Renovation

Renovation

Unlike planning drawings that focus on external appearance and planning policy, building regulation drawings dive deep into the technical specifications-showing construction methods, materials, structural elements, insulation values, ventilation strategies, and safety features. These drawings serve as your blueprint for compliance, providing Building Control officers with the information they need to assess whether your project meets the legal requirements for structural stability, fire safety, energy efficiency, accessibility, and overall construction quality.

It's 2:30 PM on a Tuesday. You're at work. A text arrives from your neighbour: "Your roof tiles are falling in your garden." Your stomach drops. You're thirty minutes from home. You can't leave work immediately. Even if you could, what would you do? Your roof is damaged. You don't have a roofer's number. You don't know what to do first.

Whether it was transforming a house into a spa (cue the rise of the outdoor shower), design that strives to be user-friendly and livable, or "analog rooms" where devices are eschewed in favor of family connection, all signs point to transformations that turn a home into a sanctuary, where one can gain some respite from the relentless news cycle.

Located at 76 Charlotte Street, the 2,000-square-foot basement-level space, dubbed Downstairs at dMFK, is accessed via a lushly planted mirrored lightwell, which creates the illusion that the space extends under the street. There are 16 workstations, meeting rooms, a kitchen, and a host of other sections that support focused tasks and group work. Vendors were invited to experiment in this ideal setting for their test products, as long as the items complemented the existing aesthetic.

Plenty of stuff gets unearthed during renovations - old newspapers, wallpaper scraps, wide-plank wood floors, sometimes even windows. But no one expected to discover anything too surprising when the Brodsky Organization started gutting the interiors of the Flatiron Building for a condo conversion in 2024. (Brodsky, one of the building's owners, is overseeing the project with the Sorgente Group.) The 123-year-old tower is, after all, one of the most extensively documented and photographed buildings in New York City.

The station needs upgrades to handle projected passenger demand as new housing is built nearby, but the current design wouldn't be able to accommodate it. The main problem is that the station is elevated high above the streets but has a long staircase to use. As a result, the two lifts are under unusually high use as people understandably avoid the stairs. That means the lifts are also often in need of repairs due to their higher-than-average use.

The project concerns the first house in a row of four terraced dwellings, built along a narrow plot. Originally conceived as modest workshops made with ordinary materials, typical of the fabric of Bagnolet, these structures have gradually been converted into family homes. They belong to that fragile typology of small workers' houses-descendants of a precarious form of housing, sometimes close to the shack-whose transformation demands the utmost care.

If you're going to invest in a kitchen renovation, you want to make sure it has staying power. Who wants to spend several thousand dollars on countertops that are going to feel dated by next year? Or, worse: Who wants to choose a countertop cut, only to find the design world has already moved on? To make sure that doesn't happen to you, we included a question on countertop trends in our fifth annual The State of Home Design survey. Designers from across the country

Think of it like that childhood memory of painting lines and shapes on brown construction paper, but in a more coordinated, sophisticated, upgrade-your-kitchen kind of way. This isn't the checkerboard pattern's first time in the limelight, soaring to popularity in the 1920s and 1930s before fizzling out in the '50s. The design is experiencing a revival, but it's straying away from the tacky, tiled pattern of the past, giving old wooden floors a breath of new life in a timeless way.

Evelyn Muller + 52 Architects: Andre Braz Arquitetura, Andre Motta Vieira Area of this architecture project Area: 3122 ft Completion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 Photographs:Evelyn Muller Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Botteh, Calu Fontes, Demilr Fernandes, Demilr Fernandes, Fuba e Famiilia, Guara Planejados, Guara Planejados, Leva Oficina, Projeto Sertoes, REKA, Suvinil, Tokstok, Unknown (Removed), Zezinho Basilio, Zezinho Basilio, Zezinho Basilio Lead Architects: Andre Braz, Andre Mottta Category: Houses, Renovation

As a young couple, moving between countries and business clients as one moves between hot chocolate choices, was looking for a place to live in Lisbon, there were several priorities which they felt should be met: spatious, light-filled, not too complex or technically challenging to change/renovate, and something which felt just right for both of them and their child. Now, something

This renovation of the Le Labo Daikanyama store marks our second project with the brand, following the Kyoto Machiya. Le Labo's Daikanyama boutique - its first location outside the U.S.- was renovated for the first time in 18 years, guided by the brand's desire to bring the craft of fresh fragrance blending to the forefront within the spatial design, and ensuring the boutique integrates seamlessly into the Tokyo streetscape.

Coming Together features examples from more than 60 U.S. cities, both large and small, highlighting lessons learned and opportunities embraced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as communities adapt to lasting changes in work, housing, mobility, entertainment, and recreation. The exhibition is currently open to the public and will remain on view through Fall 2026.

pfeffermint AG realized the conversion and refurbishment of the Landgasthof Riehen with the utmost care.

Built in 1997, the structure designed by architect James Stirling has a striped pink and yellow limestone façade, as well as a mish-mash of columns, turrets and and angular windows. Now the quirky building on the corner of Bank junction is going to get a major renovation, which will include a brand-new roof garden that will be free for the public to use.

I was torn on what color I was going to use to paint the walls and whether or not we'd want stripes! Well, as you can see we made a decision! Once we decided, we never looked back! We have been busy bees the past few weeks painting stripes (which has become one of our signature classic patterns in several of our homes over the years!), swapping furniture from room to room, and hanging new curtains.

Cavity wall insulation is one of those home improvements that sounds like a no-brainer, promising a warmer home, fewer draughts and lower energy bills . In most cases, that's exactly what you get, provided your home is actually suitable for it and the job is done properly. Unfortunately, many homeowners jump in too quickly, tempted by government grants or persuasive sales pitches, and end up with problems.

Between the color (beige, of course), the brick (red, of course), and the clunky ceiling fan, this generously sized room actually felt so much smaller than it really was. The secret to getting rid of the cave-like feel: The perfect white paint color (Sherwin-Williams' Pure White) applied all over. For the walls, it's in an eggshell finish; for the moldings, it's semigloss; for the ceiling, it's flat. That white paint is on the fireplace, too, in a formula made especially for masonry.

A Derbyshire woman has offered a £1,000 reward after large driveway gates were stolen from the entrance to her family's rural land. The 20ft-wide metal driveway gates, valued at about £5,000, were taken from Moor Lane in Little Eaton over a six-hour period on Monday afternoon and evening. The theft has left the entrance to the property unsecured and exposed valuable equipment inside the land.