Restoration – Loftenberg https://www.loftenberg.com Stunning interiors Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:12:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 The Round Tower https://www.loftenberg.com/the-round-tower/ https://www.loftenberg.com/the-round-tower/#respond Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:42:14 +0000 https://www.loftenberg.com/?guid=75e1cf56290eb2d6ab818ddaec1cd697 This is the Round Tower. It’s a Grade II listed structure located in Glouchestershire, England. The restoration was a project by De Matos Ryan architects who worked with structural engineer Price & Myers and concrete contractor Stallard Construction. Even though it’s a very interesting and impressive structure, the tower has been basically reduced to ruins over the years during which it has been neglected and also after a fire.

The tower has now been restored and turned into a residence. It sits in a very beautiful area, overlooking Siddington Village. The tower blends beautifully into the surroundings, especially since it also got an underground extension. The extension is currently used as a main living area and is connected to the central open sunken courtyard and a lateral ‘landscape scoop’ concealing the new swimming pool and associated sun terraces.

The tower is definitely a very impressive and dominant structure. It has been turned into an unconventional but beautiful family house that features four lovely bedrooms. It also got a new roof terrace that provides panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. A detached building has also been included on the site and it serves as a guest studio.

It’s situated adjacent to the entrance to the site and it also includes the garage. Even though it’s unusual, the Round Tower is a lovely family home. It’s basically not that different from regular homes except that the circulation is vertical and not horizontal and it might take a little more effort to get to the bedroom than usually.

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The restoration of an early twentieth-century barn in Val Tidone, Italy led to this characteristic project combining traditional and contemporary architecture. A typical farmhouse has been transformed into a holiday home without radically altering its original form.

A simple architectural style has been chosen to successfully respond to the needs of a large family. The horizontal and vertical connection of the surfaces are enhanced by the glass covered passageway-cum-yard and the particular design of the staircase (a key element of the project) which together provide a sense of continuity between the interior spaces.

Light is abundant from the wall-to-wall windows, and exposes the brick the barn is built from on every wall. It’s an explosion of old charm founded only in places like this one.

The reuse of local materials together with innovative technical features from the insulation and natural ventilation systems to the intricate heating system of stoves and chimneys enable this project to resolve the requirements for all-season living.

The winter woodshed is the only new construction on the site which is entirely clad in wood.

]]> https://www.loftenberg.com/barney-living/feed/ 0 Awesome steel and leather furniture https://www.loftenberg.com/aviator-chair/ https://www.loftenberg.com/aviator-chair/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:48:25 +0000 https://www.loftenberg.com/?p=540 You’ve got the glasses, now get the chair. Taking cues from World War II bomber planes, Restoration Hardware’s aviator chair is made of riveted aluminum and distressed Whiskey leather. The Aviator Chair doesn’t require an upsell or a product description, all it needs is the picture. Look at it. You know you want that chair. Don’t even pretend you don’t want to sit in the distressed, whiskey leather clad World War II fighter jet chair. Any man that says otherwise is lying.

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