Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Although the shape and form of the remodeled home remains relatively unchanged from its original design, we closely collaborated with our clients to take advantage of the ocean’s proximity by opening up the walls and providing framed views of the coast line. Post it here. The client described it as living inside a tree.

Windows 141

Windows Interior Housing Clients 141

Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The extension in Saitama has a covered terrace Unemori Architects converted the 151-square-metre building, which had already been remodelled and enlarged at least four times, into a home for the son and his family. Unemori Architects deliberately chose the wood as it matches the existing structure.

Housing 112

Housing Building Architect Remodeling 112

Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2022

To oversee the remodel, Kelley turned to San Francisco's Jensen Architects – which has designed offices for IDEO – and artist and designer Johanna Grawunder , who was a partner at Sottsass's design firm. Jensen Architects oversaw the home's remodel. Contractor: Donecho Construction. Structural engineer: Strandberg Engineers.

Architect 145

Architect Remodeling Renovation Engineering 145

Dwell

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The remodel retains 50 percent of the existing wood structure, inserting a steel frame beneath the original floors and anchoring the home to the rocky hillsides—thus allowing us to remove supporting columns from within the creek bed. "The

Home 98

Home Civil Engineering Remodeling Structural Engineering 98

Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Architecture firm AB Design Studio has remodelled and expanded a 1950s home that sits on a boulder-studded property in California. 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. MEP: Mechanical Engineering Consultants.

Renovation 113

Renovation Housing Remodeling Design 113

Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. The studio exposed the wooden roof trusses and columns of the original building "We 'skimmed' the building to expose its 'skeleton'," said the studio.

Housing 78

Housing Architecture Restoration Roofing 78

e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The X-Factor was… Trust and understanding between client, architect and builder – all three having worked successfully together on a previous home remodel. The main contractor completed the building work in 20 weeks. How long…and how much? Was the project affected by the pandemic?

Housing 96

Housing Client Clients Contemporary 96