The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is set to reopen next week following a ten-year restoration and extension programme led by Spanish office Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More »
Tag: renovations
Rijksmuseum by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Roy Lichtenstein residence and studio
by Caliper Studio
Brooklyn-based Caliper Studio has renovated the former home and studio of the late American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, adding a rooftop sculpture garden and a pair of "eyebrow-shaped" skylights. More »
Bear House
by Onion
This house for toy-bear collectors in Thailand was conceived as a scaled-up version of the bears' display cabinet (+ slideshow). More »
Elsa Morante Library
by DAP Studio
Italian architects DAP Studio added a perforated aluminium tower to this former chapel in the Italian town of Lonate Ceppino, converting the entire building into a public library. More »
Coal Mill by
Atelier Hoffman
Czech architecture studio Atelier Hoffman has converted a riverside coal mill near Prague into a studio, workshop and exhibition space (+ slideshow). More »
East London House by
David Mikhail Architects
London studio David Mikhail Architects has renovated a nineteenth-century house in London and added a glazed kitchen and dining room at the rear (+ slideshow). More »
Blaffer Art Museum renovation
by WORKac
New York architecture studio WORKac has reorganised the galleries of the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, Texas, by adding a glazed entrance pavilion in front (+ slideshow). More »
Transforming a laundry building
by Alain Hinant and Jean Glibert
French architect Alain Hinant has converted a former laundry building outside Brussels into a three-storey family house. More »
Cambridge Cat Clinic
by Gort Scott
Hackney studio Gort Scott subtly added the outline of a cat's ears to the facade of this feline veterinary clinic outside Cambridge (+ slideshow). More »
Otsuka-Gofukuten kimono store
by Yusuke Seki
Japanese designer Yusuke Seki plans to bring traditional Japanese dress back into fashion with this modern kimono shop in Kyoto (+ slideshow). More »
Jade Museum
by Archi-Union
Chinese studio Archi-Union has converted an office block in Shanghai into an art gallery with a concrete staircase twisting through its middle (+ slideshow). More »
La Serenissima office refurbishment
by Park Associati
Italian studio Park Associati has overhauled a 1960s office block in Milan and added new glass and burnished aluminium facades (+ slideshow). More »
Apartment Refurbishment in Barcelona
by M2arquitectura
Spanish studio M2arquitectura has renovated a Barcelona apartment by adding sliding partitions, bright green surfaces and furniture that folds out of the walls (+ slideshow). More »
Flynn Mews House by
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects
Los Angeles firm Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has restored a nineteenth century coach house in Dublin, Ireland, and inserted a contemporary house in front of it (+ slideshow). More »
Apartment refurbishment in Gràcia
by Vora Arquitectura
Polished mosaic floors reveal the original room layout of this renovated apartment in Barcelona by local studio Vora Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More »