Remove Renovation Remove Restoration Remove Site Remove Structural Engineering
article thumbnail

Clementine Blakemore Architects transforms stone barns into accessible holiday homes

Deezen

London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has renovated a series of derelict 19th-century agricultural buildings in Dorset to create the Wraxall Yard holiday homes. Converted from 19th-century stone and brick barns, the holiday homes were designed by Clementine Blakemore Architects to reflect the site's agricultural character.

Home 145
article thumbnail

Anacapa Architecture converts historic building into Drift Santa Barbara hotel

Deezen

Anacapa Architecture has renovated an early 1900s building to create the Drift Hotel The hotel occupies a three-storey, Italian Mediterranean-style building that totals 15,617 square feet (1,451 square metres). The project was envisioned as a "modern reincarnation" of the hotel that once operated on the site.

Building 128
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to properly assess structural wind damage

BD+C

It is essential that structural engineers have a strong understanding of wind behavior, structural behavior, knowledge of building codes, and repair requirements. A structural engineer is necessary to assess wind damage because of the significant impact wind can have on a building's structural integrity.

article thumbnail

Archaeological Museum by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

aasarchitecture

Photo © Roland Halbe Recognizing the values of the existing building in formal, spatial, and material terms, the museum is faithfully restored in its most prominent architectural elements. The bearing structure thus becomes the formal support of the space and the focal point of the interior image of the new architectural intervention.

article thumbnail

FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store

Deezen

The store is located at a restored courtyard house in Beijing FOG Architecture renovated the building to reveal its original architecture, which features triangle-shaped timber roof trusses and series of wooden columns. These roofs were restored with the same grey brick tiles from the original building layered in the same density.

Housing 98
article thumbnail

Modern extensions unify existing buildings at Nuremberg's House of Commerce

Deezen

Berlin studio Behles & Jochimsen Architekten has renovated and extended the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices in Germany , adding sandstone-clad buildings that tie in with the area's historic architecture. The Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry headquarters have been renovated.

Modern 98
article thumbnail

K Architectures creates trio of permanent circus tents for theatre in Béziers

Deezen

Built on the Domaine de Bayssan estate near the town of Béziers in southern France, the permanent theatre replaced a circus tent that was erected on the site in 2006. K Architectures aimed to replicate this "circus architecture" with permanent structures for the theatre. Structural engineer: Batiserf.