Renovated in 2016 by Greek studio KP Architects, this two storey Cycladic house was transformed into an attractive tourist accommodation. Description by KP Architects: Hidden among the narrow cosmopolitan alleys of Mykonos ‘Chora’, in St. Spyridon area, a dilapidated summer house, originally built in 1987, has been fully renovated into a high end tourist accommodation. […]
Renovation Projects
Reconstruction of a Small Bungalow House in Singapore
Siglap Plain House is a single-family home designed by Aamer Architects in Singapore. Description by Aamer Architects: Located in front of a bus-stop at a junction of a minor road and a busy main road, this reconstruction of a small bungalow house is attracting attention from the community for its dynamic form and interesting use […]
English Cottage-Style Home in Atlanta by Robert Cain
This English cottage-style home was renovated in 2015 by Atlanta-based Robert Cain Architect. Description by Robert Cain: Tucked into the sea of Virginia Highland (an Atlanta intown neighborhood) English cottage-style homes is an anomaly: a mid-century modern home with Eichleresque design connotations. Californian Joseph Eichler, America’s only “modernist merchant builder”, built nearly 11,000 speculative homes […]
Farmstead Passive House in Vermont for the Modern New England Family
Farmstead is a Certified Passive House designed by Boston-based ZeroEnergy Design. DESIGN CHALLENGE. A blend of features were carefully balanced to develop a final design that has an efficient footprint, meets the Passive House Standard (PHIUS+ Certified), and takes the form of a traditional farmhouse with some modern twists both inside and out. Durability was […]
Hip and Gable House – Extension of a Californian Bungalow
Hip and Gable House is a bungalow-style house designed by Melbourne-based Architecture Architecture Studio. Once was a time when a roof was a roof. Mostly it just sat up there to keep the rain off, but more importantly, it looked like a roof. A roof would hold itself in such a way, with its jaunty gables, casual […]
Historical Barn Converted into a Wellness Retreat – Stadl Altenbach
Designed by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner, Stadl Altenbach is a historic “Kellerstöckl” (an agricultural building) transformed into a wellness retreat in southern Styria, Austria. This style of house – a hillside construction with a cellar built into the hill – are traditionally found in the Austrian wine-growing regions. The barn in Altenbach has been extended […]
