Home renovations take know-how and inspiration. New architecture and interior renovation projects, including houses, public buildings and offices. Before you get started, check out these inspiring ideas and smart tips for home renovations and makeovers from the home .
Project: Mentana House Architects: EM Architecture Location: Montreal, QC, Canada Collaborator: Point Carré Entrepreneur général Area: 3100.0 ft2 Photographs: Adrien Williams Mentana House is a single family house designed by Montreal-based EM Architecture. Project description: A former 4-plex later combined into a duplex, the project consisted in transforming this 1900’s property into a contemporary single-family […]
Clapton House is an extension and renovation project completed in 2016 by London-based Scenario Architecture. Project description: Our clients have been living in their ground floor flat for several years, before deciding to renovate it. The existing flat had a very old glass conservatory, which was freezing cold in winter and overheated in summer. It
Architects: AZO – Sequeira Arquitectos Associados Project: The Dovecote Author: Mário Sequeira Team: Pedro Soares, Fátima Barroso, Jorge Vilela, João Alves Location: Soutelo, Portugal Area 54.0 m2 Photographs: Nelson Garrido The Dovecote is an old building transformed and renovated by AZO – Sequeira Arquitectos Associados in Soutelo, Portugal. Description by AZO: This is an emotional design.
A contemporary take on the Californian Bungalow, this is a new 3 bedroom home on a decent sized Northcote block. Northcote Mohawk House was designed by Statkus Architecture and was first place winner of the 2015 Architeam People’s Choice Award. The owners made contact in 2013 asking for us to design and procure a residential extension
Designed by Dunn and Hill Architects, Whale Watching House is a single-family house with a beautiful ocean view. Description by Dunn and Hill Architects: The Whale Watching House is a re-working of a three bedroom fibro house, which sat on a point of land opposite a whale watching platform. It looked over the ocean but
No 31 house is a renovation project recently completed by Melbourne-based Bryant Alsop Architects. A significant renovation to a late-19th century workers cottage, has seen the remnants of a 1970′s addition disappear and the spaces transform into light, contemporary house. Strong, restrained colours and materials define spaces and the north-facing sliding doors connect to the deck
Black Wood House was designed by Marchi Architectes in Normandy, Capelle-les-Grands, France Description by Marchi Architectes: The client wanted to move the living spaces to a more open and transparent spaces, in order to free some spaces in the old house. A unique volume is set up, arranging kitchen, living and dining room. From the
Architects: Jo Cowen Architects Project: Bakery Place Location: Clapham, London, United Kingdom Photographs: David Butler Located between Falcon Park and Clapham Common, Bakery Place is the latest residential scheme from Jo Cowen Architects, designed for developers West Eleven. A series of former Victorian bakery buildings have been converted into 12 high-end homes, in the form
North Fitzroy House is a single-family home designed by Melbourne-based Mills Gorman Studio. Leaving only the two front rooms of this small single fronted Victorian cottage, MGA completely transformed this home with a contemporary addition to the rest of the interior. A skylight runs the length of the kitchen area allowing light to penetrate deep
Vigario House is a particular and sensitive project, dating back to 2008 and completed early 2015. Located in Paredes, Portugal, the house was designed by AND-RÉ Studio. Description by AND-RÉ: The Vigario House is the outcome of the privileged context of the existing ruins, setting the conditions that unfold the new architecture narrative. The new organism
Down Size Up Size House House is a residential project completed in 2016 by Carter Williamson Architects. Description by Carter Williamson Architects: Moving from a nearby apartment, our clients wanted a modest home they could settle into and begin a family. Natural lighting introduced to a dense and constrained site through strategically placed linear skylight, provides ample
Architects: Robert Nichol & Sons Project: Bell House Builder: Seventy 7 Projects Location: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia Photographs: Itsuka Studio Bell House is an 1850’s home with a 1970’s addition. A complex, rambling house provided an interesting narrative on which to build. Robert Nichol & sons contribution gives a new address to the home, a new
