Renovation
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1 day agoTribeca Residence / Muqaddas Akkari Studio
A gut renovation preserved Tribeca loft character while adding warmth, softness, and livable comfort without losing grandeur.
Studio Rossettini revitalizes House LB into a contemporary single-family residence with playful spaces that puts functionality and quality of life at its center. The from the early 1960s in Padua, reimagines the existing structure through its renovation, freeing up the perimeter walls and creating a fluid sequence of spaces that flow between the kitchen, dining room, and living room, with furnishings integrated into architectural niches.
"They were made of concrete and needed to be completely smoothed," she writes. "It took a lot of time and energy to get them back to normal, and it's not finished for every room!"
Noakes Cross Farm is a 14th-century Grade II-listed farmhouse in Essex that has undergone a sensitive renovation to adapt it for modern living. Part of Fenn Wright's Signature collection of distinctive homes, the project carefully balances rarely seen historic features with practical contemporary spaces. The result is a property that perfectly blends medieval structure and detailing with light-filled, functional family living areas.