Preservation Archives

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Preservation

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UCLA’s 1959 Botany Building Is Transformed into a Quiet Gem

CO Architects led an effort to refresh the Paul R. Williams–designed building, bringing in light and adapting the space for modern educational needs.
Viewpoints

An HBCU’s Historic Preservation Program Starts with Its Own Campus

Uncovering history from Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement, students at Tuskegee University take a hands-on role in preserving history on campus and beyond.
Viewpoints

Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the American Shopping Mall

In her new book, architecture critic Alexandra Lange explores the history of this quintessential symbol of the American dream.
Products

Rediscovering a Master of Brazilian Modernism

Joaquim Tenreiro: Tectonic Master at R and Company in New York examines the legacy of a furniture-maker who was much more than a paper artist.
Projects

A Brooklyn Fitness Center Aims to Support a Community Threatened by Gentrification

The Major R. Owens Health Center, part of the controversial Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment, is attuned to myriad community needs, but under for-profit management, it can only go so far.
Viewpoints

Following Years of Revitalization, Detroit Still Has a Long Way to Go

Metropolis brought together local policy makers, designers, developers, and activists to discuss the city's uncertain present and contested future.
Projects

Niagara Falls Power Station is Now an Education and Entertainment Destination

After over a century of use, the former Rankine Generating Station has been thoughtfully transformed by Ontario-based +VG Architects.
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In the Toronto Suburbs, Affordable Senior Housing is Overhauled to Meet the Highest Efficiency Standards

Through a combination of advocacy and design, ERA Architects is helping build a movement to rehabilitate and green the city’s affordable housing stock.
Projects

Esch 2022 Celebrates One of Europe’s Most Stunning Industrial Turnarounds

With Esch2022, Luxembourg's second city reveals its metamorphosis from a decaying manufacturing center to a European cultural capital.
Profiles

The Eames Office Puts Ray Eames’s Design Contributions in Context

On the heels of the Eames Office’s 80th anniversary marked by an exhibition and a Ray-inspired sneaker, director Eames Demetrios spoke to Metropolis about the matriarch who continues to inspire design.
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The Berkeley Art Museum, a Modernist Landmark, is Reengineered and Redesigned

A team led by MBH Architects have shored up the seismically vulnerable building and threaded in new labs and offices to create the new Bakar BioEnginuity Hub.
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A New Park Introduces Greece to the Post-Industrial Landscape

Doxiadis +'s Ellinikon Experience Park, on the site of Athens' former Ellinikon Airport, takes cues from its aviation past.
Viewpoints

Preservationists Are Investigating the Historical Significance of SOM’s Westinghouse Research Center

Skidmore Owings & Merrill's former Westinghouse Research and Development Center near Pittsburgh is at risk for complete demolition. Can this important example of postwar corporate architecture be saved?
Profiles

Edward Lyons Pryce, the Black Landscape Architect that Preserved the Tuskegee Institute

A new scholarship will continue Pryce’s legacy as one of the first Black landscape architects.
Projects

Filled with Symbolism and Reference, Cosmic House Opens to the Public

Visitors to the home Charles Jencks designed for himself and his family will find a Postmodern polyphony of ideas and icons.
Viewpoints

An Exhibition Allows Visitors to Experience Long-Demolished Works by Wright and Sullivan

Louis Sullivan’s Garrick Theater and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building are recreated in an experiential exhibition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago.
Projects

Manhattan’s Battery Maritime Building is Restored to its Historic Grandeur

Marvel and the Office of Thierry W. Despont have transformed the decades-neglected ferry terminal into the new Casa Cipriani hotel.
Viewpoints

For an Engineer and a Photographer Beirut’s Damaged Grain Silos Are a Source of Consternation and Fascination

In the aftermath of the massive explosion that shook Beirut last year, engineer Emmanuel Durand and photographer Dia Mrad teamed up to record the destruction of the city’s port.
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In Kansas City, a Dialogue with the Past

BNIM’s design for the West Bottoms Flats in Kansas City, Missouri, traces the area’s evolution from industry hub to urban haunt.
Viewpoints

An Exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center Remembers Helmut Jahn

The architect, who died tragically this year, is survived by an iconoclastic and imaginative architectural oeuvre.