It’s located in the neighborhood where they have lived for many years and have forged deep social bonds. It’s a short one-block walk to their daughter’s school. It has beautiful mature trees. It has a pool! But still, after the sale closed the clients thought, why did we buy this house??
Project name
Kent Residence Renovation
Architecture firm
EL Studio PLLC
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Photography
HDP Photography
Typology
Residential › House
The project was a request to renovate a duplex house in an area with an urban fabric consisting of three-story (including lower ground floor) houses with courtyards and pitched roofs having north and south facades.
Project name
Renovation of Roo-Dar-Roo House
Architecture firm
Gera Studio Architects
Principal architect
Hossein Namazi, Reza Farashi
Design team
Marzieh Mehranfar, Omid deylami
Lighting
Ebrahim shamsolahi
Visualization
Amir-Masoud Derikvand
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Brick, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
There are many ways you can finance a complete home makeover. You can use your savings, take out a loan, or put the cost on a credit card.
Photography
Ralph (Ravi) Kayden (image cover), immo RENOVATION
The homeowners purchased their new home in the historic and highly desirable Austin neighborhood. Built in 1915, the house was among the few remaining that had not been demolished thanks to its previous owner -- who had lived in the house for over half a century.
Project name
Clarksville Residence
Architecture firm
LaRue Architects
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Collaborators
Styling: Adam Fortner
Interior design
Love County Design
Structural engineer
Steinman Luevano Structures, Loewen Windows and Doors
Landscape
David Wilson Garden Design
Construction
Foursquare Builders
Material
Glass, stucco and metal panels
Typology
Residential › House
Located 160km northeast of London, Norwich is a historic city with about 150,000 inhabitants that houses the new home of a couple of clients of the brazilian architect Julliana Camargo. The clients decided to face a new phase in English lands.
Project name
Norwich House
Architecture firm
Studio Julliana Camargo, Thiago Natal
Location
Norwich, England
Photography
Nick Guttridge
Principal architect
Juliana Camargo, Thiago Natal
Collaborators
Production: Juliana Camargo and Katia Hill
Interior design
Studio Julliana Camargo; Interior Assistant: Samira Caetano
Typology
Residential › House
Located at the edge of a heavily wooded 3-acre plot in East Hampton, New York, The C+S house is a complete redesign and renovation of an existing 1970’s era residence and serves as a retreat for the Manhattan based clients; a graphic designer, and an art consultant and curator.
Architecture firm
AE Superlab
Location
East Hampton, New York, USA
Principal architect
Ahmed ElHusseiny
Collaborators
Brian Masuda
Interior design
AE Superlab
Construction
Wood frame over reinforced concrete basement
Material
Equitone Natura exterior rainscreen panels, Andersen E-series windows and doors w/ Low-e Glass, American white oak interior wood, Teak exterior decking
Budget
under $ 1,000,000 USD
Typology
Residential › House
Proving that well-designed home renovations are more cost-effective than moving, the latest home project by Sandbox Studio turns a 2.5-bedroom 1920s bungalow into a light-filled 4-bedroom family home.
Project name
Maison de Famille
Architecture firm
Sandbox Studio®
Location
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Campaigntrack
Principal architect
Dain McClure-Thomas, Luke Carter
Collaborators
Guenther Urban Projects (Project Management)
Interior design
Sandbox Studio®
Civil engineer
Ross Engineers
Structural engineer
Ross Engineers
Landscape
Sandbox Studio®
Supervision
Guenther Urban Projects
Construction
Balmain Building Group Pty Ltd
Material
Retaining existing fabric where possible. Exposed, painted brickwork to rear living room. Exposed steel to rear living room and staircase, creating an industrial aesthetic. Glass. Re-finished and restored existing timber flooring.
Typology
Residential › House
Located a few steps from one of the most emblematic avenues of the city of Mérida, Casa Maca is a historic former residence from the Porfiriato era. Visitors are transported to the past, where they are easily captivated by the vitality of the structure’s colors and textures.
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, México
Photography
Manolo R. Solís, Tamara Uribe
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Isabel Bargas Cicero, Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
