These pieces of unique converted architecture come from designers around the world who saw new potential in old things. From bunkers that have been transformed into hotels and hip homes to old churches that have been remodeled into modern lofts, we've seen that an old foundation can make for a beautiful new finish. Check out some of the most unique converted architecture featured on Trend Hunter below.
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20 Unique Converted Architecture Pieces
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City of Amsterdam Buying Up Brothels; Plan to Convert to Retail
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Renovating Religion
Converted Churches as Homes
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Converted Church Homes
Religious Renovations
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Buying Secret Bunkers
Clandestine Tunnels for Sale
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Repurposed Bomb Shelters
The Underground 'Bahnhof Office'
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Renovating Religion Part II
Converted Churches as Hotels
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Converted Bunker Architecture
Rainer Mielke Turns Old Structures into Hip Homes
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Glammed-Up Garden Sheds
Converted Outdoor Sheds Bring New Life to Old Storage
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Converted Church Bookstores
The Boekhandel Seleyz Dominicanen is a Dazzling Literature Display
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Dockside Crane Converted into Hip Hotel in the Netherlands
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Funky Converted Warehouse
Mumbai Blue Frog Serenity
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Bomb Shelter Hotels
Yotel Eyes The Kingsway Tunnels in London
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Zero-Star Hotels
Swiss Nuclear Bunker Costs $9 Per Night
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Renovating Religion Part III
Before and After Church to Home
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Holy Homes
Converted Church Gives New Meaning to Living in the House of God
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Offices for Skaters
Old Movie Theatre Converted to Giant Bowl Workspace for Comvert
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Controversial Landmark Architecture
New York Flat Iron to Be Turned Into World Class Hotel
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Eco-Savvy Synagogues
Purchased Sanctuary Converted Into Environmentally-Friendly Home
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Water Tower Climbing Walls
The ‘Silo Project' Converts Old Silos Into Fitness Fun
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Lighthouse Living
Converting an Old, Oddly Shaped Building Into a Functional Space
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Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Elegant Tonal Table Collections
Studiopepe Designs the Silos Collection of Furniture
Prefabricated Miniature Home Concepts
i29 Creates the Câpsula Concept for Dutch Design Week
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Futuristic Auto Micro Factories
Most Architecture Unveils a Modern Factory for Charge Cars
Retro Nightlife-Inspired Hotels
Necchi Architecture Designs the Hôtel Château d'Eau
70s-Inspired Structural Furniture
Nouveau Standard Creates the Collection 12 of Retro Designs
Edgy Futuristic Activations
The Oakley Exoplanetary Bunker in Paris is Otherworldly
Recycled Clothing-Crafted Furniture
Hemingway Design Transforms London's Traid Store
Minimal Mid-Century Hollywood Homes
Studio Qasabian Designs the Mulholland Home in LA
Modern Office Space Designs
Studio Alexander Fehre Creates a Chic Interior for VdK Cooperative
Japanese-Inspired Renovated Homes
OWIU Designs the Mid-Century Modern Duane House in Los Angeles
Backyard-Transformed Dwelling Units
Catch Architecture and Obreval Design the ADU Carpintaria
Invasive Wood Hotel Interiors
Policronica Transforms the Hotel Elysée Montmartre Interiors
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Store-Transformed Modern Apartments
Kelly Behun Transforms a Modern Apartment at The Whiteley
Atlanta Heritage Contemporary Hotels
The New FORTH Hotel Takes Pride in its Atlanta Roots
Modern Minimalism Apartments
Between the Walls Designs the Old&New Apartment in Kyiv
50s-Inspired Renovated Basements
Gundry & Ducker Add a Colorful New Extension to Home in Hackney
Renovated Compact Loft Apartments
Metre Architects' Vessel Project Renovates a Small Space
Tactile Minimal London Homes
Tuckey Design Studio Refurbishes the Bough Terrace in London
Music Industry Creative Offices
22RE Transforms a Vaulted Factory into a Modern Workspace
Textile-Transformed Parisian Lofts
Isabelle Heilmann Transforms a Workshop to an Open Home
Partially Buried Tranquil Retreats
WillemsenU Completes the House Under the Ground
Eccentrically Designed Historic Penthomes
Crina Arghirescu Rogard Adds Designs to a Penthouse
Sculptural Sunken Gardens
Montalba Architects Renovates an Iconic Building in Los Angeles
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Architecture-Inspired Furniture Capsules
SeungBum Ma Designs the Form-Functional Archi-Furniture
Large Headquarter-Transformed Housing
Studio Egret West Designs Hayes Park Central and South
Bespoke Furnished Industrial Offices
Holloway Li Designs the Mother London Office Interior
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Intricately Patterned Interiors
Viruta Lab's Latest House Renovation is Visually Captivating
Micro-City Housing Nooks
Notan Office Transforms an Industrial Site in Brussels
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Modernist Reconfigured Belgian Homes
ISM Architecten Adds a New Roof to the BEEV Home
L-Shaped Stacked Shelving
The LOFT Shelf for GOODS Can be Assembled at Various Heights
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Highland Building-Converted Studios
Moxon Architects Renovates a Cluster of Farm Buildings
Vaulted Glass Structure Additions
A Vaulted Roof is Added to the Domino Sugar Refinery
Discarded Toys-Created Homes
Wallmakers Designs the Toy Storey Home with Repurposed Toys
Blocky Extended Transformed Bunaglows
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects Adds Levels to a Bunalow
Red Concrete-Defined Home Renovations
Atelier Delalande Tabourin Renovates a Home in France
Found Objects-Formed Art Collections
LMU Joins Benchmark to Create the Aldgate Gold Project
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Harmonious Traditional Home Designs
MAKHNO Studio Updates the Century-Old Kyoto House
Nature Blending Modern Homes
MODU Designed the Mini Tower One Residence in Brooklyn
Classically Juxtaposing Pied-à-Terres
Lichelle Silvestry Designs a Pied-à-Terre in Paris
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Rustic Ruin-Inspired Aquariums
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio Designs The Sea of Cortez Research Center
70s-Inspired Interior Office Renovations
dMFK Architects Renovates the 45 Whitfield Street Office
Morocco-Inspired London Home Extensions
Merrett Houmøller Architects Helps Create a Home Extension
Retro Polish Home Renovations
Grzegorz Layer Renovates a Home from the 70s in Poland
Pixelated Illusion Housing
Ben Van Berkel Creates the Van B Housing with Rieder's Help
Intriguing Derelict London Homes
Nikjoo and Flawk Design the Trove Home in East London
Cut-Out Structural Narrow Hotels
Kooo Architects Designs the Hotel Rakuragu in Central Tokyo
Modern Ruin-Inspired Californian Homes
Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio Design the Romick House
Napolean-Era Minimal Apartments
Joris Poggioli Renovates his Historic Parisian Apartment
Historic Fortress Open-Air Museums
KOOP Architects Revives the Ottoman Seddülbahir Fortress
Sustainable Repurposed Clay Bricks
Mutina and Konstantin Grcic Create Eco-Friendly Bricks
Brutalist Artful Hotel Designs
The Hoxton Charlottenburg Hotel Opens in Berlin
Renovated Maximalist Apartments
David/Nicolas Renovates the Casa di Fantasia in Milan
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Minimal Warm Furniture Expansions
Norm Architects Designs the Karimoku Case Collection
Prison-Converted Affordable Houses
CookFox Architects Showcases Plans to Create New Housing
Altered Pyramid Concrete Monuments
MCRDV Unveils a New Bright Pyramid of Tirana with IRI
Angular Stealthy Holiday Retreats
The Stay Under the Radar Home is on a Former Military Base
New York Structural Designs
Quarters is Unveiled as the Latest New York Symbol Building
Raw Concrete Industrial Homes
Studio Cochi Architects Designs the House in Nishizaki
Industrial Converted Hotel Lobbies
Colboc Sachet Architects Develops a Lobby at Bacalan Block
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Office-Transformed Co-Living Spaces
HUB & Bridges Fund Management Present its Cornerstone Project
Parisian Haussmann-Era Apartments
Uchronia Designs a New Opulent Apartment in Paris
Eco-Friendly Refurbished Studios
Workers of Art Presents the WOA Second Home in Kochi
Renovated 19th-Century Homes
Byró Architekti Renovates a House in Kutná Hora with Bright Joinery
Functionally Elegant Modern Homes
Monica Fried Design and Mojo Stumer Create the Old Westbury Home
Ruin-Adaptive Shipping Container Homes
Patrick Bradley Architects Forms the Barneys Ruins Project
Historically Rooted Elevated Hotels
The Trilogy Montgomery Hotel Restores a Trio of Buildings
Concrete Cultural Visitor Centers
UAD Completes the Villagers' Home Center in Zhejiang Province
Barn-Turned Pottery Studios
Ashton Porter Architects Designs the Underwing Workshop
Log Cabin-Inspired Modern Homes
Balbek Bureau Renovates a Home in Ukraine with Steel and Concrete
Renovated Asymmetric Building Projects
Formation Association Designs the Atwater Canyon Building
Harmoniously Designed Champagne House
Sou Fujimoto Renovates the Nicolas Ruinart Pavilion
Bright Red Timber Buildings
Office ParkScheerbarth Designs the Compact Haus 2+ in Berlin
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Warm Wooden Interior Homes
OYO Architects Designs the Derelict Dune House in Belgium
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Lightning Bolt-Inspired Interior Homes
H3O Creates Dynamic Interiors for the Relámpago House
Aegean Architecture-Inspired Home Designs
Studio Kali Designs the Arkhe Collection of Furniture
Pale Yellow Minimal Townhomes
i.B. Archstudio Designs the VVV Townhouse with Pastel Hues
Reused Skyscraper Furniture Capsules
Niceworkshop Creates the Aged Form Line and New Form Line
Repurposed Furniture Design Exhibitions
Honoka Presents the Tatami Refab Project Exhibition
Pale Tonal Brick Homes
Fletcher Crane Architects Designs the Kingston Villa in Richmond
Social Housing Unit Blocks
Joan J Fortuny & Alventosa Morell Arquitectes Forms 54 Social Housing
Traditional Barn-Style Residences
Young Projects Designs the Six Square House in Bridgehampton
Caribbean-Inspired Retro Home Extentions
Artefact Designs the Triangle House in London's Epsom
Ukraine Apartment Renovation Projects
Mirzoyan Studio Renovates a Historic Flat in Kyiv
Renovated Neo-Gothic Provostry
Studio Acht Renovates a 19th-Century Provestry with Modern Touches
Sand Terrazzo Floor Apartments
Modektura Adds New Flooring to an Apartment in Kyiv
Roman Architecture-Themed Pavilions
Pratique and Fanum Design the Forum des Vestiges Pavilion
Interconnected Brick-Clad Buildings
David Chipperfield Architects Blends Three Housing Typologies
Industrial History-Inspired Art Spaces
Coffey Architects Designs the Tannery in London
Architectural Pottery Museums
1+1>2 Architects Designs the Bat Trang Pottery Museum
Exposed Wooden Beam Lofts
General Assembly Renovates the Gowanus Loft in Brooklyn
Tranquil Secluded Retreat Designs
Nicemakers Transforms the Brecon's Interior Space
Modernist Ceramic Lighting Series
Dumais Made Introduces the New Modern Bohemia Collection
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Renovated Retro Ski Lodges
Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella Extend the Normafa Ski Lodge
Rustic Contemporary Bunkhouses
SHED Architecture & Design Unveil the Guemes Island Bunkhouse
Retro Apartment Transformations
Space is around us Designs the Kyano Apartment in Greece
Vacant Wood-Clad Offices
Kurosawa Kawara-ten Designs the Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office
Bakery Converted Art Spaces
OMA Converts 1900s Bakery into the Lantern Art Building
Golden Divider Apartment Renovations
Raúl Sánchez Renovates a Classic Barcelona Apartment
Renaissance Building-Transformed Homes
ORA Converts a Historic Building to the Modern Masná 130
Military Base-Transformed Housing
MVRDV and Buro Harro Work on the Buitenplaats Koningsweg Project
Wine Cellar-Converted Summer Homes
Kapsimalis Architects Designs the Summer House in Mesaria
Converted Textile Factory Studios
Productora Transforms an Industrial Building to an Art Studio
Juxtaposing History-Preserved Homes
PRO-STORY Designs the Double Gable House in Czech Republic
Immersive Artful Apartments
Tereza Porybná and Objektor Architekti Design the Ovenecká 33
Brutalist-Inspired Apartment Redesigns
Studio Est Redesigns a Battersea Power Station Apartment
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Open-Air Perforated Concrete Homes
MM++ Architects Designs the Anchor House in Vietnam
Coverted Monastery Boutique Hotels
Archiloop Transforms a Monastery into the Vocabolo Moscatelli
History Preserving Renovation Projects
Studio Anne Holtrop Renovates the Siyadi Pearl Museum
Modernized Stadium Restorations
Baíto Architectes Designs the Jean Bouissou Stadium Stand
Stone Ruin-Transformed Spanish Homes
H Arquitectes Designs the Casa 1627 in Spain
Old Mill-Transformed Modern Homes
RDTH Architekti Designs the New House with Old Mill
Printing House-Transformed Offices
OFIS Arhitekti Renovates the Mladinska Knjiga Printing House
Slaugherhouse-Transformed Unique Museums
Cave Bureau Creates the Anthropocene Museum 9.0
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Renovated Red-Brick Montreal Residences
Diandra Maselli Architect Renovates a Historic Residence
Mid-Century Home Modern Extensions
AR Design Studio Extends the Seventies House in Winchester
Futuristic Factory Rooftop Extensions
MAD Transforms a Factory with the Ark Extension in China
Weatherized Visual Wooden Homes
Denizen Works Creates the Hundred Acre Wood House in Scotland
Stealthy Cold War Museums
AART Wraps the Cold War Museum Regan Vest in Black Metal