A midcentury home receives a sensitive renovation in Montreal
Local practice Salem Architecture has recently renovated the Maison Ave Courcelette, a stately, midcentury home...
ORA inserts a modern home into a romantic brick ruin
When Znojmo-based architecture studio ORA was tapped to reconstruct a fascinating old ruin into a new home in the...
Pittsburgh’s MuseumLab for children achieves LEED Gold
MuseumLab, one of Pittsburgh’s most creative and innovative youth learning spaces, has earned LEED Gold a year...
Historic schoolhouse is reborn into a contemporary hotel in the Columbia River Gorge
Historic preservation meets modern hospitality design in The Society Hotel in the Columbia River Gorge, a new 20,000-square-foot...
A decaying shop in Cambodia gains a new life through adaptive reuse principles
Phnom Penh-based firm Bloom Architecture has unveiled a beautiful renovation of a decaying building in Kampot,...
An old Brooklyn sugar refinery becomes creative office spaces
A historic waterfront factory has been given a new lease on life thanks to New York-based architecture firm ODA...
A historical 16th-century building in Austria gets a green makeover
When architectural studio Peter Ebner and friends was tapped to design a building with two residential units in...
MVRDV to dramatically revitalize France’s historic Palais du Commerce
Dutch design firm MVRDV has won a competition to renovate and expand the historic Palais du Commerce in Rennes,...
ODA to transform Rotterdam’s historic post office into a vibrant destination
After sitting vacant for over a decade, Rotterdam’s former Central Post Office, the Postkantoor, will soon undergo...
An ancient Jaipur palace property is transformed into a modern restaurant
New Delhi-based, multidisciplinary design practice Studio Lotus has transformed a portion of Jaipur’s lavish...
Urban Nouveau proposes to turn a historic Stockholm bridge into housing and a park
In a bid to save the historic Gamla Lidingöbron bridge in Stockholm from demolition, Swedish studio Urban Nouveau...
HW-Studio transforms a warehouse into a food market in Mexico
When local architecture practice HW-Studio was tapped to redevelop an abandoned warehouse into a food market in...
Here’s your chance to stay at the first Airbnb on the Great Wall of China
If the climbing the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, here’s your chance to check it off and take part...
Escape to paradise in this nature-inspired surf hotel in Costa Rica
A beloved surfer hangout has been transformed into the stunning Gilded Iguana Hotel, a breezy and contemporary...
BIG unveils sweeping overhaul to Smithsonian Campus Master Plan
BIG has unveiled an updated vision for the Smithsonian Campus Master Plan, a major redevelopment project in Washington,...
SCAD students save a piece of American history with vintage train car restoration
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)’s award-winning tradition of historic preservation hit another...
Medieval village ruins converted into an art school unveil past secrets
Once the stomping grounds of Celtic tribes, Roman armies, and famed painters like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso,...
The government is giving away free lighthouses to the right owners
At Inhabitat, we cover all kinds of unique abodes for unconventional humans. Tiny homes, hobbit holes, treehouses to...
SCAD artist turns recycled materials into giant puppets to revitalize a historic French village
https://vimeo.com/174097575 Founded in 2002, SCAD Lacoste is a study abroad campus set in a medieval village...
Old Victorian workshop becomes contemporary light-filled home
A dilapidated Victorian workshop building on Sewdley Street in Hackney, London has been fully restored into a contemporary...
Sarofsky’s gorgeous studio office space is nestled within a charming 19th century building
Olson Kundig Architects’ design preserves the building’s charm while optimizing to accommodate a contemporary...
Alvarez-Diaz Villalon’s LEED Platinum Office is a Green Design Gem in Latin America
The décor in Alvarez-Diaz Villalon's new headquarters is perfectly coordinated with minimalist paintings on the...
Frank Lloyd Wright House Among America’s Most Endangered Places
Spring House is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s late-career hemicycle-shaped buildings built in 1954 for Clifton...
Buckminster Fuller’s Dome House to be Repaired & Transformed into Museum
On April 19th, restoration work will begin on the world’s first geodesic dome home in Carbondale, Illinois. The...
Stunning Modern Building Breathes New Life Into Bergen’s Historic Fish Market
Eder Biesel Arkitekter's fish market gives the historic site a modern twist with an angular, daylight-filled "floating"...
Buffalo’s Grain Elevators to Be Used in Large-Scale Narrative Lighting Dislpay
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp., which oversees the development of the Buffalo waterfront, has come up...
Salima Naji’s Preservation of Sacred Moroccan Granary Sites Nominated for Aga Khan Award
Serving the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior, Salima Naji has ambitiously untaken the restoration of two Agadir...
Oklahoma City Developer Offers $100,000 to Anyone Who Will Take His Geodesic Dome
Buckminster-Fuller's ground-breaking geodesic domes might have been technologically revolutionary and highly efficient,...
Oslo’s Grünerløkka Studenthus is a Student Housing Complex Located in a Former Grain Elevator
Originally built in 1953, the grain elevator was used to store corn from Oslo's Nedrefoss Mill, and it was in operation...
London’s Battersea Power Station Reinvented with a Wraparound Rollercoaster and High-Flying Walkway
The studio's concept was awarded first prize in ArchTriumph competition to find innovative, new ways the crumbling...