In recent months, there have been increasing calls to preserve and respectfully renovate existing structures instead of demolishing them. In many cases, this demand is very difficult to realise; building regulations, the goal of more living space or financing are just a few examples of the restrictive framework conditions.
The online magazine baunetz interior|design recently presented five examples of conversions that celebrate historic buildings and extensions that blend in sensitively with their surroundings in its newsletter.
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In London, the architecture firm Pricegore has remodelled a terraced house from the 1960s. A new floor plan and an extension create space for family life and provide a view of the countryside. (Source: baunetz interior|design)
Under the title “Botanik trifft Brutalismus“, the magazine writes: “Reinforcing the qualities of the original architecture while adapting the interiors to contemporary living: this was the mission of the London architecture firm Pricegore, which recently transformed a terraced house from the 1960s in the Chelsea district into a spacious family home. The project is characterised by its respectful and almost loving treatment of the existing building.”
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Architect Will Gamble turns old walls into a house-within-a-house solution – with an exciting variety of old and new clinker bricks. (Source: baunetz interior|design)
It was the rescue of a ruin (Rettung einer Ruine), continues baunetz interior|design. Instead of demolishing an old parchment factory in Northamptonshire, Will Gamble Architects made it part of a house-within-a-house solution using a variety of clinker bricks. This extension pleased the client and the conservation authorities.
Other examples include a space for self-expression(Raum für Selbstentfaltung), a project with a garden at its centre (Im Zentrum ein Garten) and a project in Dublin that emphasises the power of contrast (Die Kraft des Kontrasts).