Imposing San Francisco Loft
Designed and owned by well-known designer Steven Volpt, his home features 18′ windows that draw natural light in and allow the inhabitants to feel like they are living in a grand open space.
John Knox Church
Established by John Knox, The Kirk was built in 1867 in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. The building features brick polychrome which was at the height of its popularity during its construction. Alternating cream and umber brick mark the gear-tooth points and wrap the building in tiny quoins. The church became an icon for the community with its style being mimicked in a nearby substation as well as homes.
Warehouse in Melbourne
This great warehouse conversion in Leicester House a historic 1880’s building in Melbourne, Australia provides privacy and vast spaces. It features soaring warehouse ceilings, huge original arched timber windows, exposed red brick walls, imposing brick archways and high gloss timber floors. By day it is imposing and by night dramatic.
Set Sail in London
With a roof that offers a beautiful aerial view of London’s financial district across the Thames, this loft dweller must dream they’re out on the open seas.
Lofty prospects
Adaptive reuse often has to make the best of a bad situation, taking ill-shaped structures into workable residences … but in this case, the form of this 100-foot-tall Belgian water tower turned out to be the perfect basis for a brilliant seven-story house.
Subway in the sky
Inspired by his love of New York City, architect Adam Kushner transformed this West Village apartment using glass, wood, brick and New York subway parts and doors to create a most unique, modern yet rustic private retreat.
White loft
When Swedish photographer Andreas Larsson went to the US. ten years ago to study photography in Miami, he did not exactly have any plans to settle on the West coast, but after graduation he was persuaded to move to Chicago and where he has been living ever since.