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It's never easy to blend new buildings into traditional neighborhoods, but Toronto-based Aleph-Bau, has skillfully managed to fit a wonderfully modern aluminum-clad home - called Twelve Tacoma - into a section of 19th century...

An old fight control tower in Stockholm's Arlanda Airport has been transformed into a unique luxury apartment that offers panoramic views of planes taking off and landing - and you can spend the night there...

An old factory in Mexico City has been gutted and repurposed into a modern co-working space with an industrial chic edge. Mexican architects Estudio Atemporal designed the adaptive reuse project, which takes advantage of...

The "Wander in the West" crew, a five-person team that is currently traveling through the American West, turned this 30-foot camper van into a swanky home on wheels...

In line with Airbnb's "Belong Anywhere" adage, the firm's new office space in Paris is an airy loft-like workspace that fosters creativity and communal working...

New York's iconic High Line is inspiring other cities to repurpose and green-up disused elevated railway lines. Representing residents, businesses and community groups of Camden Town district in north London, local business...

Architect Francisco Pardo gave new life to an old warehouse in Mexico City by transforming it into a vibrant urban market. The four-story structure once served as an auto parts shop, however it now features a two-story local...

One of the biggest railway terminals in China recently received an extensive renovation that shelters the main entrance with a beautiful "canopy of light." The Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT renovated...

Unlike the United States of America, the prison population and crime rate in the Netherlands has been steadily decreasing for years. As a result, the country’s government is repurposing correctional facilities into housing...

This renovated house in Slovenia consists of three spruce-covered volumes stacked up like shoeboxes. Ofis Arhitekti renovated a house designed by architect Emil Navinsek in 1934 as a home for his two sisters. The new structure...

Seattle's famed Space Needle - a 55 year-old icon - is finally getting a much-needed makeover. Helmed by local architect Olson Kundig, the ambitious project will update the structure's physical systems while renovating the...

Slovenian firm Styria Arhitektura worked pure architectural magic by transforming a 150-year-old hay barn into a gorgeous contemporary home. After carefully gutting the old barn, the architects salvaged as many materials...

A decrepit lumberjack’s shack has been transformed into a beautiful light-filled weekend getaway just outside of Montreal. Local studio YH2 led the renovation of the shack, renamed La Colombière, turning the simple one-story...

Travelers looking to explore Peru in style can now jump aboard South America's first luxury sleeper train - the Belmond Andean Explorer. The train's interior was designed by London-based Muza Lab to pay homage to the golden...

It’s hard to compete with the gorgeous views of Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, but architecture firm Studio B succeeded in complementing the landscape with their redesign of the Aspen Community School...