Once a chicory kiln now an island holiday retreat.

The kiln was in disrepair before Andrew Simpson Architects gave it new life. Keeping with the original character, whilst adding in the "new" respectively (i.e. natural timbers, industrial metals and in keeping with the original footprint and proportions).

The ply ceiling uses the owners' own re-purposed artwork of etched patterns. Love the kitchen island and stairs on wheels - offering flexibility to the small space.

Upstairs the old kiln is tranformed into the master bedroom, the apex containing a skylight or "thermal chimney" offering natural ventilation for the rising heat.

It is a clever and respectful renovation to the island's rich history.

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Tham & Videgård Arkitekter - Vacation House in Stockholm

Folded black metal sheet roof and cladding (outer skin), hardwood timber framed windows and doors, a glulam structure and upstairs particle board natural stained lining.

A nice array of finishing textures / palette of materials...

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Graypants' 40 sq.m beachfront living design

 
A converted detached wood garage-cum tool shed into a multi-use space for dinner parties, meditation, yoga, and art lectures - it is a structure that has been "re-imagined" into a piece of liveable art.



Paying homage to the original building, old walls were salvaged for the flooring, sections of which can be lifted to reveal embedded mattresses for sleeping or daytime lounging.



This 'hide-and-reveal' theme plays out also with the custom Corian bookshelf that converts into a speakeasy-style-bar for entertaining.

Light is partially filtered by slats of reclaimed wood interspersed in an alternating void-solid pattern.

LED panels cover the interior bands of structural steel, giving off a sleek, futuristic vibe that contrast with the wood floors' roughness and antique wood stove.



Sections of the original garage walls are left in place, as a kind of relic. “The new building becomes a theater to watch the old one decay around you.”

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