Recent years have brought few doubts about the growing importance of heritage issues in architecture, though dealing with them tends to be an “ideological and aesthetic minefield,” according to Luis Fernández-Galiano.

Even so, projects involving the metamorphosis of heritage buildings, from disused industrial sites to outdated public structures, garner a significant amount of attention. Most interesting are those with a less rigid approach, which consciously embrace the past by incorporating it into the contemporary project. Featuring OMA’s Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Dominique Perrault’s Pavilion Dufour, Herzog & de Meuron’s Park Avenue Armory, and more.

Recent years have brought few doubts about the growing importance of heritage issues in architecture, though dealing with them tends to be an “ideological and aesthetic minefield,” according to Luis Fernández-Galiano.

Even so, projects involving the metamorphosis of heritage buildings, from disused industrial sites to outdated public structures, garner a significant amount of attention. Most interesting are those with a less rigid approach, which consciously embrace the past by incorporating it into the contemporary project. Featuring OMA’s Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Dominique Perrault’s Pavilion Dufour, Herzog & de Meuron’s Park Avenue Armory, and more.