5.2024
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Living in existing context
La Clara – a Former Laundry in BarcelonaIn Les Corts, a district in southwest Barcelona, the local architecture office CRÜ have repurposed a 1930s-era laundry as a residence with its own studio.
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Inside a stone shell
Wooden House Behind Old Workshop Walls in FlandersSafe and sound within the exterior walls of an old carpentry workshop, Raamwerk have set a simple wooden house on the existing foundations. Remnants and mementos of the property’s former function appear at every turn.
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Expansion and renovation
House in Ghent by Graux & Baeyens ArchitectenIn Ghent, Graux & Baeyens Architecten have renovated a house and expanded it with an addition. The expansion offers space for urban family living and ensures a logical flow of movement inside.
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Saved from demolition
Conversion of Felix Platter Hospital in BaselThe Müller Sigrist/Rapp consortium transformed the former hospital into a residential complex featuring 134 units, saving the striking 1960s high-rise block from demolition.
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Sustainable conversion
Multifunctional Residential Building in Brussels ...Future living – what could it look like? With its conversion of an old industrial building in Brussels, Hé! shows how sustainability, flexibility, and maximum living comfort can be combined.
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Rural living in the city
Derzbachhof in MunichAfter decades of vacancy, the listed 18th-century farmhouse was renovated, and a new building with 17 flats was added.
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Promising transformation
Renovation of a Single-Family Home in Brittany by...On the coast of Brittany, the young architecture practice Parages radically transformed a residential property from the 1970s. Behind the new wooden exterior shell, bright, open-plan living spaces now open towards the sea.
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Cost-effective housing construction
Repurposing of a Former Wine Storage as an Apartm...In Basel, Esch Sintzel Architekten have transformed an old industrial building into a multistorey apartment block. The pre-existing structure has been cleverly repurposed and set in the spotlight.
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Living and working
Renovation of an Old Locksmith's Shop in BerlinIn Berlin-Neukölln, Alarcon Linde Architects have converted an old locksmith's shop into workshops and apartments for artists and creatives.
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Living in a warehouse
Veemgebouw by Caruso St John ArchitectsCaruso St John Architects have painstakingly transformed an old warehouse on the Philips site in Eindhoven into a multifunctional building. It will now be home to a market hall, offices, temporary rental spaces, a residential complex and a parkade.
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Front gardens instead of open-plan offices
De Voortuinen Residential High-Rise in Amsterdam ...The past use of this 14-storey residential high-rise with large, planted balconies is barely discernible: for 45 years, it served two banks as an office building.
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Upward extension for a 1980s house
AB House near Alkmaar by Space EncountersSpace Encounters has provided an upward extension to a 1980s house that stands in the polder landscape north of Amsterdam, and gave the building an oversized and yet seemingly familiar pitched roof.