“The Rossiya Hotel (Russian: Россия ) was a large hotel built in Moscow in 1967 at the order of the Soviet Government. Construction used the existing foundations of a cancelled skyscraper project, the Zaryadye Administrative Building, which would have been the eighth of what is now referred to as the Seven Sisters. Large portions of [...]
Strijp R, Eindhoven, once a booming industrial site, is now being transformed into a new residential area. Saturday 8 May 2010, the RAF building, a former Phillips light bulb factory at Strijp R, was imploded, to make space for the future low density neighborhood. In a matter of seconds, the high-rise structure turned into dust [...]
Retrofit, a reforma de prédios antigos, visando o reuso deles para uma nova função, virou moda no centro de São Paulo. Em geral se trata de prédios de escritórios que são transformados em habitações de renda média. Na cidade, esse desenvolvimento está causando uma queda de preço por apartamento na área central e por isso [...]
