The red brick house in Bentveld, Holland, was built in 1932. Eighty years later, the Baksvanwengerden architectural bureau redesigned the concept. The dark and blank facade was transformed into an open sunny space.

The house looks like a hut as the first floor extension continues the line of the gabled roof. The walls and partitions have been removed as much as possible to unify the space, and the panoramic glazing makes it even larger.

Modern houses with pinches in our facade database.

How to build a new commercial building, but keep the old city features?

This project emphasizes the preserved raised façade, in a continuity with the style and scale of the surrounding buildings. The new building tries not to be noticed, the architecture is functional and the fiber cement cladding is Swisspearl Largo with soft colors. It is deliberately shaded so that the façade that was preserved behind it stands out better and maintains the traditional character of the street.

The Blumenthal Building office building in São Paulo, Brazil. Architects Kruchin Arquitetura.

Nominee for ArchDaily’s 2021 Building of the Year Awards in the Office Buildings» and «Renovation» categories.

Reconstruction of an old brick townhouse in Vietnam. Architects Landmak Architecture.

The new façade is made of white concrete blocks in an openwork lattice-like pattern. They create a delicate balance between total privacy with blank fences and transparency of the panoramic glazing.

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Transformation of the Carlsberg plant in Copenhagen into a residential area. ADEPT architects.

Theodora House is built on the site of the original yeast warehouse and named after the daughter of the brewery's founder. Most of the new development is occupied by apartments.

The red brick was used for the mixed use, typical of industrial buildings from the early 20th century. The purpose of making the facade more interesting and dynamic is to use ornamentation and the curving brick form. The interior façade is white with a crate for climbing plants to cover the entire façade.

The house was purchased with existing finishes that did not suit the new owners.

The new look with harmonious color and textures is much more confident and noble.

The walls are tiled in a heterogeneous Bavarian style, the joints in light beige, and the horizontal bands are plastered with a fine grain plaster. The decors are of a warm shade, in tones of the plaster belts, to give a cozy look and impression of an already lived in house. The plinth cladding — graphite stoneware.

The office building in Lisbon, where the headquarters of GS1 Portugal, a company that implements identification systems (including qr codes), is located.

This is a reconstruction of a 1980s building that was built in Portugal one of the first specifically for business purposes (photo below). The authors of the renovation —architectural bureau PROMONTORIO.

The new building uses the existing concrete structure, but the façade itself is a play of angled concrete slabs and glass panels. Depending on the angle you look at it you get a new look every time, and it protects the building from overheating. A bas-relief of the street artist Vhils adds a touch of originality to the building.

Photo by Fernando Guerra, FG + SG