Restoration Archives - Page 23 of 26

Country House in Lugar da Lapa / ADAPTEYE

May 17, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The property is located in the vicinity of the rural nucleus of the Fornelos in Lugar da Lapa in the county of Cinfães do Douro. It is located about 10 km south of the “Passadiços do Paiva”, which in 2017 and 2018 were recognized as the Best World Adventure Travel Attraction. The owner intended to recover and expand a residential house in order to install a rural tourism project in the country side, to respond to the lack of accommodation with these characteristics in the region and at the same time contribute to the development of the local economy in a sustainable way.

Milton House / Estudio Atemporal

May 10, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The project consisted on the final phase of the rehabilitation of a mid-century house that had been previously intervened in two initial stages between 2014 and 2016 in which the second and third floors were transformed into a temporary apartment and a terrace respectively.

Palatial House on Liberdade 191-193 / Contacto Atlântico

April 16, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The project for this building, a palatial house dating from the mid-19th century on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon, proposed the preservation, alteration and expansion of it.

A Contemporary Extension Was Added To This 1880s Home In Australia

April 8, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Shannon McGrath Robson Rak Architecture & Interiors have designed the restoration of a circa 1888 grand Victorian residence in Melbourne, Australia, and added a new wing to the house that’s been created in an LA Pavilion style. Photography by Shannon McGrath The house has been designed for a family who look love […]

The Painted Hall / Hugh Broughton Architects

April 8, 2019 Martita Vial 0

Hugh Broughton Architects’ scheme for the conservation and refurbishment of the Painted Hall and King William Undercroft at the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) in Greenwich conserves the hall and creates new facilities for the expected 800,000 annual visitors.

GBX Group Office / Vocon

April 5, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

GBX Group focuses on acquiring historic real estate in urban markets which have the opportunity to receive significant tax incentives breathing new life, vitality, and economic growth into neighborhoods. As with its core mission, GBX sought out a historical property to revitalize for their new headquarters. With federal and state historic preservation tax credits, the result was the purchase of the 51,000 SF Empire Improvement Building at 2101 Superior Ave in Cleveland, Ohio to showcase GBX capabilities of preservation and transformation.

Elancourt Music School / Opus 5 architectes

April 1, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The new Élancourt Music School has taken up residence in the former ecumenical center of the Sept Mares neighborhood, one of the focal points founding the new town of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. The building was originally a house of worship, a simple, without ornament and inward-looking construction owing to the peace and quiet required by its function. Philippe Deslandes built it between 1974 and 1977, with the desire that it embody the qualities of simplicity, modularity and anonymity.

Interior DR / Didonè Comacchio Architects

March 21, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

Interior design project for a rural house in the Venetian countryside, built in the early 1900s and restored in the early 2000s. The project, designed for the functional needs and aesthetic tastes of the client, enhances the recycled materials used in the restoration, as the larch beams and the original structural walls in stone and brick, with the use of simple and elegant materials and shades, applied to pure geometric shapes.

GUAJA Sapucaí / Flat27 + GUAJA + Marcos Franchini + Pedro Haruf

March 14, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

In 2017, the interior architecture exhibition CASACOR Minas occupied an important building that integrates the Architectural Complex of the Station Square, a region marked by the strong urban, cultural, political and gastronomic effervescence of the city. The place served as the headquarters of the defunct Federal Railways S / A (RFFSA) and is directly associated with the creation of Belo Horizonte. In recent years, the building has undergone a restoration process under the supervision of IPHAN for future house the facilities of the Railway Museum after more than a decade closed.

Chihilsitoon Garden Project / Aga Khan Trust for Culture

February 17, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The 12.5 hectare Chihilsitoon Garden laid in ruins for the past 26 years before a project by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture restored the site to former glory, incorporating 10,200 m2 of modernized or newly constructed rammed earth buildings to provide high-quality facilities for visitors.