Matt and Amber liked an old industrial warehouse in the center of Melbourne at first sight, so the decision to buy was made quickly and easily. Since the building was never used as housing, the new owners turned to talented architect David Norman with a request to convert the premise into a home for a…
Great John Street Hotel in Manchester looks like one of the typical industrial brick buildings in New York City, stylishly restored for modern needs. Inside, everything is very conservative and English: checkered textiles, velvet sofas and armchairs like Chester, the legendary classic lines and shapes. Only high ceilings with beams make you think of a…
New Quest Hotel in Cologne will appeal primarily to lovers of old European architecture. The fact is that the hotel occupied a luxurious neo-gothic building of the former city archive in the old center, which had been carefully restored recently. Hotel guests have a unique opportunity to live in a grand building, which is an…
Look how awesome is this industrial kitchen in the building of the former clock tower in San Francisco! Tall ceilings, stylish windows in black frames, original brickwork, black kitchen facades, metal elements. Loft style in its best performance. Someone may say that the interior is too rough and is suitable only for men, but judging…
Not long ago, noisy men’s companies gathered in this place to drink beer and loudly discuss the last important match of their favorite team. Today, there is no trace of the once-popular pub in Melbourne – the space was converted into a very cozy and calm townhouse for a young family with a child. The…
No matter how funny it may sound, but perhaps the most unusual and inspirational stone houses in the countrysides of Europe will turn out to be the reincarnation of old abandoned non-residential premises, in particular sheds. Think for yourself: tall ceilings, huge open spaces, stone-paved walls – a great field for creativity! This house not…
This is probably hard to believe, but this house in Chicago in the past really was the Catholic Church. Now only the vaulted arches, tall ceilings and stained-glass windows remind of the ‘house of God’. The space here is so big, that the owners managed to put a climbing wall in one of the rooms….
In New York, the old warehouse buildings on the embankment do not stand idle for a long time, someone will surely convert them into stylish modern housing. Architect Andrew Frantz is among such people – an abandoned warehouse of the end of 19th century came to his disposal and on the upper floors he created…
In Australian Melbourne, the old abandoned warehouses do not stand idle for a long time. Some local designer will surely take and redo a warehouse building that nobody needs into a super-stylish industrial loft in the best traditions of the New York loft homes. And our today’s story is about such a dwelling. Meet the…
Having a small and dark office with an area of 53 sqm on the ground floor, few people think to convert it for housing. But this is exactly what the designers of this apartment in Spain did, and they managed to create a miracle – in place of the cramped and uncomfortable office space a…
