The five-storey Powerscroft Road townhouse is situated in the neighbourhood of Clapton and had previously been host to several “unloved” living spaces. A majority of the rooms were plastered in dated 1970s wallpaper and had worn, deep-pile carpet across the floor. Now you can see whitewashed walls, Douglas fir joinery and creamy furnishings appear inside...
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Minimalist And Brutalist Apartment In Mexico
This apartment is located in Tennyson 205 is a five-storey apartment building in one of Mexico City’s most upscale and leafy neighborhoods. The building and apartment itself were designed by Tucson-based architects Studio Rick Joy with a sculpturally refined brutalist rigor. Hemmed in on three sides, the two-unit residence features three landscaped courtyards that also...
Historic Lisbon Apartment With Minimalist Design
Located in Lisbon’s Largo do Carmo, a historical square in Lisbon, this recently renovated apartment occupies the entire floor of an 18th century Pombaline building, and it has been revamped with by Aurora Arquitectos. The apartment stands out for the ornate cornices, plaster moldings and ceiling roses that have been meticulously restored transforming the ceilings...
Refined And Soothing Victorian Townhouse
London-based interior design practice Daytrip Studio renovated Powerscroft Road, a renovated Victorian terraced house of subtle sophistication in Clapton in northeast London. The interiors are a combo of the past and modernity, they are done with a refined and calm sensibility that manages to combine the soothing gracefulness of craftsmanship and the clean cut polish...
Raw Concrete UF House That Cantilevers Over The Terrace
This house is called UF (unfinished) Haus and it was built by SoHo Architektur in Bavaria, Germany. This is a concrete house with an unfinished facade and a cantilevered upper storey – all the materials used for the project were left in their raw state. Split across three levels including a basement storey, the house...
Colorful Contemporary Home With An Extension
Iguana Architects worked with a growing, musical family on a recent project that involved a renovation, a loft, and a new addition on a 1930s semi-detached home in London. The finished design is a larger home that maximizes daylight, uses natural materials, and is topped off with a green roof. The original property was a...
Historical And Cozy Cedar Winds Farmhouse
Cedar Winds Farmhouse is an American Foursquare-style home built in 1898 in Columbia, Tennessee. It was constructed by hand by the Cooper family on land once owned by President James K. Polk’s grandfather. The trees that were cleared for the home were used to build the farmhouse, which includes handmade tongue and groove bead-board and...
Japanese And Danish Mid-Century Modern Home
Created as a weekend getaway for a family that lives in New York City, the 3,000-square-foot house is set between woods and a meadow, and complete with a patio and pool. It was created by New York interior designer Magdalena Keck to create a “harmony” between Japanese minimalism, mid-century design and American crafts. The studio...
Elegant Modern Extension For A Historical Home
Portland architecture firm Beebe Skidmore has inserted a cubic volume with large windows into the middle of a 20th-century home in the city to add more space and bring natural light inside. The original residence is a sprawling Craftsman-style house that dates back to 1907 and features decorative woodwork, trim, cross-gabled bays, shingle siding, a brick...
Compact Apartment That Celebrates Small Footprint Life
Located in a 1970s walk up apartment in Melbourne, Australia, ‘Type Street Apartment’ is a small, 35 square meter, one bedroom flat that has been recently renovated by Jack Chen for himself. The main question he asked himself while renovating was “How might we fit a big house into a small unit?”. He solved the...