Sleeping in the Vines: Ventozelo Hotel in Douro Valley by Santelmo & Pereira.Sleeping in a concrete wine vat or in an old barn is part of the experience at this Douro property with more than 400 hectares and 500 years of history. From an animal shelter to olive oil mills, the various buildings of the Quinta were...
Heritage Hotel Transformed into an Opulent Lisbon Apartment by ESQVTA.“Any kind of intervention in this space should not interfere with the existing one,” says Vitor Almeida, principal architect at ESQVTA. “More than proposing, it was necessary to omit. More than designing, it was necessary to...
Hourré House in Labastide Villefranche, France by Collectif Encore.We may have found our dream house with Collectif Encore’s Hourré House. Inspired by it’s crumbling state, this farmhouse in Labastide Villafrench is transformed into a two-storey family home patchworked with exciting potentials. The...
Prior Thornbury by Ritz & Ghougassian.Ritz & Ghougassian’s Prior Thornbury offers a calming lo-fi vibe. A former print house heavy in art deco accents was stripped back into a clean interior of exposed ceiling and earthy materials. The café is set to make every brunch photo...
TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by RoarcRenew.Like a phoenix about to take flight, TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by Roarc Renew is a triumphant adaptive reuse of a pair of abandoned granaries. The architects, made very little disturbances to the existing structure – external...
The Parchment Works House by Will Gamble Architects.A former parchment factory in Northamptonshire in the UK has been transformed by Will Gamble Architects into an exquisite home that cleverly knits together a modern intervention with a distinctive ruinous structure. The existing property...
Ketelhuis Residence, Gallery Space & Artist Studio in Zaandam by Studio Modijefsky.At Ketelhuis, Studio Modijefsky have divided the substantial volume of the original industrial building into two levels allowing for different functions – an office and a workshop on the ground, a gallery space and a home on the first...
Plantea’s Transformation of an Abandoned Adult Cinema in Madrid into Sala Equis.Plantea transformed a former adult-film cinema in Madrid into a contemporary art-nouveau theatre within its abandoned shell. The previous dark interiors reminiscent of its racy, X-rated past have been replaced with an undeniable air of...
Ironside Office in South Melbourne by Brahman Perera.Ironside’s striking new workplace by talented Melbourne interior designer Brahman Perera reflects the ethos and aspirations of the boutique development company – to create enduring projects driven by detail, quality and authenticity....
