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Raised in a Barn & Proud: 15 Farm Buildings Converted to Modern Homes

They could be so dilapidated they're practically ruins, but old barns have both historical value and rural charm, and when architects dramatically rescue them, they become incredible modern ...

Religious Conversion: Modern Office Inserted Into a Historic Belgium Chapel

A cubic white volume juts out of the exterior wall of a historic church in Belgium, looking a bit like it a dramatic incident of some sort landed it there. But the parasitic appearance of this ...

America’s Oldest Mall Now Houses Affordable Micro Apartments

Built in 1828, the first enclosed shopping mall in America now has affordable housing beyond its grand Ionic columns in place of cramped, struggling retail stores, with most of the historic ...

Caviar Warehouse to Modern Home: 14 Converted Residences

You wouldn't mind living in a stable, boathouse, boiler room, post office or even a wartime bunker once they undergo modern renovations like these, contrasting the original historic architectural ...

Bibliophile’s Dream: 13 of the World’s Most Beautiful Bookstores

Bibliophiles can browse books inside a 19th-century theater filled with frescoes, a converted cathedral, a subterranean space with sci-fi vibes or an incredibly ornate space that helped inspire ...

Subway Cars to Churches: 15 Creatively Converted Offices

Anything from a graffiti-covered subway car to a Route 66 gas station can become the setting for creative modern offices. Architects and intrepid homeowners have converted junked buses into home ...

Holy Beer: 12 Pubs Converted from Churches, Urinals & More

If knocking pack a pint in a subterranean Victorian urinal doesn't sound like a good time to you, read on. Extensive renovations have transformed the most unlikely of settings into quirky and ...

Hunker in the Bunker: 15 Cool Converted Concrete Shelters

Once, they were bomb shelters, fortified underground structures that housed military operations or nuclear warheads. Today, they're apartment buildings, tea houses, hotels and art galleries. ...

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