“Midtown Revival” embodies our newfound appreciation for Italian design—a passion that blossomed during our recent journey to Milan for the Salone del Mobile. On that trip, we discovered exceptional designers, toured exquisite villas, and explored vintage furniture shops throughout the city.
Project: Moore House Restoration Architects: Woods + Dangaran Location: Los Angeles, California Area: 1,700 SF Photo Credits: Joe Fletcher Text by Woods + Dangaran New life is given to this 1965 Craig Ellwood house with an exacting exterior restoration and an interior renovation, all while maintaining the integrity of the original design. Needing significant work,
ASR House is a renovation project of a house situated on the second floor of a building located in Sicily, in the old town centre of Ragusa near the Cathedral and the Bishop’s Palace. A survey showed that the portion of the building to renovate had already been consolidated in the 90’s, during a restoration and consolidation of the entire property.
We have reinvigorated the unexciting, worn out original 1960s villa unit in a secluded inner eastern Melbourne suburb to a “modern inner-city apartment” within the constrained budget.
For this small west Toronto renovation, rather than imagine a home comprised of rooms within an open plan we conceived a room revolving around a singular mass. The ‘mass’ presents the aesthetic grounding for the project while also containing all of its support functions in a clean plywood wrapper.
Behind an elegant Victorian facade in Prahran, this chic renovation creates a refined living space for a young family. Infused with classic Parisian style, the finely detailed kitchen became a hub for the family’s day-to-day activities, with every element configured to maximise functionality.
Georgian House Oxfordshire is a renovation project completed by London-based Louise Holt Design. From the designer: When our clients bought the house it had been extended many times by previous owners which had resulted in an awkward internal layout. We worked with them on the new room layout of the property returning symmetry to the
GRT Architects have redesigned Fort Greene Townhouse, a family residence in Brooklyn, New York. From the Architect: The extreme narrowness of this eleven foot wide townhouse was a productive constraint. A typical townhouse uses its superior width to push the stairs off discretely to one side. At less than half as wide, this home has
