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ALEXANDER REID HAS a nonnegotiable rule for all of his design projects: 'function first, beauty second.' The renovation of this beach house in Bellport, New York, was no exception. The [...]

Insulation remains one of the best ways of enhancing energy efficiency, it helps to save money on utility bills and also improves year-round comfort in homes. When correctly specified, insulation [...]

Emily and her partner Jack had ideas for a rear extension as soon as they viewed their east London Victorian terrace. In fact, they sketched out some initial ideas on [...]

Victorian houses are full of character and charm, and renovating these homes, with their soaring ceilings, pretty mouldings, decorative woodwork, and countless other attributes, is a job tackled by many [...]

The increasingly popular slow renovating movement embraces a more relaxed attitude to time--ensuring a renovation project remains fresh and affordable, while avoiding rushed mistakes, decision fatigue, and the stress of [...]

Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries' annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a constant state [...]

Knocking down internal walls often goes hand in hand with an extension project, helping to open up the existing layout to create a more spacious, open-plan area. But for those [...]

Notre Dame de Paris, the French capital's cathedral, has reopened its doors five years after a devastating fire, showcasing its restored interior after extensive rebuilding work. The restoration, costing approximately [...]

You know you're in the country when the local grocery store has a section dedicated to bait. At least that's true for Greer's Market in Theodore, Alabama, the small river [...]

Managing a budget is one of the main challenges of renovating. It can be difficult to know where to invest and where to compromise. This is where sustainable renovation ideas [...]

Renovating a Georgian house can feel rather like a privilege for many people--a chance to restore a beautiful building back to its former glory. Grand, simple and symmetrical, with strong [...]

As a collector/shooter of military arms, I've 'restored' a lot of marginal rifle stocks for my range guns. I put 'restored' in quotes because the museum professional in me knows [...]

Working as a professional automotive technician, one of the most important things you learn with experience is how deep to get into a repair. The best decisions you can make are when a job should be passed on to someone else, for example an expert in any given area., One such repair is rebuilding an engine. Sure, most technicians have completely rebuilt an engine, and likely more than once. We often have a project at home such as a [...]

The heating system in the Kentucky Capitol has just two settings: on or off. When Gov. Andy Beshear's offices on the south end of the building get so hot they [...]

In its quest to centralize multiple locations into a unified banking headquarters, BancFirst turned its attention towards a prominent landmark in downtown Oklahoma City: the former Liberty Tower, a towering [...]

AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL YEARS in their 1970s ranch-style home in a Houston suburb, a couple with three children was ready for a kitchen that worked as hard as they did. [...]

Byline: CityBusiness staff reports Over the last 20 years, Lona Edwards Hankins has been instrumental in securing federal funding to finance capital and infrastructure improvements across New Orleans. As Director [...]

Reader homes / SEVENTIES-STYLE REFURB Inspiring homes RENOVATING THIS RUNDOWN HOUSE changed my life By getting creative with colour and retro finds, Johanna Haughey-Lewis not only transformed her terraced home [...]

English Homes A matter of time Despite not rushing into renovating their historic lodge house in the Cotswolds, Emily and Gareth Phillips immediately felt very settled in the area FEATURE [...]

Byline: David Eggert and Kurt Nagl An official involved in the rollout of a plan to partially tear down and overhaul the Renaissance Center said Jan. 23 that a 'mistake' [...]

Byline: HBI Staff Radisson Blu Palace Resort & Spa, Udaipur, a renowned luxury hotel brand, achieved a significant milestone by crossing the INR 100 crore revenue mark in the year [...]

Byline: Julianne Cuba A trio of prominent real estate firms in the city is forging ahead with plans to convert a Times Square office building into a residential property, records [...]

Byline: Joanna Blythman UK supermarket chains habitually bawl at us with lurid plastic signage that is over-the-top unless you're extremely myopic. We have windows blanked out with curling plastic, trip-hazard [...]

Byline: AU News Bureau Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), in collaboration with Bureau Cube Partners of Serbia, has been selected as the winner of the anonymous design competition for the new [...]

Byline: AU News Bureau US architecture studio Lever Architecture has renovated a former 1980s warehouse in Los Angeles, incorporating a new structure atop the existing parking garage foundation. Located at [...]

REGULARS / THIS LIFE This life JOLENE CRAWFORD & MIL STRICEVIC Meet the creative power couple who are changing the world of sleepwear, one retina-tickling design at a time Photography [...]

Byline: Kirk Pinho Communities across Southeast Michigan, and particularly Detroit's inner-ring suburbs, are facing a challenge that may go unnoticed to the broader public. City, township and village halls in [...]

Byline: Kirk Pinho Reservations from some Lansing lawmakers about state funding for a redevelopment of the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit aren't fazing its primary owner, General Motors Co. David [...]

Byline: Aaron Elstein It will cost more than $800 million to turn the office tower at 750 Third Ave. into 639 apartments, owner SL Green said Dec. 9. Located at [...]

Byline: AU News Bureau The revitalisation of Canberra's iconic Sydney and Melbourne Buildings has commenced, with the restoration of the buildings' facades currently underway. The project, a collaborative effort between [...]

Byline: Charlie Hall Restoration Games' (https://restorationgames.com/shop/crossbows-catapults-fortress-war/) Crossbows & Catapults: Fortress War shows the scrappy little board game publisher at its very best - hunting down older, long-forgotten games and giving [...]

HOMEOWNERS Jonny Rowe and Sian Rees LOCATION Leytonstone, east London HOUSE TYPE Victorian terrace PROJECT Loft conversion and partial house renovation LOFT CONVERSION SIZE 30[m.sup.2] CONSTRUCTION METHOD Timber frame BUILD [...]

Big-city living comes with plenty of perks, but postage-size plots, nonstop traffic, and hour-long waits at restaurants aren't among them. That's why a Dallas couple jumps in their car for […]

A dynamic city attracting thousands of new residents every month, Houston is the fourth largest metropolis in the country. At least once a year, we travel to 'H-Town' to see [...]

After setting their sights on a bigger house, Tristian and Liz Thornhill were forced into a rethink when they realised the kind of period property they had in mind was [...]

THE STORY OWNER Alexandra Jones, who works in the City of London. This is Alexandra's first home PROPERTY A two-bedroom mews house in Holland Park WHAT SHE DID Alexandra installed [...]