Japan’s former Nara Prison becomes a hotel—does adaptive reuse preserve memory, or market it as atmosphere?
Paimio Sanatorium and the New York Historical extension expose the fight between preservation and adaptive reuse.
Sagrada Familia and Tirana’s Palace of Congresses expose the fight between preservation, profit, and architectural reinvention.
Coventry Central Baths exposes Europe’s split: preserve, adapt, or demolish postwar architecture in the name of speed and redevelopment.
As Ibiza courts affluent tourism, can design and placemaking protect its soul—or will luxury turn the island into a branded backdrop?
Adaptive reuse may rescue theaters and cinemas—but at what cost to memory, gathering, and civic life?
A Belgian artist’s house becomes a layered retro-futurist interior, mixing Bauhaus colour, midcentury style and contemporary intervention.
Hunstanton School’s renewal asks how Brutalist landmarks can evolve without betraying their authorship, budgets or safeguarding needs.
Heritage interiors now preserve memory and absorb new uses—where authenticity means lived continuity, not frozen perfection.
Airelles’ Venice debut raises a harder question: how much luxury can a fragile city absorb before it becomes a private club?
