Adventures in crib design. Huge-Plot House Made of Multiple Modular Mini-Home Plans. Taking layout lessons from the mistakes of unplanned city development, this multi-unit housing complex is a unique attempt to combine genuine community spaces with private residences – custom-planned apartments with shared green space but room to breath as well, all on large plot of land. There is an organic way in which urban density leads to developments that may never have been designed for those living within them – from accidental single-family home-to-apartment adaptations to intentional but cookie-cutter stacked modular housing situations.
In India, Anagram Architects (images by Asim Waqif) has anticipated the paradigm and designed something to respond in advance of inevitable suburban sprawl on the edge of a major city. Like Frank Gehry’s now-infamous home remodel of his house in Santa Monica, this project truly looks like the conclusion of a set of experiments – design done over time – rather than a built-at-once piece of custom architecture. Culture - Warehouse Loft Conversion - 2013.0213. Warehouse Loft Conversion by Frank Anton & Gordon Goff Under the San Francisco South Beach Redevelopment Plan of 1981, the Oriental Warehouse was designated an historic landmark due to its historical value as the early arrival point of Oriental immigrants. The brick warehouse, originally built in 1868, with a total area of 88,000 square feet (8,200 square meters) on two floors had for many years been used as a warehouse and storage space.
After nearly a decade of negotiations between historic preservationists and various owners of the building, Fisher-Friedman Associates secured the necessary approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Board and the San Francisco Planning Commission to convert the warehouse into 66 spacious live/work lofts. The 125-year-old brick structure required substantial seismic upgrades and the addition of windows to provide the natural light necessary for residential units. The loft conversion was constructed beginning in 1995, and all 66 units sold immediately. Michael Graves The Warehouse. Deal Estate: From Warehouse to Their House, in Bucktown. ARCHItecture. Loft Conversion : Converting an Industrial Building to Housing and Office Space. The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, while Bob goes on a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a spacious, and imaginative, home and office out of an industrial building on the railroad tracks.
Back at our site, the architect and designer have modeled some intriguing ideas for Bob. LESS ▲ The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, while Bob goes on a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a spacious, and imaginative, home and office out of an industrial building on the railroad tracks. Back at our site, the archit... MORE ▼ Bob Vila highlights the world of stylish city living by chronicling the conversion of a loft apartment in Boston's Leather District. The_Greenest_Building_lowres. What-you-need-to-know-before-buying. Changing a House to a Mixed Residential and Commercial Use. Loft. A former warehouse for printing presses converted to a loft apartment on Chicago's Near West Side A loft can be an upper storey or attic in a building, directly under the roof. Alternatively, a loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use (a converted loft) from some other use, often light industrial.
Adding to the confusion, some converted lofts include upper open loft areas. Within certain upper loft areas exist even further lofts. Attic[edit] An attic loft can often be converted to form functional living accommodation (see loft conversion). Loft apartment[edit] Loft apartments are apartments that are generally built from former industrial buildings.
Sometimes, loft apartments are one component of municipal urban renewal initiatives that also include renovation of industrial buildings into art galleries and studio space as well as promotion of a new part of the city as an "arts district. " Other lofts[edit] Commercial loft[edit] Live/work loft[edit] 5 Incredible Warehouse to Home Conversions. Before abandoning an old warehouse, here are some incredible home conversions that will definitely make you look twice. They range from small studios to extravagant lofts, complete with spiral staircases, etc. Continue reading to see them all. 5. Oriental Warehouse Designed by the design studio Edmonds + Lee Architects, this amazing property resides on San Francisco's South Beach neighborhood. 4. The latest to surface this beautiful warehouse conversion in Abbbotsford, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3.
This three bathroom, two bath residence is located in a suburb within Melbourne, Victoria, Australia known as Abbotsford. 2. This residence features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with plenty of exposed brick walls and high concrete ceilings reminding the occupants of what used to be. 1. This stunning space was developed by the team at Martin Building Company in collaboration with the former owner. [Sources 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5] Interesting Posts Around the Web. Two Story Warehouse Conversion in Abbotsford. By Eric • May 5, 2012 • Selected Work Spotted on RTEdgar, another nice three bedroom, two bath warehouse conversion located in Abbotsford, a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photos courtesy of RTEdgar Click any photo to see a larger image - Use buttons or j/k/arrow keys to navigate through the articles.
Caravan King's Cross | CAN LIFESTYLECAN LIFESTYLE. Westcott House. Burton J. Westcott House: Springfield, Ohio The Burton J. Westcott House has a varied history. It started on the design table in 1906 and was constructed as a Prairie House between 1907 and 1908. According to the Westcott House Foundation's web site, in the 1940s it was converted to a 6 unit apartment building with a care-takers apartment in the carriage house.
It remained like this until recently. Completed Restoration Photos 11/24/2007 Interior Renovation Photos 05/18/2004 Exterior Renovation Photos 03/28/2004 As is evident from these photos, the home is under serious renovation. Main House looking back towards the Carriage House The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and the Westcott House Foundation have begun a lengthy and total renovation with the final goal of opening the home to the public. Carriage House looking towards Main House Carriage House In its original form, it was a perfect representation of what Wright's idea of organic architecture. Carriage House with missing Pergola. Painting Victoria | Permanent Coatings | Painting Contractors.
Old warehouse converted into fabulous urban home. May20 Advertisement 2.4K Flares2.4K Flares × This sensational warehouse home is located in the Mission district of San Francisco in an industrial building, built in the 1930′s. The building has had many lives, first as a Lucky Strike warehouse, later an auto repair shop, and then in the 80′s it belonged to an organization known for its experimental art installations. During the dot com era it was dolled up as a software company. Clive McCarthy bought the 10,000 square foot building in 2006 for his art factory and residence. Here is a description of the project from the designers, “the scope of project was to restore the original industrial warehouse and remove the ugly mid 90′s additions and to install contained set elements of the entry, powder room, kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, fireplace, and laundry to create a domestic landscape.
The main studio is contained in a secluded space at the rear of the first level. The bright-red Lack bookcases in the library are from Ikea. Mr. Before & After – Would You Live In a Garage? By Eric • Mar 7, 2011 • Selected Work We are being serious here, would anyone out there live in a garage? Well, French architects firm Fabre | de Marien accepted the challenge and succeeded to convert a 441 square-foot double garage located in Bordeaux, France, into a nice living place for a single or a couple! Before Before & After Passage Buhan by Fabre | de Marien: “This project consists of the transformation of a garage into a single level, one roomed residential dwelling of 41 m2. Since the practice creation 5 years ago, inscribed within our methodology lies a belief that one should ‘build the city within the city’, by doing so, transforming the building fabric of existing commercial properties, storage depots, factories and residential buildings.
The buildings face the length of a private route meaning each property owner possesses half of this space. A patio measuring 4m long by 2.20m wide was created and placed within the new buildings interior.