Thistle Hill Farm is a single family sustainable home designed by Northworks Architects, located upon a 200-acre farm of rolling terrain in Western Wisconsin. This contemporary 4,500 square foot home (418 square meters) with 3 bedrooms plus bunk room and 3½ bathrooms is a second residence for a Chicago-area family. The property implements today’s advanced technology […]
salvaged architecture
Restoration of old barn into stunning pool house
The restoration of a 150 year old post and beam barn into a stunning pool house with its wide-open kitchenette in New Vernon, New Jersey has been designed by Arturo Palombo Architecture in conjunction with interior design studio Papyrus Home Design. The entire structure was relocated in order to provide ‘at-grade’ access to an existing […]
Impressive salvaged farmhouse in The Netherlands
This stunning renovated farmhouse is located in Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by interior design firm VIVA VIDA. The farmhouse was quite spacious and the clients wanted it to be designed with salvaged furnishings and materials. They wanted the original atmosphere and function but with any corny interiors. The designers found the perfect match between the original […]
Modern refuge in the Costa Rican jungle
SPG Architects transformed an abandoned steel frame and concrete slab structure into a five-level, 18,000 square foot, indoor-outdoor residence called ‘Casa Torcida’, on a rain-forested mountainside overlooking the Golfo Dulce in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. The primary criteria for this project were to be environmentally sensitive, technologically advanced, and modernist by design. A spectacular […]










