Wright-Inspired Tiny Home Resurfaces in Indiana Town – Curbed
March 3, 2016
Preservationists want to restore the Peters-Margedant House, a prototype of Usonian design.
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Preservation Points
Neglected WPA-Era Murals Still Languish Inside SF Zoo’s Mother’s Building | Hoodline
February 29, 2016
The West's largest, WPA-era egg tempera murals painted by female artists are under threat from water and earthquakes.
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Historic Preservation Districts Are Key to Great Cities – CityLab
February 10, 2016
Historic neighborhoods provide benefits to everyone, not just homeowners.
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Three Hundred Years Later, Enter Paris’ Newly Restored Musée Rodin | ArchDaily
November 25, 2015
Dedicated exclusively to the work of Auguste Rodin, the state-owned museum has undergone a ground-up facelift designed to breathe new life into the ageing home of the artist's diverse body of work.
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Detroit’s Art Deco Masterpiece, Like Its City, Is Poised for Reinvention – Curbed
November 18, 2015
People sometimes forget the city's history as a center for design and architecture, given the more usual public idea of Detroit as a broken city, ruined by poverty, crime, and corruption. Detroit has three centuries of history, though, including a golden age of architecture
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Kiyonori Kikutake: Structuring the Future
November 15, 2015
Kiyonori Kikutake was one of the most gifted and influential of the Metabolist generation that dominated postwar Japan. His architecture remains as powerful as ever.
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“Save What You Have”: Miami Developer Avra Jain on Historic Preservation | National Trust for Historic Preservation
November 12, 2015
We caught up with Avra Jain, the developer with a preservationist's heart, whose hip hotel restorations are building buzz in Miami.
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Six Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings | National Trust for Historic Preservation
November 10, 2015
Preserving old buildings not only benefits a community's culture and identity, but also its businesses and local economy.
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Inside the High-Tech Restoration of America’s Oldest Art Museum, the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. – CityLab
November 9, 2015
The restoration of the Renwick Gallery in D.C. to its original state has involved some advanced engineering work.
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To Fight Unwanted Tagging, Some New York Building Owners Are Turning to Graffiti Murals – CityLab
November 5, 2015
A new book explores how building owners and mural artists are working together to deter unwanted tagging.
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In Russia, Palaces and Metro Stations Are Hard to Tell Apart | WIRED
November 3, 2015
Moscow and St. Petersburg boast all manner of glorious architecture, both above and below ground.
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At Crystal Bridges Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House Reframes Architecture as Art | ArchDaily
November 2, 2015
Many people consider architecture to be “the mother art,” while others believe the burdens of program and pragmatism prohibit architecture from the realm of pure artistry. But what happens when architecture is displayed alongside art?
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