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From Bef Wiki Location of the best-practice example The apartment building at Paldiski Road 171 was built in 1977 as a large-panel construction by Tallinna Majaehituskombinaat (Tallinn House-building plant). The apartment building that is situated in Õismäe, Tallinn is a typical flat-roofed 5-floor panel building with four stairways that has 60 apartments and 180 residents.

Holabird & Root transformed the Kenmore Apartments from a vacant 1920's era building to contemporary, high-quality apartments for seniors.

There is apparently a little museum in the Hellersdorf district in which one apartment in a slab has been kept in the 1980s style.

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This project involves the renovation of three Baroque block houses with an enclosed internal court in the old city center. The brief required to connect the houses into one single unit with implementation of 12 apartments around the small internal court.

The building is composed by the old renovated part and the new wing, which is in place of the old courtyard wing.

Transformation of an apartment building, Saint-Nazaire, La ChesnaieHousing transformation, Saint-Nazaire, La Chesnaie place / location: Saint-Nazaire, France> show on map The block of 3 rue Gorse is apart of a highrise estate, Chesnaie, characteristic of the urban planning of the 70s, based on the massive development of modern housing in the context of Providing for all apartments and an optimistic vision of the future.

Renovation of apartment block in Dresden

The surrounding neighborhood consists mostly of apartment blocks that date back from the 70's. The buildings are large with enough space in-between and plenty of greenery. Because the whole area is built in relatively short period of time and not very long ago, it lacks the typical historic layers of the city center.

'The Urban Cloak' proposal by Jonathan Gibb is an addition to an existing inner city 2 storey brick building, to adapt and add a multi-levelled apartment building. The existing building is left, but affected by the new. Its old roof is discarded and the paint of the facade shed, revealing the identity of the brick. More images and architects' description after the break.

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The original building was built in 1993, concrete frame structure, level 1-4 was used as office, level 5-9 was used for apartment.

The renovation project of one of the most significant prefabricated housing estates in Poland.

Mei Ho House which is the first generation of public house in Hong Kong, is transformed into a hostel.

As part of the redesign and transformation of this 1960s residential development in Wolfsburg, the existing buildings were lowered to four stories and a penthouse story and roof terrace added. The 116 apartments were given a contemporary footprint and, with a primary energy requirement of approx. 35 KWh(m²/a) meet the standard for new buildings.

Standard low-rise housing is introduced that replaces the 10 storey apartment buildings but also the green spaces in-between them. It is quite a surprise that amidst the new ideology of the small scale such a large new building is projected.

The estate was built in 1963, and features four buildings for a total size of 20,000 m2, enclosing playgrounds, playing fields and green recreational areas. Their challenge was to renovate the existing buildings and outdoor areas, and for 5,000 m2 of additional housing.