Poblenou by Cavaa Arquitectes. Photography © Filippo Poli
The New York Public Library has selected Mecanoo to lead the renovation of its iconic main building on Fifth Avenue and a smaller branch nearby, after years and proposals by Foster + Partners. , full_html
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Schwarzman Building. Photography © Jonathan Blanc. Image courtesy of Mecanoo
The rehabilitation of the ground floor of a building from the early twentieth century in the Canadian city of Quebec has been used as a unique opportunity to reflect on new/old combinations. This approach, combined with a careful study of textures…
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867 De Bougainville by Bourgeois/Lechasseur Architectes. Photography ©Adrien Williams
Opening in October, Newport Street Gallery is the realisation of Hirst’s long-term ambition to share his diverse collection – which includes over 3,000 works – with the public. Exhibitions at Newport Street will vary between single artist and group…
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Newport Street Gallery, facade, September 2015. Photography by Yuki Shima © Kioyar Ltd, 2015