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Residence in Frontenac

Sharing this St. Louis Post-Dispatch video highlighting the preservation of a mid-century home in Frontenac, MO.  Preservation isn’t restricted to century-old buildings, but also the importance to save examples of moderns structures as well. Mid Century Home

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Historic Adaptation in an Urban Context

Caixa Forum Madrid, Spain An historic building which, due to site constraints prohibited necessary programmatic functions and pedestrian circulation.  The architectural firm of Herzon & de Meuron in lieu of demolishing the building choose to remove the building base, seemingly floating it on air to create desired circulation patterns. The new third floor is encased in…

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