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
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
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
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
