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Sarah Jacoby Uses a Single Red Bathroom as the Catalyst for a Brooklyn Renovation
In a thoughtful renovation of a historic Brooklyn residence, local architect Sarah Jacoby has revitalized the upper two…
Coralie Gruit Uses Raw Concrete and Bold Color to Merge Two Bagnolet Apartments
French architect Coralie Gruit has recently transformed two stacked units in a 2000s-era building in Bagnolet, France, into…
Maximale Reinterprets the Spanish Townhouse With Neutral-Toned Casa ST
Maximale’s Casa ST in Madrid reinterprets the traditional townhouse typology through a vertical sequence of light-filled patios and…
Built-In vs. Freestanding Appliances: Which Is Better for Your Kitchen?
When you’re remodeling a kitchen, the debate between built-in and freestanding appliances is about more than just a…
Bardo Exposes Traditional “Revoltó” Vaulting in Madrid Apartment Renovation
Bardo’s debut intervention in Madrid centers on a rigorous structural subtraction, dismantling the load-bearing partitions of a 19th-century…
House for Rural Habits: Spolia Office Uses Glass Blocks and Bold Color to Frame the Asturian Valley as a Living Painting
House For Rural Habits by Spolia Office breathes new life into a three-story mountainside residence in Siero, Asturias,…
Studiotamat Uses Burgundy Glazed Partitions to Create “A Tailored Sense of Fluidity” in Roman Apartment
In Rome’s refined Flaminio district, local architecture office STUDIOTAMAT has completed the interior renovation of Casa Continua, a…
Not All Architecture Uses Utzon’s “Additive” Principles for Fire-Resistant Coastal Home
Set within the coastal bushland of Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, the Ironbark House by local practice Not All…
RDTH Architekti Uses Translucent Partitions and a Rotated Block to Challenge Traditional Apartment Layouts
Designed by Prague-based studio RDTH architekti, the No-Wall Apartment in Prague, Czech Republic, redefines contemporary residential living by…
MOCA and Gádor Potenciano Use 1970s “Peripheral” Materials to Revive a Madrid Apartment
Located in the vibrant Carabanchel district of Madrid, CASA GNR, a collaborative project by MOCA Estudio and Gádor…
Pablo Sanchez Lopez Uses Eucalyptus and Timber to Update a 1970s London Victorian Terraced House
Architect Pablo Sanchez Lopez has overhauled a Victorian terraced house in Walthamstow, London, stripping away a restrictive 1970s…
Mesnil Architectures Peels Back the Layers of a Former Repair Workshop to Create a Tactile Pyrenean Home
Mesnil Architectures has reimagined a nondescript former workshop in Laruns, France, transforming a fragmented structure into a unified,…
llabb References Aldo Rossi and Port Cranes in “Watchtower” Apartment Renovation
Italian practice llabb has transformed a duplex perched atop Genoa’s ancient sea walls into The Watchtower (La vedetta),…
No Architects Revives Abandoned Sudetenland Homestead With a “Radically White” Steel Skin
In the rugged heights of the Ore Mountains, No Architects has completed the resurrection of a long-abandoned homestead,…
Plutarco Revives 1930s Modernist Villa in Madrid With “Unexpected Red” Accents
PDLL70 House emerges as a vivid reimagining of a 1934 modernist villa, where Madrid-based studio Plutarco has transformed…
aceboXalonso Replaces a Decadent “Blue Pool” With a Green Hydraulic Patio in Madrid
La Casa de la Charca Verde represents a profound urban metamorphosis in Madrid, where aceboXalonso estudio has meticulously…
Carbon-Sequestering Cork Extension by Office S&M Tops Victorian Terrace in London
Office S&M Architects has transformed a weathered Victorian terrace in Walthamstow into Cork Loft, a carbon-sequestering vertical extension…
Margine Studio Strips Back 1970s Puglia Villa to Reveal Geometric “Compositional Clarity”
Margine’s renovation of Lèvanzo, a single-family villa in Caprarica, Puglia, strips away 1970s structural excesses to reveal a…
Montoliu Hernandez Uses Rhythmic Barrel Vaults to Define the “Heart of the Home” in Valencia
In Valencia’s historic Eixample district, local firm Montoliu Hernandez has transformed the Cirilo Apartment into a fluid domestic…
Aurora Arquitectos Flips a “Cod’s Tail” Apartment in Lisbon to Reshape the Interior Through Light
The renovation of the Casa da Moeda Apartment in Lisbon by Aurora Arquitectos reimagines a traditional “Rabo de…
Raúl Sánchez Architects Inserts Steel Plinth Among Nineteenth-Century Frescoes in Casa Del Pirata
Raúl Sánchez Architects has delivered a surgical renovation of the historic Casa del Pirata in Mataró, Spain, reviving…