Renovation

Renovation

Design Team: Satoshi Nobekawa, Sho Watanabe Construction: SET UP CO.,LTD. Lighting Planner: Filaments Inc. Ff&E Constructor: mirai sousaku-jo co.,ltd. Plasterer: SAKAN TKURA | Tatsuya Tokura Japanese Wallpaper Supplier: Wajue Inc. Glass Supplier: Chunichi Stained Art Co.,Ltd. Stone Supplier: Matsushita Sangyo Co.,Ltd. Wood Supplier: Yasuta Veneered Surfaces&Design Carpet Supplier: Sangetsu Corporation More SpecsLess Specs Keishin Horikoshi SYMBOLPLUS Office is located in a timber building owned by architect Akio Hayashi, whose long-standing advocacy for natural materials became the starting point of the renovation.

Qingshan Wu "Ay" () is a type of black-glazed ceramic indigenous to the mountainous region of northeastern Fujian, positioned between pottery and porcelain.

Architecture Office founder Alexander Mackison and glass artist Juli Bolaños-Durman had something of a creative meet-cute. The two became acquainted while running a lecture series at Custom Lane, a collaborative center for designers and makers in Edinburgh, where they both have studios. They remained friendly, so Alexander eventually learned of Juli's plans to renovate an apartment nearby. "Just through casual conversations, I became integrated into the project," he remembers.

The revitalization of Praca Mashiach Now has transformed a degraded space in the Northern Zone of Sao Paulo into an urban green infrastructure, coordinating environmental recovery, active mobility, and social activation in a territory historically dominated by automobiles.

Once a Najdi settlement defined by mudbrick walls and courtyard houses, Riyadh has undergone one of the most radical urban transformations of the 20th and 21st centuries. The discovery of oil reserves, the consolidation of political power, and the rapid expansion of infrastructure reshaped the city from a regional capital into a sprawling metropolis almost within a single generation. As a result, Riyadh's urban fabric is marked by discontinuities, fragments of vernacular architecture coexist with mid-century institutional modernism, and a rapidly evolving contemporary skyline.

The grout on my bathroom floor tile haunts me. It's one of those projects I never really have the time or the initiative to tackle, but I hate how dirty it's become. It's beyond the maintenance stage and in need of a really good cleaning. Luckily, I discovered a DIY grout cleaner using common household products that worked wonders in my bathroom.

Yes, that's right - the cabinetry with the warm, golden hue "with amber undertones," as Victoria Fioravanti, partner and creative director at Showcase Kitchens/Showcase Tile & Stone, describes it, has come back after spending many years as a dated kitchen feature that was painted over or completely replaced. These cabinets were a '90s phenomenon to the point that they made it into the kitchens of Full House and Home Improvement - and people (and homebuyers) are loving them again today. Here's why.

Paris property prices can certainly stretch into the millions, and even at that level, many homes need a little imagination - or even a full renovation - to make them truly comfortable, functional and stylish. The bones are often beautiful, but layouts can be quirky, storage scarce, and finishes in need of love. Still, with the right guidance, you can absolutely find a one, two, or three-bedroom home that strikes that perfect balance of charm, location, and potential.

This project is an architect's home and office located in a densely populated residential area of Tokyo. As there were other houses adjacent to the boundary of the site on all sides except for the north side, where the road is located, it was decided to install a large window facing the road, but the challenge was how to create a bright garden view through the north-facing window.

Millennials have a reputation for decorating exclusively in gray, white, and farmhouse chic - but one millennial, u/Mewpasaurus, was not buying it. After moving into a mountain home and starting a DIY design journey, they wondered whether that aesthetic actually reflects how their generation lives. So they asked fellow millennials to share photos of their real homes. From colorful maximalism to cozy, lived-in spaces, the responses proved there is no single millennial interior design style:

We independently select these products-if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. The Aliviya pattern in mint was the ideal mix of cloud blue and khaki. Thanks to the symmetrical repeat, which features trailing vines and blooms similar to what you'd find on saris, the design evokes vintage block printing. Even my husband, who isn't into florals, liked it because the print looked like abstract swirls from a distance.

When clutter piles up, closets burst at the seams, and cords snake all over your desk, your home can quickly look - and feel - messy. Or maybe it's your tired furniture or flooring that needs some TLC. The good news is that you don't have to spend a ton on a renovation to fix these problem; in fact, sometimes the solution is surprisingly easy and affordable. And that's where this list comes in, with simple upgrades that help you take control of the things that are making your home look cheap.

The days appear numbered for the striking butter yellow Italianate manse on Fort Greene's South Oxford Street, with developers applying to raze the attractive wood structure and replace it with a five-story apartment building.

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.

Above: The original: The Mr and Mrs Clynk Natural Long-Handled Brush & Dustpan Set, shown in olive green, is made in France with a beechwood handle and a horsehair and tampico plant fiber brush; $128.69 from Andrée Jardin.

In reconfiguring an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for a family of three generations, design studio TBo were tasked with building out both separate and communal spaces for people to gather. The parlor floor is designed for the young family and the garden level for the grandparents, and an extension on the parlor floor was created to house the kitchen and dining bay.

New year, new shapes. Fish motifs were the unlikely trend of the past few years, and we're still spotting new examples. But! Lately we've noted something new taking flight: simple, graphic, linocut-like silhouettes of birds, swallows, swans, and doves-the latter certainly the symbol we'd like for 2026. Have a look. Above: Ferm Living's whimsical bird hooks are hand-carved and hand-painted (and reminiscent of the company's logo). We like the Lola Bird Hook (left) and the Billie Bird Hook (right).

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