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'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.

this website should have plenty examples of slab renovation

Collection of research papers, including urban issues

I found this website, while looking for material on the renovation of the French version of social housing districts: the grands ensembles

Architecture blog

this French project looks fairly sharp!

Public German website that explains renovation strategies in the former GDR

This is an important resource that refers to many renovation projects that are ongoing in East Germany.

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.

With New Labour's era of urban regeneration hitting the spongiform buffers of the Big Society, Owen Hatherley's Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain surveys the train wreck it has left in its wake. Review by Neil Smith