When a building such as a factory, an office or even odd spaces such as a church or a light tower are no longer used they get abandoned. There’s not much you can do with them, given their specific designs. However, ambitious architects and designers manage to revive these spaces and turn them into commercial spaces or cozy homes. This apartment, for example, is inside a former radio factory.
Just a few steps from the historic center of Turin this Italian loft is characterized by contrasts; large bright spaces and a huge terrace.
An amazing renovation of a Melbourne art deco house. A neutral palette,wood and brick create a beautiful and modern place.
This double-height penthouse rises above the city of Shenzhen, China, drawing in natural light through a defining feature of the space – a two-floor interior space partly glazed and open to the idea of “living between the city and the nature”.
Now this is something great! I’ve seen many churches converted to a home, but this is the first that became an office – and what office!
The Round Tower is a listed medieval structure restored and turned into a residence located in Glouchestershire, England.
This urban loft for a single man occupies the entire top floor of a 1920’s concrete frame structure in San Francisco’s Soma neighborhood. The space, essentially a “toolbox” for the owner’s urban lifestyle, uniquely adapts commercial and technical materials and components to residential functions.
The one-bedroom, two-floor warehouse is located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and encompasses a large, airy open-plan living area, an overlooking kitchen located on the mezzanine storey and an uniformly-white Corian-lined bathroom.
This loft, located Place des Monges in Paris, has many industrial features that were kept from the original building structure.