Renovation

Renovation

Casa Batlló in Barcelona has unveiled the restored Third Floor of the building, opening the last original residence preserved from Antoni Gaudí's 1904-1906 transformation of the property to the public for the first time. Led by restoration architect Xavier Villanueva and developed over three years through an archaeological-style conservation process, the intervention recovers a largely intact domestic environment that had remained inhabited by descendants of the Batlló family for more than a century.

Under Fengyuzhu's overall curation, the village has been repositioned as the Ancient Banyan Literary Village. As a node within this larger framework, the project needed to do more than produce an architectural expression; it had to balance curatorial narrative, intensified new programs, and the memory of the site.

The modest well, built using traditional masonry, is located in the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental, over 30 kilometers from the nearest inhabited village, along routes used for millennia by North African pastoral nomads. Before it was silted up and collapsed, it was still used as a watering point for camels, goats, and sheep, and as a refuge for the shepherds who guided them through the desert.

Saikhoo House by anonym studio reconfigures a 1.38-acre family property in Samut Prakarn, , around two existing banyan trees, preserving the site's wetlands, vegetation, and mature landscape as the central framework for the residential design.

More than 100 submissions from over 30 countries were reviewed by a jury including Elisabeth Terrisse de Botton, Karen Jagodin, Kertu Johanna Jõeste, Sille Pihlak, and Elina Liiva. The biennale's core programme consists of five main components: the Curatorial Exhibition, Symposium, Tallinn Vision Competition, Installation Programme, and Catalogue.

Ballymore has secured planning permission for just over 1,600 new homes for a wedge-shaped development near West Silvertown DLR station. The light industrial site runs in a narrow wedge to the Thames and sits alongside Lyle Park, which will receive a £1 million improvement funded by the developer. That will see the park significantly revamped and made more accessible to the two housing developments on either side.

USM Modular Furniture, in partnership with the transdisciplinary architecture studio Snøhetta, is proud to announce Renaissance of the Real, a multisensory installation by Swiss artist and experience designer Annabelle Schneider.

Sat, May 16, 2pm & 7pm, $21-$122 Hammer Theatre, San Jose Performance also on Sunday.

The project was built as a working studio and client lounge, and also as a chance to build the way they believe buildings should be built - with local materials, passive environmental strategies, and construction techniques rooted in the region's traditions.

“When we first started hunting for a new home, we thought we were looking for a large, nicely renovated period property,” Orima explains. “However, when I saw this property come on the market, I was instantly drawn to it despite it not ticking any of these boxes: It is a quite modern, featureless build on a main road!”

The site, composed of two through parcels, forms a pause within the built density of the Bonnefoy district. On one side, the plot is an urban infill gap between two townhouses typical of this suburban neighborhood. On the other side, the land is occupied by dense vegetation, characteristic of an undergrowth atmosphere, including a majestic hackberry tree that extends widely over Masse Street, signaling the presence of a green plot along this urban street.

This project is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Guanlan Avenue and the planned Xitian Road in Longhua District, Shenzhen. Covering a site area of 24,478.25 square meters and a total construction area of 55,737 square meters. It falls within the urban renewal unit of Tianbei Industrial Zone in Fucheng Street, Longhua District.

The Warsaw Uprising Mound Park is the Fourth Nature refuge created on an anthropogenic hill. For years, this site served as a repository for the debris from Warsaw after the city was destroyed in World War II, gradually giving rise to an artificial hill that now stands 35 metres above the surrounding flat and marshy landscape.

Internal units: These are built entirely within the existing home's footprint. More often than not, that's a basement renovation that can take advantage of an existing doorway that may or may not be inside a bulkhead. In a case like this, you would remove the bulkhead cover and create a set of code-compliant stairs and a landing. The landing should have some type of drain and a drywell below to handle rainwater.

Built on an existing foundation this house bridges two site conditions. The center of town is a five-minute walk from the front door; stroll out the back door, however, and one is in the Maine woods.

Wood has always been the soul of Japanese architecture. In many recent residential projects, this material transcends its structural role to become the primary finish for various surfaces - ranging from floors and ceilings to furniture and architectural elements. These environments strike a delicate balance between elegance and coziness.

“Everything had to be imported so nothing was wasted, and that mindset stayed with me,” he says. “Architecture became an extension of that way of thinking; being intentional, simplifying, and making things that last.”

We realized the importance of having a space outside of the house, even if it is only a few feet away. Over the five years that we've lived in this home, we've had a multitude of ideas regarding the large open space that was our backyard, but they never followed through. For the most part, it was mainly used as a large potty for my Pekingese, Bentley.

The project focuses on revealing and extending the atelier's Art Deco characteristics while preserving existing architectural elements. Floral Art Nouveau detailing, exposed elements, metal framing, flooring, and beams are retained and integrated into the new spatial configuration. Additional materials, including oak, lime bricks, and translucent glass pavers, are introduced to complement the existing palette.

GreenRow is on a mission to offer sustainably made goods: the collection covers the whole house-make that cottage-all of it produced from responsibly sourced natural materials.

Personally I hate any lighting over a mirror; it's just not flattering! So I usually opt for sconces at face height instead in our designs. The wood has often warped from water damage, the caulking has gaps, and the polished brass hardware is chipped.