Arquitectura-G builds modern house behind crumbling old stone walls
Architecture office Arquitectura-G has slotted a new house within the aged stone walls of a ruin in the medieval village of Palau-Sator, Spain. More
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Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale
The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. More
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Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden's oldest church
AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. More
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Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage
David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England's West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. More
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Metal beams frame restaurant inserted inside old Mexican textile factory
Building around a metal frame placed into ruins of a former engine room in the state of Yucatan, a team of Mexican architects have created a contemporary dining lounge. More
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Nelson Garrido showcases buildings left empty after financial crisis hit Portugal
These images by Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido reveal buildings left deserted in the aftermath of the last financial crisis. More
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Deserted Japanese theme park photographed just before demolition
The abandoned and overgrown landscape of Nara Dreamland, a theme park closed for over a decade, is revealed in this set of images by French photographer Romain Veillon. More
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Modernist ruin in London canal provides a glimpse at an uncertain future
British artist Alex Hartley has installed this crumbling modernist ruin in the gardens of London's Victoria Miro Gallery. More
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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designs larch-clad shelter for Roman ruins
This shelter for the remains of a Roman villa in Gloucestershire, England, is wrapped in slats of untreated larch so that it will blend peacefully into the landscape over time (+ slideshow). More
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Didier Faustino captures Cuba's ruined School of Ballet using cage-mounted device
French artist Didier Faustino is staging a month-long performance around Havana's Modernist School of Ballet, strapping a camera rig to a local resident who is exploring the ruins during the city's art biennial (+ slideshow). More
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Richard Brine photographs the concrete "pillboxes" left over from the war
Photo essay: 70 years after the second world war ended, there are still over 6,000 defensive structures along Britain's coastline. Photographer Richard Brine has been documenting them (+ slideshow). More
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The Last Stand: Marc Wilson photographs remnants of war along Europe's coastlines
Photo essay: British photographer Marc Wilson has spent four years documenting the physical traces of the second world war on the coastlines of the British Isles and northern Europe (+ slideshow). More
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Ageing stone walls frame concrete structure of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos
Portuguese studio SAMI Arquitectos has slotted a modern concrete house behind the crumbling stone walls of a ruined building, located on an island in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. More
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Brutalist seminary to be resurrected in 2015 after 25 years of neglect
News: after a quarter of a century of decay, a full design team has been appointed to convert the Brutalist ruins of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Scotland, into a major venue for art and culture. More
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Abandoned Soviet architecture photographed by Rebecca Litchfield
Photo essay: photographer Rebecca Litchfield has toured former Soviet countries to document the once-monumental structures around the Eastern Bloc that have fallen into decay. More
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Oak walkway by Levitate inserted into ruined castle
London studio Levitate have reinstated access to a sixteenth-century English castle by repairing stonework and slotting a continuous oak walkway into the ruined shell. More
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Rusty steel tower over Roman ruins by Marte.Marte Architects
This rusty metal tower was designed by Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects to help tourists locate excavated Roman ruins on the outskirts of a town in western Austria (+ slideshow). More
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La Plage du Pacifique Hotel by Kristin Green photographed by Peter Bennetts
A hotel under construction on a South Pacific island is depicted as a collection of architectural ruins in this series of images by Australian photographer Peter Bennetts (+ slideshow). More
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Astley Castle renovation wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2013
News: a contemporary house inserted into the twelfth-century ruins of Astley Castle in Warwickshire by Witherford Watson Mann has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2013 for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the last year. More
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Reconstruction of the Szatmáry Palace by MARP
Budapest architects MARP have replaced the missing corner of a ruined Renaissance palace with a Corten steel lookout point. More
