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Tall Architects wraps X-shaped Alabama cabin in black metal

March 1, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama. Known as Fowl River Cabin, the 2,100-square foot (195-square metre) residence was completed in 2023 in Theodore, Alabama – a small community along the

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Alabama hotel by Avenir Creative occupies three historic buildings

August 27, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

US studio Avenir Creative has completed the renovation of a historic hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, restoring a trio of buildings in accordance with local heritage. Close to the riverfront, the 117-room Trilogy Montgomery has reopened following an extensive overhaul by Chicago-based Avenir Creative. Three buildings — two early 20th-century warehouses and a Greek revival mansion

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Design Initiative overhauls modernist Alabama home with new staircase and more windows

June 30, 2018 James Brillon 0

This 1960s home has been renovated by Birmingham-based architecture firm Design Initiative, which sought to return the building’s original charm, while modernising its interiors and improving circulation. Mountain Brook Residence was originally designed by Fritz Woehle, the first architect from Alabama to be awarded the title of Fellow by the American Institute of Architects (AIA)

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Memorial in Alabama acknowledges violence against African Americans

April 23, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

A memorial and museum dedicated to the legacy of racial violence and injustice in America are set to open in Montgomery, Alabama. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice was designed by Boston-based Mass Design Group and set up by Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) – a non-profit organisation that works to advance national reconciliation around race.

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Alabama architecture students convert historic bank into library for rural town

December 13, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A brick bank building in Alabama dating to the early 1900s has been transformed into a community library by Rural Studio, a student design-build programme dedicated to social projects. The Newbern Library is located in a town of the same name with less than 200 residents, and was converted by fifth-year architecture students at Auburn

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