Conversion

The renovation maintains original elements of the 1961 factory including brick walls, hardwood floors, barrel-vaulted ceilings, stained-glass details, and even some of the industrial equipment that was left behind.

A triangular cutaway in the barn's volume creates a transitional space between indoors and outdoors and fills the interior with natural light.

Chairs from Dietiker surround an expandable table from Kave Home.

Located steps from the beach in Kent, England, the recently renovated structure has a Flemish-bond brick facade, limewashed interiors, and a striking steel staircase.

This 1893 Philly building—with tall, tinned ceilings and an open-plan second floor—has lived past lives as a bank, library, boxing gym, and recording studio.

This 1908 Boston building has been radically remixed into a recording studio and a light-filled residence.

Originally constructed in the 1870s, the revamped building has a charming brick facade and a completely overhauled interior.

Charles Gwathmey transformed a historic barn into his home in 1978, and the current owners expanded it with glass bricks, corrugated metal cladding, and a silo-encased staircase.

Built in 1820, this converted stable pairs 19th-century patina with contemporary interventions—and it comes turnkey and completely furnished.

Award-winning artists Karl Mann and Hector Leonardi turned a potato barn into their home and twin studios, complete with an 18th-century spiral staircase from Paris.