Renovations

A two-level renovation with flexible spaces and a courtyard plan combines rough-cut cladding with concrete and knotty timber.

Ester Bruzkus Architekten didn’t want to divide the luminous space with walls, so they placed a wood core with a kitchen, shelving, and storage off to one side.

Simon Knight Architects designed an add-on for a family home with budget-friendly ideas like plywood cabinets, Ikea shelving, and a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams.

HyperSpace tunes up a garage in Hertfordshire, England, with a dramatic facade that shelters bees, moths, and butterflies.

The Brunswick, Australia, flat’s opened-up floor plan is now packed with bold personality.

Wanting a home to raise their kids and host their parents in, Ben and Sarah gave their Coburg residence a two-level extension that fosters intimacy and connection.

Auba Studio baked in a wood eave at the rear and a central core that creates “rooms” and ample storage.

SHED Architecture + Design refreshes a Kitsap Peninsula home by taking down walls, doubling down on dormers, and polishing up its interior with pearly-white shiplap.

Previously a warehouse, its white interiors make art pop while a central wood core conceals domestic functions and delineates private areas from public ones.

Wall-height Douglas fir shelving in the living area serves as a display case while Ikea cabinets with blue fronts from Reform keep the kitchen tidy.

Barlis Wedlick Architects blend old and new to create a solar-powered getaway for friends, family—and the homeowners themselves, when the power goes out.

The residence’s masonry is exposed at the interior seam where it meets a new double-height volume with timber slatting.

Following a flurry of work during the pandemic, Casey and Brandon Smith refashioned a ho-hum trailer as a ’70s-inspired home-on-wheels—and then hit the road.

Best Practice Architecture livens up a tired midcentury with brilliant color, a moody library, and a new deck with views for days.

Repeating aluminum gables provide rhythm, and thoughtfully placed windows capture 360-degree views, but the interior’s generous reclaimed brick grounds the renovation.

Fuse Architects shed the home’s dark shingles—including ones inside—and covered its ocean-facing facade with glazing that frames views and draws in light.

The design team also inserted windows into its original brick facade and attached a glass-wrapped extension that leads to a sunken patio.

At Torres Blancas, Studio Noju imagines a sinuous renovation that reclaims green space in honor of the famous building’s original design.

Natalie Officer refashions her country home with a custom mural, an experimental backsplash, and cozy living areas that welcome friends and loved ones.

Studio Strato combines lively hues with patterned floors and finishes for a playful Mediterranean aesthetic.

35th Collective stitches up the plan of a Bay Area midcentury while sticking to its palette of wood, cork, and stone.

Architect Ryan Leidner reorganized the Bernal Heights home for better flow, using white and wood tones as the backdrop for the owners’ Italian furnishings and laid-back lifestyle.

The cheerful spirit of Nimtim Architects’ renovation continues inside by way of bold patterns and more pops of color.

Architecture firm L. McComber stepped in to remedy a poorly executed extension, enhancing its insulation and airtightness while infusing the spaces with Mediterranean influences...

No Architecture took advantage of soaring ceilings by inserting an airy second level into the loftlike space.

Following a renovation that better connected it to the outdoors, designer Katie Gebhardt punched it up with a West Coast palette.

Its melange of treads serve as the centerpiece of this elegantly renovated wabi-sabi flat.

The couple behind Field Theory help their brother reimagine a dreary 1890s estate as the irresistibly chic Hotel Lilien.

Point Supreme Architects kept its raw concrete and steel but implemented adventurous finishes and porous built-ins that maximize the apartment’s small footprint.

Paris firm Plan Común rejigged the floor plan of the stone and concrete country residence for energy efficiency and improved indoor/outdoor flow.

A young family’s furniture didn’t fit in their new home, so Studio Nato designed custom cabinetry and sourced sofas, lighting, and artwork that elevate every room.

Fougeron Architecture reconfigured the residence with floor-to-ceiling glass that enhances views of the stream and a backyard waterfall.

LAMAS Architecture gets to the root of the problem by shoring up its unsettled foundation and fixing damage from a fallen tree.

Design studio Holloway Li riffed on the city’s nightlife in revamping an apartment inside a Victorian.

John Brooks and Erik Eaker hit undo on an awkward aughts revamp with the help of local firm Rock Paper Hammer.

“The house is like a gallery and an heirloom that brings the family together,” says architect Cristina Ioana Graff.