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Renovations Stripped Away This Athens Flat’s Character. An Architect Brought It Back, and Then Some

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Thanasis Ikonomou restored the 75-year-old apartment while adding fresh touches like custom cabinetry. The city soon tightened its grip on Ikonomou’s heart and mind, and so he decided to stay, establishing an architectural practice inspired by the culture and history of the place and people. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Restored historic paintings cover walls of converted Frescohallen restaurant

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Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has converted a listed room in Norway into a restaurant , adding an angular mirrored bar and restoring the building's historical frescoes. The artworks are now restored and lit with state-of-the-art lighting." All the dots, in various blue hues, reference the frescoes.

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Budget Breakdown: This Completely Restored $500K Airstream Is Built Like a Yacht

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Drawing inspiration from boat design, Innovative Spaces rebuilds a 1953 trailer from top to bottom with a custom mahogany interior. Renovating vintage trailers is not cheap—it’s like restoring a vintage car, and then building a house in it," he says. "I I saw a lot of subpar work," he says.

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Heryco blends "history and modernity" in renovation of pink apartment block

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Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. The renovation gave new life to an existing building while preserving its historical details while adding accomodations in a reclaimed space. The photography is by Ariadna Polo.

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Eight renovated mid-century homes that marry period and contemporary details

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From a modernist villa in Beverly Hills to a flat in one of Brasília's iconic Superquadra apartment blocks, the mid-century renovations in this lookbook are a masterclass in updating a period home while retaining its distinctive character. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Ten Spanish apartment renovations characterised by eclectic tiles

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The following architecture and interior design studios have made the most of these traditions when renovating homes, which often involved refreshing the homes' interiors while maintaining their history, or adding contemporary elements that nod to the past.

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Merk X references nature for renovation and extension of Amsterdam's Groote Museum

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Dutch studio Merk X has renovated the 19th-century Groote Museum at Amsterdam Zoo, combining the reinstatement of its original features with the addition of a new basement and contemporary accents informed by natural forms. Merk X renovated Amsterdam's Groote Museum. It restored the building's original features.