Renovations of Centuries-Old Structures

With careful dedication, very old houses can become modern masterpieces.

The new concrete exterior has already been transformed by the rain and humidity of the Azores, and now sports an aged...

To integrate the former postman’s cottage with the new design, architect David Sheppard added a concrete column...

The stairwell leads to the main dining room and kitchen, where gray plaster and oiled larch wood joinery create a...

"We really wanted to capture the ruinous quality of this old building rather than do something overtly new," Blee says.

The walls are made of recycled limestone sourced locally from dismantled houses.

Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba, who work as Ludovica+Roberto Palomba, commissioned a dining table of their own...

On an 18th-century farmstead in rural Sweden, two Copenhagen designers handcraft a summerhouse that seamlessly melds...