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Italy | MILAN

This museum, designed by Italo Rota and Fabio Fornassi with light designer Alessandro Perdetti, is located in the centre of...

Colour, Conversion, Interior, Light

Netherlands | NAARDEN

Version four

A 1967 bungalow attractively located in one of the old suburbs of Amsterdam had already been renovated and extended twice...

Conversion, Glass, Interior

Portugal | BRAGA

Glass billboard

The Liberdade Street Fashion building is a concept for a city shopping 'arcade', whose main goal is the re-activation of...

Conversion, Glass

Spain | LOGROÑO

Wine ambience

Olarra's new Winery Visitor's Centre in Logroño is a truly inspirational space. Created within the atrium of an existing...

Conversion, Glass, Interior, Light

France | CLUNY

Smooth transition

The legendary Cluny Abbey, dating from the early Middle Ages, is situated near Mâcon in Burgundy. Its Romanesque, Cistercian...

Conversion, Metal

United Kingdom | GLASGOW

Extension to extend the life of a building

In the muddled mediocrity that is much of the urban form between Glasgow and Edinburgh, architects Elder and Cannon have...

Conversion, Ecocentric

Slovenia | DIVAČA

If stone walls could talk

The Karst region is a very peculiar landscape between the Gulf of Trieste and the Vipavska Valley, characterized by a...

Conversion, Ecocentric, Stone

Netherlands | DRIEBERGEN

Energy-neutral heritage

Listed buildings are a valued part of a society's cultural heritage, but at the same time their high maintenance and energy...

Conversion, Ecocentric

Ireland | RUSH

Retaining a church’s spirit

As more and more people turn their backs on religion, churches all over Europe are falling into disuse. The big old churches...

Conversion, Ecocentric, Interior, Wood

Netherlands | ROTTERDAM

New entity

'Preservation through renovation' is a familiar slogan promoting adaptive reuse. But renovation does not always result in...

Conversion, Ecocentric, Wood

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