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Debate Around How to Approach the Restoration of the Devastated Charles Rennie Mackintosh Library

by Scott Henson
Restoration
January 6, 2015

Phil Miller reports for The Scottish Herald: Build a new library at Mackintosh Building, not a replica, says leading architect. The world famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh library which was destroyed in the fire at the Glasgow School Of Art should not be rebuilt as a "replica" copy, a leading Scottish architect has declared. Alan Dunlop believes that the school should instead open...

Stella Tower Gets Back Its Crown

by Scott Henson
Restoration
November 14, 2014

Anna Bergren Miller reports for The Architect's Newspaper: How Stella Tower Got Its Glory Back. JDS Development Group and Property Market Group's renovation of Ralph Walker-designed Stella Tower included restoring the Art Deco Crown. When JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group purchased the 1927 Ralph Walker high-rise in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in order to transform it into the Stella Tower condominiums, they realized that something was not quite right...

The Third Largest Theater in the City is Undergoing Restoration and Modernization

by Scott Henson
Restoration
November 3, 2014

Henry Melcher reports for The Architect's Newspaper: The Kings Theater's Second Act. Brooklyn's largest and most stunning theater gets a meticulous renovation. In September, 1929, the grand and extravagant Kings Theater—one of Loew’s “Wonder Theaters”—opened its doors in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by Rapp & Rapp, the palatial space hosted vaudeville shows, and later films, inside a grand auditorium that could seat more than 3,000...

Modernist House Brought Back to Life

by Scott Henson
Restoration
September 2, 2014

Spencer Peterson reports for Curbed: This Modernist Cape Cod Cottage Was Saved Via Kickstarter.         The Kickstarter-funded restoration of Cape Cod's Weidlinger House has successfully pulled the modernist gem back from the brink. Last pictured in a pretty sorry state, with all of its glass windows and doors missing, its interior weathered by the elements, and a large chunk of its southwest corner taken out by...