Old and new buildings combined

When historic structures have fallen into ruin, should architects restore them to their original glory or acknowledge the passage of time? The answer to that question might depend on the significance of the building (and whether or not it’s legally protected), its condition and the client's vision for its new purpose, but projects that take

1 Kearny is a single building comprised of three fused-together elements constructed at different times. It anchors a prominent corner at the end of Third Street, one of San Francisco’s major transit arteries serving the downtown urban core. Built in 1902 as the Mutual Savings Bank, the...

Completed in 2012 in . Shoreham Street, Sheffield 192 Shoreham Street is a Victorian industrial brick building sited at the edge of the Cultural Industries Quarter...

It doesn’t happen often, but when old and new architecture are joined in a thoughtful manner, the results can be dazzling

the hospitality project comprises the restoration of three ancestral houses built in different times, and the addition of two new buildings.

RAW Architecture used local materials and traditional building techniques including bamboo construction to create a new studio in Jakarta.

Image 4 of 17 from gallery of Creys Mépleu City Hall / Composite Architectes. Photograph by Studio Erick Saillet

Juxtaposition - modern addition to an older structure.

All ruins have the potential to shelter once again, to become a historic frame for a contemporary space. These six projects have breathed new life into derelict shells.