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Adaptive Re-use of Space

FROM DREAM TO REALITY AS A THRIVING BAKERY IS BORN IN BENICIA, CALIFORNIA.

This is the remarkable story about Hannalee Pervan of Toronto, Canada, who from the age of ten envisioned owning her …

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“Bumps” and Bubbles in Sausalito – THE CALIFORNIA CAVIAR COMPANY.

                              Photo Credit California Caviar Company. …

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The BIG MAC and ART DECO converge in a unique setting, in Porto, Portugal.

Are the ghosts of the art deco Cafe Imperial at peace with the fast-food giant McDonald’s, now occupying its former …

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A PRISON MORPHS INTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC MUSEUM IN PORTO, PORTUGAL.

 It was uninviting from the outside, but the conversion inside was amazing and made an ideal gallery space. It is …

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LX Factory Retaining Its Original Footprint and Character, This Space Started Life All Over Again

Lisbon is having a day of it and is presently in rebirth mode. From total dormancy, it has emerged as …

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PALACIO ALVERCA, a MOROCCAN PALACE in LISBON, is transformed into a shopping center.

One of my interests is “adaptive re-use of space” — the Palacio Alverca is an exact case study.  Palacio Alverca …

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The Permanent: An Old Bank Building is re-invented as a Modern Event Space.

Built as a Savings and Loan in 1907, The B.C. Permanent Loan and Savings Company has taken on a new …

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DIANA ROSS at the RYMAN in Nashville

Can she really be seventy years young? 70 is the new 35. Or so it seemed, watching Diana Ross perform …

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Degas in New Orleans

Edgar Degas, Impressionist Painter, Lived and Painted in New Orleans Part 1. This story is a legend in New Orleans, …

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