Refurbishment

When an engine fails or becomes very worn, it is usually scrapped. Ford wants to change that by utilizing a high-tech plasma process to remanufacture broken engines. The process reduces carbon emissions by about half when compared to making a new engine.

Extending buildings upwards usually means simply adding new levels on top of the existing ones. A building in London, however, is being extended by having another one on stilts sat on top of it. Heliport Heights will feature office spaces, new apartments and a refurbished existing building.

London's Science Museum has just awarded the commission to build its new Research Center to Coffey Architects. The project will bring together exhibition and research in an interior defined by books and natural light.

London's iconic Battersea Power Station has had numerous proposed reincarnations over the years. Now, as part of its regeneration, architecture firms Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners have announced their plans for it, which sees the building becoming the focal point of a new town center.

Fun-loving architecture firm Elii is back with a new apartment project which shows its flair for creativity focused toward maximizing both flexibility and storage space, with intriguing results.

I'm not sure which is the most eye-catching feature of this bizarre refurbishing of a four-story house: the curving brick facade that seems to have slipped down onto the ground, or the gaping cavity exposing the innards of the top floor as the notional result of said slide.

Gizmag ponders Atelier Zündel Cristea's proposal to redevelop Battersea Power Station with a rollercoaster.

Schlump ONE is a 1950s administration block that has been transformed into a modern office thanks to a radical facelift conceived by the architects at J. Mayer H.

A Japanese design team has cooked up a modular drop-in system to transform any building interior into a gleaming cafeteria.

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Gizmag looks at EXIT Architects' "rehabilitation" of a 19th century prison.