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Located in Melbourne, Pod House is a family home extended and renovated by Nic Owen Architects. The owners of this existing Victorian house located in Fitzroy North wished to renovate and extend to better cater for their family of 5. The 1980’s rear skillion extension was removed and replaced with an open place living ‘pod’. This […]
Architect: Chet Callahan Interior Design: Ghislaine Viñas Project: Dundee House Location: Los Angeles, California, US Photography: Art Gray Dundee House is a 2,600 square foot family home and hillside landscape in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. This project is the result of collaboration between architect Chet Callahan and designer Ghislaine Viñas. The owners are a
Architect: Studio JCI Project: Leaside Residence Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Area: 229 sqm Designed by Studio JCI, this private residence is located on a typical infill lot in the Leaside community, Toronto, Ontario. The design of this project as a renovation takes full advantage of the site to maximize the width of the house, creating
Project: A Wurster House Revival Architecture and Interior Design: Butler Armsden Architects Location: Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California General Contractor GGD, Inc. Photographer: Eric Rorer Butler Armsden Architects have renovated this old house for a family in San Francisco, US. Originally designed by William Wurster and built in 1939 on a wide, high street in
Palma Plaza House is an old cottage transformed by Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects into a contemporary home for a family in Austin, Texas. Project description: An historic 1935 Greek Revival cottage in the Clarksville neighborhood of Austin paired with a very creative family to provide the starting point for this project. Above and beyond the
Near the historic centre of Utrecht stands an old coach house. Long ago built in the backyard of a nice big building at the Maliebaan in Utrecht. The current owners, Rolf Bruggink and Yffi van den Berg, bought the coach house to transform it into their dream home. Studio Rolf.fr made a design for a
Located in Sydney, Paddington Terrace House is a family home masterfully renovated by Luigi Rosselli Architects. A designer would find oneself dancing to a familiar tune when approached to upgrade this terrace house in Paddington, a suburb east of Sydney City. Faced with the age old problems presented by much loved terrace housing – damp,
Two Faced House is a renovation project completed by Butler Armsden Architects in San Francisco. Project description: Friends and family encouraged our clients to trade their house in for a larger one in their Pacific Heights neighborhood. They chose instead to hire us to give new life to the home they had lived in as
Located in Venice, California, this house was renovated by renowned art photographer Kathy Suder. A dramatic triangular wood-beam ceiling gives this Venice bungalow the feel of a fancy attic.Â
Located in the heart of the Dartmoor National Park and set within 60 acres of woodland and meadow, Milking Parlour is an old farm buildings converted by van Ellen + Sheryn into a family home. Unoccupied for a number of years, the clients bought the dilapidated property at auction, looking for the ultimate ‘project’. Their brief was
Marseille Duplex is a renovation and modernization project recently completed by French studio T3 Architecture. Project description: The existing flat suffered from a significant lack of light and its main rooms were constrained by the central staircase. The architects completely released the heart of the apartment by removing the stairs and most of the partitions. The entrance
Denegri Bessai Studio architects recently have designed Hepbourne Street House, a family home located in Toronto, Ontario. Denegri Bessai Studio was established in 2013 by partners Tom Bessai and Maria Denegri. Project description: This unusual project near Bloor and Ossington Streets unfolded from back to front. The scope gradually evolved forward through a redesign of the
