#architectural-conservation

#architectural-conservation

Donald Judd's architecture office in Marfa will reopen this month after a seven-year restoration. The building caught fire in 2021, less than one month before what was originally a three-year renovation was due to be completed, partially collapsing the roof and parts of the top floor. The $3.3m restoration of the two-floor brick building began in 2018 as part of the Marfa Restoration Plan, a project to restore six sites under the stewardship of the Judd Foundation.

"We realised that the real battleground was the media. The usual channels were not working, and a much punchier approach to endangered buildings was needed."