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Andrew Trotter, masseria moroseta, solar power, green design, italian farmhouse renovation, summer retreat puglia, sustainable renovation, sustainable design, organic farms, recycled insulation, reclaimed materials, locally-sourced materials, eco-friendly designs, beach retreats

Italian farmhouse transformed into exquisitely sustainable summer retreat

Minimalist sophistication may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Italian farm houses, but...

Battersea Power Station, London, Apple, Apple campus, Apple office, office, office space, power station, boiler house, Apple London campus, London landmark, landmark

Apple confirms massive six-floor campus in London’s former Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station Company has confirmed their "largest office tenant" in London will be none other than tech...

Tiffany Threadgould, kitchen renovation, green kitchen renovation, kitchen makeover, kitchen design, kitchen inspiration, green renovation, green design, eco design, sustainable renovation, terrcycle, renovation realities, green interiors

Friends give their kitchen a green makeover filled with fun upcycled touches

Tiffany had been planning to eventually overhaul her outdated kitchen anyway, but unexpected flooding caused by...

inspiring renovation, green renovation, sustainable renovation, green building, sustainable building, bloot architecture, holiday homes, holiday home renovation, green homes, solar power, treehouses

A sculptural timber roof turns a crumbling holiday home into a green forest getaway

Rather than tear down a crumbling 1950s holiday home in the Netherlands, Bloot Architecture decided to turn the...

Architecture, green design, LEED Gold, Archimania, subterranean atrium, governor's lawn, Tennessee, retrofit, sustainable renovation, Conservation Hall, Nashville, botany, conservation, sustainable design

Subterranean Conservation Hall is a glass-walled atrium under the Governor’s lawn in Tennessee

Placed 25 feet below the front lawn, the oval-shaped courtyard is fully glazed. This allows natural light to penetrate...

green renovations, green building, home renovation, cabin renovation, French renovation, alpine shed, rustic mansion, France, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Chevalier Architectes, natural light, wood, natural materials, sustainable renovation, wood siding

Ramshackle alpine shed transformed into a rustic mansion in France

Achieving a finely tuned balance between a contemporary and rustic aesthetic, not to mention material sustainability,...

energy efficient home, rooftop solar array, Self-Supporting Dome Homes, Nicoló Bini's, AchiBlox, Christopher Simmonds, sustainable renovation, contemporary home, Bates Masi Architects, Jim Poteet architect, modular furniture, German-certified home

8 of the world’s most inspiring homes

Breathtaking Shipping Container Studio: San Antonio, Texas Texas architect Jim Poteet transformed a 40-foot shipping...

Mode:lina architekci, Doppio Cafe Bistro / Bartkowscy, sustainable renovation, polish bakery, recycled baking trays, baking trays as lamps, tradition and modernity, wooden furniture,

Creative Polish Bakery Uses Recycled Baking Trays as Wall Tiles

With 18 stores in Toruń, one of the oldest cities in Poland, this traditional bakery has renovated its store and...

Eco design, sustainable design, Studiomama, Stockholm, renovated Medieval home, Minimalist home, renovated historic home

Studiomama Gives Historic 18th Century Swedish Home a Monochromatic Makeover

Studiomama began by getting rid of the years of renovations that the apartment in the home endured, including a...

Gianni Botsford Architects, London invisible house, invisible architecture, transparent walls, transparent architecture, unframed glass, London architecture, house extension

Look Again. Can You See the New Addition?

The architects designed the addition as a strong and distinctive space that remains inconspicuous when seen from...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, TYIN Architects, TYIN Tegnestue, Trondheim Norway, vertical extension, angular roof

Top Heavy TYIN Tengestue Addition Provides Extra Living Space Without Sacrificing the Garden

The original two storey home was becoming too small for the family of four, who wanted to expand without sacrificing...

Lundberg Design, The Coachman San Francisco, The Coachman retrofit, retrofitted restaurant, San Francisco architecture, San Francisco architects, Heaven’s Dog San Francisco

The Coachman: Lundberg Design Retrofits a San Francisco Bar with Walls Made of Honey

San Francisco-based Lundberg Design transformed one of their old projects, Heaven’s Dog, into one of the city’s...

green design, eco design, sustainable design, adaptive reuse, MVRDV, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, converted chapel, sustainable renovation, green renovation, chapel renovation, the netherlands

MVRDV Transforms an 18th Century Chapel into a Spectacular Modern Museum Entrance

The chapel, which was built by Jan Giudici in 1787, had long been neglected and without purpose. The beautiful...

Rare architecture, London, renovation, hotel, Tower hall hotel, Bethnal Green Town Hall, luxury, historic building, parametric, aluminum skin,

RARE Architecture Restores Historic London Building with a Modern Patterned Skin

Originally built in 1910, this Edwardian town hall was extended in 1937 into a 7,500 square meter building. It...

Rierson residence, salmela architect, green renovation, eco design, sustainable renovation, lake superior, eco renovation, energy efficiency

Beautifully Renovated Rierson-Salmons Cabin is Wrapped With an Energy-Efficient Envelope

The exterior of the Rierson-Salmons Cabin features a thoroughly modern facade accented by linear forms. The black...

Studio Gang architects, Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago, WMA Consulting Engineers, LEED Platinum Certification, Living Building Challenge Certification, sustainable design, sustainable renovation, energy efficiency

Studio Gang’s Mega Efficient NRDC Office Retrofit Achieves LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge Certification

Located in the Civic Opera House building, the open floorplan was key to the design because it allowed for a minimal...

family hotel in italy, green renovations italy, dolomite mountains, sustainable renovation, rainwater recycling, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, parametric modeling, boutique hotels in italy, p l a s m a Studio, paramount Alma residence,

Extraordinary Timber Skin Wraps Around Alma Hotel in Italy’s Dolomites

The architect, Ulla Hell, sought a new home for her family of five, and the existing 1960s hotel needed a smart...

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, NoArq, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, daylighting, sustainable renovation, green renovation in Portugal,

NoArq Extends Roof of NP House into the Ground to Enlarge a Home for Four in Portugal

The renovation increased the home's footprint from 262.09 to 469.11 square meters with very little disruption to...

Bioclimate, Residential, House, Gulf of Morbihan, Patrice Bideau, France, Sustainable, Energy Efficient, thermodynamic heating, sustainable renovation

Patrice Bideau’s Bioclimatic House in France Balances Beautiful Views With Energy Efficiency

The owners began their journey by purchasing a house in 2010 that was built in the 1970s. After an analysis of...

sustainable renovation, green renovation in Sydney, Christopher Polly, skylights, daylighting, natural light, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, Cosgriff House in Australia, natural ventilation, light wells,

Christopher Polly Carves Vaulted Ceilings and Light Wells into Sydney’s Cosgriff House

Expanding the Cosgriff House in Annandale without undue environmental impact was a driving force behind this green...

Madrid, Spain, Shanghai Pavilion, bamboo, steel, Corten steel, parasols, steel umbrellas, daylighting, sustainable renovation, natural ventilation, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, Foreign Office Architects, 3Gatti Architecture Studio

Striking Corten Steel Umbrellas to Shade Madrid’s 2010 Shanghai Pavilion

3Gatti's Francesco Gatti was inspired by the hot summer months in Shanghai, when just about everyone carries colorful...

Maxwan Architects, House N, The Netherlands, Vernacular Dutch Architecture, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, daylighting, strips of glazing, seaside house, thatched house, modular furniture, eco-design, sustainable renovation, green renovation, Noordwijk, glazing

Strips of Glazing Pour Daylight into Renovated Seaside House N in The Netherlands

In order to grow the ground floor, Maxwan added two new boxes to the original building. Protruding from the kitchen...

House House, Andrew Maynard Architects, home renovation, green renovation, melbourne, eco renovation

Andrew Maynard Unveils Gorgeous ‘HOUSE House’ Renovation in Melbourne

Andrew Maynard's HOUSE House is owned by a single extended family and it consists of two homes set right next to...

Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarte, WZMH Architects, sustainable renovation, decommissioned power plants, corporate buildings Canada, LEED certification, LEED certified buildings, LEED Platinum certification, Atlantic Canada green architecture, sea water cooling, chilled beam technology, green technology, HVAC systems, energy efficient buildings Canada

Nova Scotia Power’s New Headquarters is the First LEED-Certified Building in Atlantic Canada

The building sits on a 5-acre site to the south of Halifax, Canada, and it connects the city to the waterfront....

mole architects, hawthbush house extension, natural materials, traditional architecture, sustainable renovation, green extension, eco architecture, green design

Mole Architects Updates Hawthbush Farmhouse With Reclaimed Brick Extension

Mole Architects used natural materials like wood cladding, glass, and copper to extend the Hawthbush farmhouse...

industrial chic, daylighting, OSB, Zwei interior design, architecture, mixed-use, Cafenatics operations, Code Black Coffee, green design, urban design, sustainable design, sustainable renovation

Code Black Coffee: Two Melbourne Warehouses Merge to Create Industrial Chic Cafe and Roastery

Dark and moody, Code Black Coffee is an open space defined by rough steel framing, polished concrete floors, natural...

Y beams, hanging floors, House H, Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects, tokyo, Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, green design, sustainable design, eco-design, daylighting, minimalism, Japanese minimalism, urban design, sustainable renovation, green renovation

House H: Y Beams, Hanging Floors and Irregular Cutouts Transform a Tiny Japanese Home

In order to create a playful sense of expansiveness on the inside of the Matsudo City home, Shinozaki decided to...

IK Fulton, Perkins Will, chicago, fulton street cold storage, adaptive reuse, hpa architects, green renovation

1K Fulton: Chicago Cold Storage Facility Defrosted To Make Way For New Adaptive Reuse Office

When Fulton Street Cold Storage building was built in 1923 it was one of the most technologically advanced refrigeration...

Golden Gate Valley Library, Tom Eliot Fish, Paulett Taggart Architects, eco library, green renovation, san francisco, library renovation

Golden Gate Valley Library is a Solar-Powered LEED Gold Renovation in San Francisco

Originally the Golden Gate Valley Library was named the Carnegie Library and was completed in 1918 in the Beaux-Arts...

IBC Innovation Factory, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, international business college, green renovation, adaptive reuse, kolding, denmark

The IBC Innovation Factory Is a Creative Learning Environment Built In a Former Paint Factory

Originally built in 1978, the GORI paint factory was considered innovative and set new standards for manufacturing...

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