Aric Gitomer Architect

MAY 24, 2022

Residential architects love renovations. Most of them suggest that the best home renovations are those that respect the original structure and enlighten it from a modern and contemporary perspective. Old houses offer the inhabitants glimpses into the past, stability, and character. Are you going for a partial or full renovation?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

US architecture firm Olson Kundig and Canadian designer Erica Colpitts have renovated a mid-century house near Vancouver, warming the modernist structure with natural materials and neutral colours. The pure challenge of this home completely appealed to me," said Colpitts.

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Deezen

JULY 15, 2022

Slovenian architecture studio A202 Arhitekti has added a timber-lined extension and mezzanine bedroom to a derelict house in the town of Domžale, Slovenia. The owners of House MM decided to retain the shell of the property, which dates from the beginning of the 20th century and was one of few remaining traditional homes in the neighbourhood.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Architects Sarah Wigglesworth 's and Piers Taylor 's self-designed renovations feature in this roundup of British houses that have recently been retrofitted and insulated to improve their energy efficiency. The UK's housing is among the oldest and most poorly insulated in Europe, with the majority also depending on gas for heating.

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Deezen

JULY 6, 2023

Architecture studio Ballman Khapalova has renovated a 1980s ranch house in Saugerties, New York , to make it a contemporary home with maximised views of the surrounding landscape. Ballman Khapalova extended Pine Lane House by 300 square feet and added a steel standing seam roof, external wood cladding and an outdoor deck.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. The three-bedroom house was designed for a Silicon Valley couple and their three children. Fuse Architects retained the house's original footprint. The team raised the roofline.

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Architizer

MAY 17, 2024

This collection highlights seven incredible renovations from Spain and Portugal that blend the old and new, keeping historic elements intact while adapting them for modern living. The project preserves the building’s original walled perimeter while integrating a contemporary house within its existing form.

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Deezen

JULY 27, 2022

Located in the north of Amsterdam, the house was originally built for a middle-class family in the 1800s. Home Dijkhuis is a renovated dyke house in Amsterdam. A spacious kitchen, dining area and garden are set a level down at the back of the house, while four bedrooms occupy the first floor under the gabled roof.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. Softer light flows in through the courtyard on the north.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. This house was designed for a small family that loved their neighbourhood but needed a more functional house and floor plan that would suit their lifestyle and needs," the studio said.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A private mezcal bar forms the heart of this house that Amsterdam interior architecture firm Barde vanVoltt has overhauled in Mexico City 's La Condesa neighbourhood. Even though the house was falling apart, we felt its soul was fully alive." and extended them to the back of the house.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Above, this curved ceiling forms a sloped roof terrace filled with plants, which is situated off the main bedroom on the upper floor. The photography is by Tom Ferguson.

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e-architect

JUNE 26, 2023

All mechanical systems were also upgraded, and new windows were added and aligned with existing windows to maximize all possible openings, while keeping costs low. The addition to the main floor aligns the entry with the center of the house, while moving the interior social space closer to the existing trees to the west.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London , adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The two additions feature matching terracotta tile cladding, angular forms and large windows.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2023

On the boards in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is a new house for a three-peat client of Faulkner Architects. It is to replace an existing 1904 house that had lost its historic integrity due to renovations over the last 120 years. A photovoltaic array on the roof deck earns a planned net-zero annual energy usage.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Drew Straus calls on Laun Studio to update his 1930s house with a copper roof, cobalt-blue finishes, and a sunny music studio. Its dreamy synth-pop beats beg you to throw open the windows and dance in the sunlight. Musician Drew Straus enlisted Laun Studio to transform his Silver Lake home into a soothing escape.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

Studio Schicketanz has completed a renovation of the former seaside home of modernist architect Henry Hill. Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , the cedar house was originally constructed in 1961 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1971, with unusually shaped rooms, rounded seating spaces and colourful glass accents.

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Deezen

JULY 3, 2022

From circular openings in an Indonesian dwelling to the lofty skylights of an English barn-style house, our latest lookbook features 10 residential interiors with striking windows. Architects and designers often use unusual windows in their projects to create visual interest within both residential and commercial interiors.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Santa Barbara's AB Design Studio was tasked with remodelling and enlarging a 1954 house that was in disrepair, including a subpar foundation made of stone rubble. House of Honey , a studio in the LA area, served as the interior designer. AB Design Studio renovated a 1950s home in California. It includes a new swimming pool.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2023

Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a renovation of a series of brick structures called Sítio Rio Acima near São Paulo , including a primary home with a vaulted ceiling and arched clerestory window. The renovation was completed by architect Denis Joelsons In 2022, Denis Joelsons stitched the 34,425-square metre (8.5-acre)

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Located on Morford Street in the historic city centre, the 860 sq ft Bath property has been renovated by Hewitt Studios and cleverly blends old with new. Stepping over the threshold and beyond the lobby is a soaring volume crowned by a pitched, trussed roof with skylights that flood the space with light.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2024

Movable metal shutters reveal bright red balconies at this social housing block in Barcelona , created by local architecture studios MIAS and Coll-Leclerc Architects. Two large cuts divide the housing into three smaller, "porous" blocks with planted pathways in between. The photography is by Adrià Goula.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Portuguese studio Risco has renovated the Beato Convent Events Centre, an events space housed within a former convent in Lisbon , sensitively updating its existing fabric and adding a series of contemporary additions. The cloister roof the is ultimate expression of our attitude towards the existing structure.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2023

The studio run recently renovated and expanded the North Salem Farm house and studio on 8.7 The main house was originally a dairy barn. The studio gutted and expanded the 4,650-square-foot (430-square metre) rectangular home into an L-shaped plan with overlapping roofs. acres in Westchester County, New York.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Brooklyn-based Home Studios has renovated a bar and restaurant in Montauk , using materials like white-washed plaster, glazed tiles and reclaimed timber for a "deliberately minimal approach". Formerly known as Bird on the Roof, the establishment reopened as The Bird earlier this year with refreshed interiors by Home Studios.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

Mexican architecture practice FMT Estudio has renovated and extended a 1980s house adding clean white facades accented by wooden and wrought iron details in Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula. On the ground floor, the kitchen was expanded On the ground floor, the original kitchen was expanded into the central core of the house.

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Dwell

APRIL 24, 2023

Inspired by the home’s floating mansard roof, the homeowners hire Nashville architect Michael Goorevich to revitalize it from top to bottom. The 4,573-square-foot, single-story house stands out with its mostly flat roofline topped by a curious "hat"—a shingled mansard punched up over the clerestory-windowed entry and central living space.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After expertly updating Louis Kahn’s historic Esherick house, a Pennsylvania couple discover their forever home in a surprising place. In February 2019, the pair got a call from a real estate agent and friend specializing in midcentury houses. There was a house in Wyomissing, a town next to Reading, that they had to see, she said. "We

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2023

A mid-century house originally designed by British architect Trevor Dannatt has undergone a sensitive restoration by architecture studio Coppin Dockray in north London. Coppin Dockray has overhauled Hampstead House in London. It was barely insulated, the roof was failing," the studio's co-founder Sandra Coppin told Dezeen.

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The Architecture Designs

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Renovating your house is challenging but it reaps great rewards. Not only do you get to design parts of your house exactly as you want them, renovations also add significant value to your property should you ever wish to sell in the future. Don’t rush buying materials just before a renovation project is about to start.

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The Architecture Designs

MARCH 21, 2023

The right roofing style and material will help complete the home’s overall look. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most popular architectural styles for homes in the USA and explore which roofing types work best with each. When it comes to roofing, Colonial homes traditionally feature either wood shingles or asphalt shingles.

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ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Excerpt: SETAGAYA House Renovation, designed by KOMPAS, concerns the renovation of their clients’ duplex residence which is situated above their ground-floor dental practice. This project concerns the renovation of our clients’ duplex residence which is situated above their ground-floor dental practice.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Canadian architecture studio D'Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is "forward-looking without erasing an old building's original charm". While many houses in the area back up to laneways, this home is sandwiched between two streets.

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Dwell

AUGUST 24, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The house sits quietly in its place within the surrounding garden. A rooftop solar array meets the house’s energy demands, including underfloor heating, while water is collected and stored onsite.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

Architecture for London renovated and extended the three-floor Edwardian home that had gone untouched for close to 40 years and was in a less than favourable condition when purchased by Ridley. The house's original timber roof has been preserved. The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

An "urban farm" rooftop garden , planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium characterise this renovated house in Melbourne , designed by Austin Maynard Architects. The renovated site now includes five distinct garden areas. This left a dwelling that the studio described as "muddled, confused, dark and in a sad state of disrepair".

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Portholes and semi-circular motifs characterise this colourful renovation and extension of a Victorian terrace house in Hackney, London , by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. Gundry & Ducker drew on the palette of 1950s American kitchens when creating the rear extension and renovated basement in this London house.

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