Tagged Refurbishment

Paulo Martins has recently renovated a two-storey house in the old part of Castelo Branco, Portugal, an area which has been in an increasing state of decline in recent years. In response to this trend, this p...

London-based Applied Studio has completed the renovation of a dark and cluttered terraced house in Hackney into a light, spacious family home. The property has been transformed with an elegant, glazed side ext...

Material Works Architecture has recently renovated and extended a Victorian-era terrace house in London. Having moved from a substantial loft apartment to a Victorian terrace, the clients were keen to recapture...

Located in one of the most typical and established neighborhoods of Aveiro, Beira Mar, Portugal, this residence is the result of a passionate and challenging reform lead by Paulo Martins. A reform which inten...

A hyphen between past and present, the Cartier House by local practice Architecture Microclimat is a testament to a couple’s dedication to honoring the architectural heritage of a quaint cottage in the Plate...

Studio Wok has recently refurbished this small apartment in a typical Milanese courtyard building for a creative young girl. With double exposure, the flat benefits of the natural light throughout the day, diff...

Architect Mickaël Martins Afonso used a net to create an extra level in this house in France, creating extra space above the living room for the client's children to read and relax. The owners wanted to renov...

Located in Paddington on the end of a strip of terrace houses dating back to the 1880s, the Concert Hall House by Pandolfini Architects is a highly personalized response to the clients brief for space where m...

Architects Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato of F.A.D.S have completed the renovation of a 21-year old house in Fukui, Japan. Originally designed to withstand heavy snowfall, the building is articulated by a foldin...

Your home’s exterior is its first impression. Updating that exterior is a wonderful way to have that Ahh feeling when you come home after a long day, and it is one of the best methods you have to boost your h...

Balzar Arquitectos has transformed a single-family dwelling in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Valencia, Spain, using a sculptural spiral staircase. The home sits on the end of a row of terraced...

Architecture studio (ma!ca) has renovated an old wine barn and its adjacent house, located within the historical center of the well-preserved village of Castries, in France, in order to create an intimate livi...

Québec city-based architecture firm Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architects has recently converted and extended a former ski chalet next to the slopes at Stoneham Resort, Canada,  into a modern residence for a fami...

Spring is here and this is the time of year where homeowners get particularly creative. They not only want to “spring clean” their home’s interiors but they also want to give their home’s exteriors a ne...

An architect and her partner, parents to twins, called upon Appareil Architecture to design the expansion and refurbishing of a veterans’ home in Montreal's Verdun borough. The client, Catherine Gauthier, bei...

Older homes are extremely sought after for their charm and unique architectural characteristics, with many homeowners looking to renovate these historic properties in order to create livable spaces. However, up...

Casa YAD is located very near to Barcelona, where it breathes purer air filtered through the Sierra de Collserola that separates it from Barcelona. Contrary to what one might imagine about the habits of a fam...

You may be facing an impending move or maybe you just feel like living in a nicer place. Either way, your current house needs some sprucing up. And whether you want the house to look better before you put it on...

James Garvan Architecture has recently overhauled a two-story house in the back-streets of North Bondi, a coastal suburb in eastern Sydney, Australia, adding a timber-pattern screen to the facade that mimics th...

Amelia Tavella Architects has transformed a ruined 1950s residence on the French island of Corsica into a light-filled seaside holiday home. Just a stone’s throw from the beach, the design focuses on making t...

For Clerkenwell based practice Robert Rhodes Architecture + Interiors, to describe the renovation of their recent project Bedwardine Road as a labor of love would be an understatement, it was more like an ep...