Retrofit
Adaptive reuse and structural interventions that transform existing buildings with new architectural elements.
Morsa Taller and Pablo Giterman Stack a Glass Pavilion on a Buenos Aires Factory Rooftop
A 72-square-meter former office in Colegiales becomes a vertical home crowned by a transparent steel and glass terrace room.
JK-AR Splits a Korean Healing Complex into Three Timber Houses, Each with Its Own Structural Logic
In Gyeongju, a compound of clinic, gallery, and tea house reinterprets the timber traditions of temples and hanok courtyards.
Al.Irene Escudé y Aleix Gz Call Replace a Dark Corridor with a Sculptural Core in Barcelona
A 100 m² flat in Les Corts trades its cramped hallway for a sinuous, fluted volume that floods every room with light and color.
Objekt Architecten Pours a Concrete Disc Through an Aalst Weaving Mill Turned Showroom
A former textile factory on the Dender canal becomes a 2,045 m² kitchen and bath showroom structured by concrete, metal, and wood.
Herbert Paradise by RISE Design Studio: A Benchmark for Sustainable Residential Retrofit in London
Deep retrofit London terrace transforms existing housing into an energy-efficient, low-carbon home with garden studio, solar power, and enhanced living quality.
Hackney House by Architecture for London: A Sustainable Victorian House Retrofit for Modern Family Living
Hackney House is a fossil fuel–free Victorian house retrofit combining heritage sensitivity, sustainable materials, and modern family living comfort.
TYPE Retrofits a 45-Square-Metre Studio in London's Grade II* Listed Crescent House
Cork floors, honeycomb cardboard screens, and aerogel insulation bring a 1960s Golden Lane Estate flat into the present without betraying its past.
Kennedy Nolan Architects Turns a Melbourne Rooming House into a Model for Sustainable Retrofit Housing
Wilam Ngarrang Residence in inner Melbourne proves that affordable communal housing can be dignified, durable, and deeply attuned to place.
Civic Generations
A Proposed Conceptual Redevelopment of the Delware Generating Station.
Adaptive reuse, a prototype for the new norms of sustainability.
An ode to sustainable living.
