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large arched windows dictated double-height apartments, which are tucked into the steel trusses of the old mill.

the assembly building at clipper mill, baltimore

So many urban loft conversions all but obliterate the building's sense of history. This one celebrates it as a ruin, rough edges and all.


ghost partitions—marked with floorboards running against the grain, such as those shown between the living room and kitchen—recall how the old house was subdivided.

sisson cottage, goosewing farm, little compton, r.i.

If great art elevates the ordinary, this renovated cottage is architecture at its best. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson preserved an old...


 

Adaptive Reuse

  • The firm used salvaged materials and reused as much of the elements in the building as possible. BELL tightened the envelope, restored the millwork and the original windows, and exposed the beams, among other moves.

    Inside the Office of BELL Architects

    Washington, D.C., firm known for preservation and adaptive reuse transforms an 1880s-era row house into its new office space.

     

  • the chameleon

    The context of its setting—an 18th-century barn renovated as a residence—makes this modern master bath look more modern still.

     

  • parker flats at gage school, washington, d.c.

    Bonstra | Haresign Architects converted an abandoned public school building into 92 loft-style condos with two levels of underground...

     
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