The client, whose grown-up children left the family home, aimed for functionality and further integration between spaces now inhabited only by a couple. The volume of the house occupied almost the entire surface of the narrow and deep plot.
The Alves da Veiga project aimed to reconvert an old typography built in the nineteenth century and abandoned for decades in a set of six apartments, maintaining all the structure and spatial concept of preexistence. The original building, though appearing from the outside only two storeys in fact contained a curious floor + mezzanine organization that actually embodied four habitable floors.
Gallery Brick House is a private house renovated and extended in 2016 by Neil Dusheiko Architects. The house is located in London, UK.
Project: Martello Tower Home Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli Project Architect: Simon Hassall Interior Designer: Romaine Alwill, Alwill Interiors Builder: Sydcon Building Services Pty Ltd Structural & Hydraulic Consultant: Rooney & Bye Pty Ltd Joiner: Kitchen Trend Landscaper: Secret Gardens Location: Clontarf, NSW, Australia Photography: Justin Alexander, Edward Birch Martello Tower Home is a private residence
Nestled in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Double Gable Eichler Remodel by Klopf Architecture transforms a classic mid-century home into a sophisticated, modern sanctuary.
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’.
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 newlyweds, raised their two children in and were not ready to abandon it.
The renovation of this century-old midtown Toronto residence for an empty-nester couple converts it into a warm, modern, light-filled space that welcomes the sky and the gardens on the property. Three dormers were added to the front, back and side of the existing house.
