Posts tagged transformation
The “Domestic Transformer”
With the price of housing on the rise, the not-so-super-rich denizens of the world’s more expensive cities have been driven toward smaller and smaller apartments. Some have sought refuge in the suburbs or far-flung corners of their respective metropolises, but others have used more creative methods for dealing with the small spaces. The Hong Kong-based architect Gary Chang used his considerable professional skills to create the “Domestic Transformer,” a 330-square-foot apartment that can be transformed into 24 different “rooms,” one of which is a screening room with hammock seating. (via Curbed)
High Line: The Inside Story
The road to creating one of New York’s most beloved parks was not unlike the unruly terrain that Friends of the High Line co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond were determined to transform. Stretching from the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, the mile-and-a-half-long elevated park represents the extraordinary rescue of an abandoned, overgrown eyesore by two inexperienced but dedicated individuals, and the rally of strong community involvement. A new book, “High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky,” chronicles the behind-the-scenes of the epic ten-year restoration project. (via Cool Hunting)
Restored Loew's Will Be Brooklyn's Biggest Theater
The Journal looks into the renovation of Flatbush’s Loew’s Kings Theater, noting that the 3,200-seat venue will be the biggest indoor theater in the borough when it reopens in 2014. The theater will have about 250 shows a year, according to its developer, and “civic leaders hope the transformation will benefit the Flatbush corridor, once a middle-class shopping district and now a patchwork of wig shops, 99-cent stores, roti diners and storefront churches.” In addition to the extensive renovation of the existing interior, the developer is building an extension on the back of the former movie palace in order to provide more space for performers and mechanical equipment. (via Brownstoner)
