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This website features a selection of the best property refurbishments around the world, by respected architects studios.
The $177 m conservation of St. Patrick’s Cathedral building in New York City took ten years that impacted an entire city block. Designed by American architect, James Renwick, Jr. in the Gothic Revival style it was constructed 1858-1888.
Lippmann Partnership designed the New Emanuel Synagogue for the congregation which embraces religious pluralism offering a variety of different services and streams. It is the fastest growing religious congregation in the southern hemisphere.
In 2014, Grosvenor’s proposals to transform the building into a retail and dining destination and community hub were approved. The sensitive design was carried out by Donald Insall Associates, and this will now allow it to be fully opened up to the public after decades in private ownership.
When the clients purchased this 1970’s ranch home in Kentfield, Marin County, it was dark, dank, and in danger of sliding down a hill. The interior was dated and needed to be updated to modern standards. Studio VARA was employed to design the refurbishment.
Riga will see the mostly abandoned buildings of its historic Kimmel Quarter transformed into a thriving commercial development, and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects is behind the winning design to revitalize the neighbourhood.
The De La Canardière Residence in Val-Morin was designed by Atelier BOOM-TOWN to enable a sister and brother to meet as a family on special occasions and to unwind in contact with nature.
Snøhetta unveils The French Laundry’s Kitchen Expansion and Courtyard Renovation design, first major overhaul to the historic site in over two decades, doubling existing landscape for guests with a world-class working environment for Keller and his team.
Transformation of central hub of Grade II* Listed Art Workers’ Guild in Queen Square, Bloomsbury completed. Phase 1 consisted of sensitively carving out space from the existing early 20th Century rear additions.
NBRS Architecture’s work on the Millar Building at Macquarie University has created light and airy 3 storey glazed atrium. The atrium is used for individual learning as well as encouraging chance encounters and collaborative research.
Spread over 18,000 sqft this world class Members Club offers an integrated approach to wellbeing. The project drew on expertise across the sector to develop a world class solution for one of its most prestigious hotels. Located in the heart of London, between Mayfair and Belgravia, the club and spa has sumptuous interiors that reflect the elegant architecture of the grand Regency-period building that houses this landmark hotel.
Reno & redesign of the 1893, Ames Boston Hotel (and Cultivar restaurant) by Glen Coben, of NYC’s Glen and Co. Architecture – blending modern elegance with its preserved, original features
This building design by Baynes and Mitchell Architects champions progressive conservation, inventive re-use and adaptation of existing fabric. The historic fabric is respected, with the complex of buildings given a new lease of life.
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates’ restoration of Grade II listed building for the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. The building was commissioned in 1894 by Frederick John Horniman as a place to tend his rare plants.
The Minnesota Street Project, designed by Jensen Architects, was established as an initiative to combat the rising rent market in San Francisco, who’s many casualties have not spared the City’s artists and art galleries. A renovation of a 1937 industrial warehouse in the heart of the rapidly developing Dog Patch neighborhood.