In 2005, Kresse Wesling and James Henrit launched Elvis & Kresse*. A certified B Corporation, their sustainable luxury line of bags and accessories is made from genuine de-commissioned … Read More ›
Tag: adaptive reuse
Surrounded by breathtaking mountainous scenery is the Alila Yangshuo, a converted 1960s sugar mill turned luxury resort hotel. Part of the Alila hotel group, the … Read More ›
New homes and interiors book There are many reasons to be joyful about finally entering March 2017. Snowdrops and daffodils are now gracing our London … Read More ›
This incredible art installation called Rockaway! is an old aquatics building at a former US Army base in Fort Tilden, New York. Structurally unsound due to … Read More ›
This is the interior of Anahi, an Argentinian restaurant in the Marais district of Paris. Once a charcuterie built at the turn of the 20th-century, … Read More ›
This month, a new art installation was unveiled on a quiet street in Toxteth, Liverpool. A large fish tank full of serene jellyfish was installed … Read More ›
Would you eat your coffee and cake in a converted mens public toilet? Attendant in Fitzrovia, London was once a 19th-century public bathroom complete with … Read More ›
Manifesto House is by Chilean architects Infiniski, a home made from premade materials that allow for quick, cost effective and sustainable construction. It’s made from … Read More ›
Andrew Anderson has built a home out of re-purposed shipping containers in one of New York’s wealthiest areas, the Hamptons. The Beach Box is made … Read More ›
Haworth Tompkins‘ ‘Dovecote Studio’ is a weathered steel dwelling built inside the existing structure of a Victorian dovecote in a state of ruin. Situated on … Read More ›
Built in 2007, Merkz+Girod Architects won an architectural award for Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen – a bookshop constructed inside a converted Dominican church, which is situated … Read More ›
Jumbo Stay is exactly what it says on the tin – a redundant Jumbo Jet with a new lease of life as a stylish hostel, … Read More ›
Containers of Hope is a project by architect Benjamin Garcia Saxe. Clients Gabriela Calvo and Marco Peralta dreamed of living in a fantastic property outside … Read More ›
The High Line is an elevated railway that was built on Manhattan’s West Side in the 1930s between Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to … Read More ›