All posts with tag:non-residential reconstruction

In the center of Amsterdam, almost every house is unique, but the building in which this apartment is located has a very special story. Firstly, it was built back in 1688, which makes it one of the oldest townhouses in the city. But the most interesting thing is that for almost its entire several centuries-long…

As you know, students are not picky people, they can be content with a tiny room in a dorm. But this small apartment in Swedish Malmö has much more to offer than typical student housing. Firstly, it has a separate entrance directly from the street – there used to be a shop in this building,…

When the famous set designer and stylist Melanio Gomez moved from New York to Brussels, he immediately decided for himself that he wanted to live in the old center, next to the Grand Place. The abandoned building of an old bookshop, information about which has been going on since the 17th century, immediately attracted him,…

This elegant modern loft occupies half of a former school building in one of the central districts of Amsterdam. This fact in itself says that the home should be quite unusual and with an interesting space. That’s right – the entire first level of the apartment is a large open space with a second light,…

In this wonderful red cottage in one of the Swedish villages, where Anna and Andreas’s family live today, an automatic telephone exchange functioned many years ago. In the digital age, the house stood in desolation for some time, but the couple loved the cottage and the grounds, who decided to move from Stockholm to a…

We are adding another home to our collection of unusual buildings converted into homes. Some 50 years ago, this yellow cottage in the Swedish countryside functioned as the only store in the village – its appearance and location by the road speak volumes about it. But in the 21st century, its original purpose was no…

This Malibu home is so wonderful thanks mainly to its past – it stands on the site of an old barn that was part of a large historic ranch. The cottage has a red wooden exterior, which is rare in this places where colonial and Mediterranean architecture is popular. Thanks to the barn architecture, the…