Westeck News

JANUARY 24, 2025

A kitchen is the heart of a home, and having the right windows can make a world of difference. The perfect kitchen windows bring in natural light, offer great ventilation, and add a touch of style to your cooking space. Casement Windows Casement windows are a fantastic choice for kitchens.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We were commissioned by our clients to transform an outdated Flemish 3-fronted house with traditional rear extension into a contemporary home with plenty of light. Moreover, the rear of the house is bathed in light thanks to the large window. During the renovation, the entire roof was renewed.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

MAY 24, 2022

Residential architects love renovations. Most of them suggest that the best home renovations are those that respect the original structure and enlighten it from a modern and contemporary perspective. So, it’s fair to retain some of those features during renovation. During the renovation, the scale of the project matters.

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Archinect

JANUARY 15, 2025

Our client approached us for the renovation and extension of a wood-frame, freestanding home in Windsor Terrace, with specific environmental and spatial requirements. This project explores what it means to create a contemporary home in the city while maximizing usable space in a dense urban area.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Taken as a whole, their oeuvre has defined a contemporary architectural language that honors local context and tradition in more subtle and poetic ways, encouraging users to be radically in tune with their present moment and inspiring other architects to revisit the fundamentals of architecture for the future.

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designboom

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

in kaohsiung city, taiwan, house OO stands as the renovation of a forty-year-old structure into a contemporary home. The post speckled windows illuminate TYarchistudio’s renovated ‘house OO’ in taiwan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

JUNE 10, 2022

Ignoring building regulations could dampen your plans of adding an extension or renovation in the future. Part Two: Renovating. Renovation shall include the replacement of equipment or fixtures”. Renovation shall include the replacement of equipment or fixtures”. Spend at the Property During Renovation. are a must.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2025

New York studio Parts and Labor Design has overhauled a diner in Albany, updating nostalgic design tropes from the archetype to create a contemporary interpretation. The ceiling is supported by gently arcing wood beams with translucent glass fins on their undersides, while windows are shaded by Venetian blinds.

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Deezen

JULY 20, 2024

A popular feature in many contemporary kitchens, skylights are typically used to maximise natural light in rooms that sit below ground or in the depths of a plan. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring exposed structural ceiling beams , clerestory windows and nightclub interiors.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate brickwork and stained glass windows typical of the Amsterdam School – a movement from 1910 to 1920 that paid equal attention to the architecture and interior design of a building. The photography is by Alice Mesguich.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has completed a minimalist renovation of a 1990s concrete building in Tokyo to create the Karimoku Research Center. The inaugural exhibition, The Age of Wood, looked at how we can rethink the role of wood in contemporary design.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2023

Industrial-looking living spaces with Crittal-style windows and doors are the focus of this lookbook , which includes an apartment in Israel and a rural Chinese house. Crittal-style windows and doors are characterised by their gridded metal frames, traditionally made of steel with a bold black finish.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2023

It was renovated to suit the needs of its owners' growing family Coppin Dockray's ambition for its overhaul was to rationalise these alterations and reflect Dannatt's original vision – though it was not possible to restore his design in full. Improving the building's thermal performance was another priority.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2025

The church was converted into a space for conferences, seminars and events Caarpa's renovation of the Church of Nostra Signora della Costa introduced a contemporary steel structure known as the cantoria, the Italian term for a choir gallery, creating a private mezzanine that overlooks the main hall.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A sculptural blue-stained staircase is the focal point of this former coach house in Peckham, south London , which has been renovated by British architecture studio Foils. This level has internal windows to draw natural light in and to allow views out over the double-height space below. The photography is courtesy of Foils.

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The Spaces

APRIL 21, 2023

Custom-designed bookshelves line the deep wood staircase, which leads into luxuriously large rooms equipped with high ceilings and full-height windows. A recent renovation uncovered original stone flooring in the living and dining areas, and saw the refurbishment of a studio apartment within the property.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Architects Sarah Wigglesworth 's and Piers Taylor 's self-designed renovations feature in this roundup of British houses that have recently been retrofitted and insulated to improve their energy efficiency. An air source heat pump and insulating plaster were added, in addition to the new sash windows that evoke those on the original building.

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Deezen

JULY 9, 2023

For our latest lookbook , Dezeen has selected eight examples of rustic yet contemporary interiors , including but not limited to an apartment in Sao Paulo and a Tuscan boutique hotel. The team renovated the property, which was built in 1907, and decorated the interior with a contemporary yet rustic approach with subtle nautical influences.

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e-architect

MARCH 18, 2025

The new project received English bricks and black frames to compose a more contemporary architecture and, at the same time, local characteristics. The house received large glass windows and warmer colored bricks, providing a more welcoming environment.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2024

Prague studio Byró Architekti has renovated a 19th-century house in the Czech town of Kutná Hora, adding unexpected openings and colourful joinery that create a playful contrast with the original interior. Internal windows and glass-block walls were added on each level to provide a visual connection to the living spaces.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. Steel arched frames cap the square windows Previously square windows were capped by arched steel frames that were painted one shade darker than the walls to create contrast.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In this lookbook , we collect 10 living rooms in Victorian and Georgian-era homes that carefully balance contemporary style with original features. The sitting room in this Victorian house in east London, renovated and extended by DGN Studio , has been kept light and airy with a minimalist interior design. Photo is by Nick Dearden.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

US architecture firm Olson Kundig and Canadian designer Erica Colpitts have renovated a mid-century house near Vancouver, warming the modernist structure with natural materials and neutral colours. Blackened steel structural elements were highlighted throughout the interior, and their dark colour is repeated across several other elements.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2025

Studio Hallett Ike has renovated BR House in east London "We were tasked with reconfiguring and enhancing the existing spaces without the option of extending the property in the traditional sense, as the bedrooms are situated on the lower ground floor," studio partner Jonty Hallett told Dezeen. Read: Don't Move, Improve!

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In particular, designers were seen to delve into the eclectic histories of the homes they worked on to inform contemporary renovations. Interiors firm DAB Studio chose an Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder for the Amsterdam home, which includes an eclectic selection of vintage and contemporary furniture.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This property includes a three-bedroom, two-bath 1927 English Tudor main house and a newly renovated one-bedroom contemporary back home, formerly the carriage house. The original owner was said to have operated a foundry supplying distinctive iron hardware and windows for homes throughout the area.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Renovated in 2002 by Mills Studio, the property now serves as one of the most unique architectural compounds in the city. An incredibly bright living room boasts original oak floors, a gracefully curved fireplace, and rounded steel casement windows with views of the surrounding Hollywood hills."

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Deezen

APRIL 27, 2023

Colleen Healey Architecture has renovated a 30-year-old home in Maryland , introducing large windows and a hybrid facade that mixes Corten steel with cedar shake. Sloped windows with skylights add further light to the home. Both materials are economical and will continue to integrate more into the surroundings with time.

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Deezen

JULY 30, 2022

Green tilework in multiple rooms is contrasted with terracotta plaster at this São Paulo apartment , renovated for a couple by local studio Casulo. Renovations to the apartment included opening up the kitchen. Read: Eight São Paulo apartment renovations that make the most of their Brazilian heritage.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The founder of Diandra Maselli Architect acquired the property a week before the Covid-19 pandemic caused global lockdowns, and faced an uphill battle during the renovation of the historic structure. The post Diandra Maselli Architect renovates historic red-brick home in Montreal appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

JULY 27, 2022

Amsterdam interior design firm Studio Modijefsky has created a contemporary family home inside of a local dijkhuis – a traditional Dutch dwelling set next to a dyke. Home Dijkhuis is a renovated dyke house in Amsterdam. But all eyes will here be drawn to a monolithic walnut cabinet, whose shape mirrors the windows opposite it.".

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Built for sugar production, the 19th-century brick building was a dense collection of conjoined structures with small, uneven windows. Wybrzee Theater By WAPA , Gdask, Poland The modernization of the Wybrzee Theater preserves its mid-20th-century structure while upgrading it for contemporary performance needs.

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Dwell

JANUARY 15, 2025

Before the renovation, the space consisted of three windowed rooms and a bathroom, while a staircase led to an attic. This reconnected the double row of three windows overlooking the square. An aluminum track ladder allows access to the higher shelves and facilitates window maintenance.

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Deezen

JUNE 23, 2024

The co-founder of California studio Electric Bowery has renovated a redwood-clad house in Big Sur for her family, preserving its iconic features and adding custom furniture. The house benefits from large windows and expanses of glazing that capitalise on the views across the landscape to the ocean.

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Deezen

JANUARY 27, 2025

The renovation involved converting a traditional stone barn and the adjoining farmhouse. Pivoting glass doors replicate the arched shape of an original window The result is a four-bedroom home with a rustic aesthetic and contemporary details including pivoting doors and an acid-yellow kitchen. "It

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2025

Situated on a hillside overlooking Annecy Lake, the 1960s home was in need of updating as its "single-purpose rooms" were no longer practical for contemporary use. The project aims to break apart this spatial configuration, which no longer aligns with contemporary uses, by making the entire space available as a communal area."

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