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| Six of the best adaptive reuse projects that upcycle their space | News | Architonic Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:00 PM PST A modern environmentalist youth is flooding back into cultural city centres, with periods of urban regeneration in full swing. With many historic buildings falling into disrepair after years of neglect and disuse, there's an expansive catalogue of suitable properties awaiting transformation for those with the bravery to take them on. Here are six projects that respectfully restore and regenerate, turning something old into something new, without forgetting its history: <b>Apple Tower Theatre by Foster + Partners Los Angeles, USA – 2021</b> From famously turning product launches into unmissable theatre, to big-money iconic advertising, Apple is a brand with a feel for the dramatic. But with the opening of the <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/965106/apple-tower-theatre-foster-plus-partners?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab">Apple Tower Theatre store</a> in <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/tag/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a>, the world capital of drama, the technology and lifestyl…  |
| Back in brick – residential projects with a hard edge | News | Architonic Posted: 30 Nov 2021 03:00 PM PST Brick is one of the oldest, most durable and most versatile building materials used around the world, with different colours, textures and haptic qualities making it adaptable to almost any context. In Hannover, Max Dudler uses the humble brick to create a robust, regular façade for 'Hainbase', a student residential building in Hainholz. Reflecting the uniform nature of the compact homes inside, the building's alternating window niches add a sense of playfulness while the purple-brown brick matches the city's traditional clinker architecture. Despite the project's size – the building's 13 floors tower over the surrounding five-storey neighbourhood – its stepped profile and use of local materials help blend it into the area. In the French city of Nantes, RAUM has designed Block 5B in a newly regenerated area of the city adjacent to a major rail line. The block contains a mid-rise workshop and offices, and a high-rise tower with a multi-storey car park sandwiched between them. The parkin…  |
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