From a modernist villa in Beverly Hills to a flat in certainly one of BrasÃlia’s iconic Superquadra house blocks, the mid-century renovations on this lookbook are a masterclass in updating a interval house whereas retaining its distinctive character.
Initially constructed within the post-war interval between 1945 and 1969, mid-century properties have proved enduringly in style on account of their prescient emphasis on pure gentle, clear traces, open flooring plans and humble supplies corresponding to wooden, stone and concrete.
The renovations under see many of those unique options retained and restored, supplemented with modern additions corresponding to double-height ceilings and furnishings by the likes of Tadao Ando and Mario Bellini.
That is the most recent in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes artwork deco properties, sunny yellow interiors and serene bedrooms with hanging pure views.
Metropolis Seaside Residence, Australia, by Design Idea
Australian studio Design Idea appeared to protect the “appreciable mid-century attraction” of this house on the coast of Perth throughout its renovation (prime and above), remaining true to the wealthy palette of pure supplies discovered within the unique design.
Modern furnishings and lighting with gently curving kinds have been chosen to melt the rigorous traces of the unique structure and forestall the interiors from feeling like a interval pastiche.
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Brandaw Residence, US, by 180 Levels Design + Construct and CBTWO Architects
A brand new double-height lounge with a pitched roof and full-height glazing was added to modernise this Nineteen Sixties house in Phoenix, creating sightlines up and out in direction of close by Camelback Mountain.
Modernist touches stay on the inside within the type of plentiful wooden panelling alongside finishes and furnishings in muted main colors starting from teal to mustard-yellow.
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Hampstead Home, UK, by Coppin Dockray
This home in Hampstead was initially designed by British architect Trevor Dannatt in 1960 as London’s reply to the post-war Case Examine Homes constructed by the likes of Richard Neutra and the Eameses in California.
When renovating and lengthening the property for a rising household, native studio Coppin Dockray contrasted classic and modern furnishings for a “home, lived-in” really feel, with items starting from a Togo chair to Mia Hamborg’s Shuffle desk for &Custom.
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Beverly Hills villa, US, by Heusch
Historic photographs helped structure agency Heusch to revive this Beverly Hills villa to its former glory and reverse a few of its “unlucky transformations” through the years.
Current terrazzo flooring on the bottom flooring have been restored and complemented with fluted glass particulars and darkish timber furnishings, each new and previous, together with Ando’s cantilevered Dream Chairs and a bookshelf by Italian architect Augusto Romano from the Fifties.
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Palermo home, US, by OWIU
California studio OWIU retained a number of unique parts throughout the renovation of this 1955 house in LA’s San Rafael Hills, amongst them the glass-block partitions and picket ceiling beams, which have been uncovered from beneath false ceilings and sanded right down to reveal their pure color.
These have been contrasted with extra impartial modern parts corresponding to pale oak flooring and partitions coated in Venetian plaster, with assorted lights by Isamu Noguchi and George Nelson – one of many founding fathers of American modernism.
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BrasÃlia house, Brazil, by Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura
This house is positioned inside BrasÃlia’s historic Superquadra 308 Sul, the primary “superblock” house complicated constructed as a part of architect Lucio Costa’s 1957 grasp plan for the brand new Brazilian capital.
Native studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura minimize open the constructing’s uncovered concrete partitions, opening up its structure to fulfill the wants of a contemporary household whereas preserving interval particulars such because the constructing’s distinctive white breeze-block screens and its granilite flooring.
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Malibu Surf Shack, US, by Kelly Wearstler
When inside designer Kelly Wearstler turned this Fifties beachfront cottage in Malibu right into a bohemian retreat for herself and her household, she retained the unique wood-panelled partitions and chosen finishes that have been “hand-crafted, rustic and uncooked” to match the prevailing materials palette.
The interiors characteristic ample planting, alongside an eclectic mixture of period-agnostic furnishings together with a Eighties inexperienced marble desk by Bellini, paired with a plaster-covered Caféstuhl chair by modern Austrian designer Lukas Gschwandtner.
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Golden Home, US, by SHED
Seattle structure agency SHED needed to make a number of aggressive interventions when renovating this Fifties constructing in close by Shoreline, which was initially constructed as a household house however had beforehand been divided as much as function a retirement house.
Working across the present post-and-beam construction, the studio up to date the inside to maximise views of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound whereas enlarging the kitchen and reorganising it round a central island.
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That is the most recent in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks that includes artwork deco properties, sunny yellow interiors and serene bedrooms with hanging pure views.