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Deaf Culture Centre

Innovative design makes tight quarters a welcoming space for Toronto's deaf community.

October 1, 2008

Located in Toronto's historic Distillery District, the Deaf Culture Centre is a retrofitted portion of a historic heritage building once used for producing spirits.

Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre

Haworth Tompkins creates a community centerpiece that embodies function with flair.

Jenna M. McKnight

October 1, 2008

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Three decades ago, the South Bank district in central London was no place to call home.

Clovis Memorial District Conference Center

A veteran center gets a much-needed upgrade.

October 1, 2008

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The original Clovis Memorial District conference center, which had been incrementally added to over the years, housed a number of meeting rooms, but lacked a central entry, or gathering space.

Breakthrough Ministry Center

A renovated ministry offers a home to those without in Chicago’s West Side.

October 1, 2008

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Breakthrough Ministry Center is a 24,000-square-foot facility that provides support services for homeless or unemployed men on Chicago’s West Side.

Studzinski Recital Hall and Kanbar Auditorium

Featured in our Performing Arts BTS for its qualities as a musical performance venue, Studzinski Recital Hall captured our attention again, this time for its ingenious story of adaptive reuse from a college swimming pool to an auditorium for musical celebration.

July 1, 2008

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Studzinski Recital Hall at Bowdoin College transforms a historic McKim, Mead and White swimming pool into a 287-seat recital hall.

SoFlo Office Studios

A decrepit truck-trailer manufacturing plant becomes green office spaces for two firms.

July 1, 2008

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Alamo Architects and OCO Architects jointly purchased a 1940s truck-trailer manufacturing plant on a 2-acre lot in downtown San Antonio.

Harvard University New College Theatre

A historic building is renovated into a modern theater for Harvard students.

July 1, 2008

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Harvard University recently acquired the 1887 Hasty Pudding Club building, formerly owned by the oldest society at Harvard, a secret society that transitioned into a theatrical group by the 1840s.

Krause Music Store

Wheeler Kearns and McGuire Igleski restore Louis Sullivan's last work to its former luster and create a serene work space within.

July 1, 2008

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The two-story storefront at 4611 North Lincoln Avenue on Chicago’s North Side may not be Louis Sullivan’s highest-profile commission, but its delicate ornament and graceful proportions certainly reveal his skillful hand.

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

A new design center connects a creative campus.

July 1, 2008

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The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center establishes a new 32,800-square-foot campus nexus for Parsons The New School for Design by uniting and radically reorganizing the street-level spaces of the school’s four buildings around a new urban quad.

Jianfu Palace Garden

Tsao & McKown and Pei Partnership collaborate on the interior architecture of a reconstructed portion of the Forbidden City.

July 1, 2008

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First came the reconstruction. Jianfu Palace Garden (Garden of the Palace of Established Happiness), a compound in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City in Beijing, burned down in 1923.