19th century Harlem house restored to be energy efficient
A 19th-century house, owners interested in passive house design and an architectural firm came together with a...
19th-century Catalan ruins are revived into a self-sufficient home
Spanish architecture firm Andrea Solé Arquitectura has given new life to the ruins of Can Tomeu, a historic Catalan...
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...
