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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Cube-Combining Tiny Homes
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Displaced Persons House Designs
The Essential Homes Research Project Has a Bunker-Like Form
Cabin-Transformed Vintage Cars
Catawiki Transforms the 1970 Volkswagen Beetle into a Cabin
Future Building Material Exhibitions
The Farrell Centre Debuts Its Inaugural Exhibition
Minimal Mid-Century Hollywood Homes
Studio Qasabian Designs the Mulholland Home in LA
3D-Printed Hotels
A First-of-Its-Kind Hotel is Coming to Marfa, Texas
Prefabricated Miniature Home Concepts
i29 Creates the Câpsula Concept for Dutch Design Week
Futuristic Auto Micro Factories
Most Architecture Unveils a Modern Factory for Charge Cars
Sustainable German Homes
Atelier Kaiser Shen Design a Sustainable & Clean Home in a German Village
Recycled Clothing-Crafted Furniture
Hemingway Design Transforms London's Traid Store
Abstract Fantasy Home Exhibitions
Fort Makers Invite Six Creatives to Design Their Dream Home
Wooden Offcut Facades
Kolman Boye Architects Practice Sustainability with This New Project
Mockup-Inspired Garden Structures
New Affiliates & Samuel Stewart-Halevy Create Testbeds
Cave-Inspired Installations
Cave Bureau Design an Installation for Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Backyard-Transformed Dwelling Units
Catch Architecture and Obreval Design the ADU Carpintaria
Modern Multi-Purpose Japanese Buildings
Akio Isshiki Architect Overhauls an Old Wooden Building
Stunning Mid-Century Coastal Homes
Design Theory Updates a House from the 1960s
Bauhaus-Inspired Pattern Collections
Design En Rogue Architecture Recently Debuted Its New Line
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Timber Nature Reserve Towers
The 'Lookout Tower' from Robert Gutowski Architects is Sculptural
Ultra-Compact Bungalow Designs
Satish Jassal Architects Completes the Haringey Brick Bungalow
Box-Like Innovative Apartment Designs
Photon Studio's Designs the Box in the Box Apartment
Store-Transformed Modern Apartments
Kelly Behun Transforms a Modern Apartment at The Whiteley
Remodelled Denim-Detailed Modern Apartments
Studio Edwards Remodels the Microloft in Melboune
Retro-Inspired Boutique Hotels
AIME Studios Designs the Hoxton Shepherd's Bush Location
50s-Inspired Renovated Basements
Gundry & Ducker Add a Colorful New Extension to Home in Hackney
Textured Contemporary Convents
Mixtura Designs the Convent of the Franciscan Fraternity of Bethany
Bunker-Borne Vacation Homes
This Subterranean Home Was Formerly a Wartime Bunker
Textile-Transformed Parisian Lofts
Isabelle Heilmann Transforms a Workshop to an Open Home
Partially Buried Tranquil Retreats
WillemsenU Completes the House Under the Ground
Modern Forest Homes
Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architects Design the Des Forges Residence
Sculptural Sunken Gardens
Montalba Architects Renovates an Iconic Building in Los Angeles
Well-Lit Contemporary Attics
KEMA Studio Renovates the MARVILA ATTIC in Lisbon, Portugal
Renovated Compact Loft Apartments
Metre Architects' Vessel Project Renovates a Small Space
Secondhand Fashion Editorials
Vinted Styled a Shoot Exclusively with Vinted Finds
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
Copper Shell-Enclosed Museums
Wutoqpia Lab Designs the Copper Blockhouse Space in China
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
Travel Trunk-Inspired Shelves
The Louis Vuitton Cabinet of Curiosities by Marc Newson is Artistic
Repurposed Brick Public Furniture
Akasaki Vanhuyse's FLOAT Bench is Intriguing & Eco-Friendly
Intimate Artful Historic Hotels
Emma Marti Converts the Hevresac Hotel in Menorca, Spain
Transformed Historic Bank Buildings
Ivy Studio Overhauls the Interior of a Historic Building
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
Traditional Japan-Honoring Homes
Cubo Design Architects Designs the C4L House in Tokyo
Toy Brick-Inspired Studios
Sukchulmok Designs the Curving Block Photography Studio
Locally-Sourced Home Decor Series
Monolith Unveils its Sanctuary Collection Made from Stone & Wood
Vibrant Tonal Spanish Apartments
Colombo and Serboli Architecture Designs a Barcelona Apartment
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
Revitalized Grain Terminal Buildings
This Grain Terminal Will Be Turned Into a Hotel and Residence
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Bespoke Furniture Hotel Designs
Grzywinski+Pons Designs the Interiors of the Locke Hotel
Relaxing Wooden Holiday Homes
Norm Architects Designs the Heatherhill Beach House
Conservation Area Monumental Townhomes
The DHaus Company Complete the Arches Row of Townhouses
Upgraded Historic Buildings
Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects Renovate a U of T Building
Harmonious Traditional Home Designs
MAKHNO Studio Updates the Century-Old Kyoto House
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Fort-Inspired Retro Rotundas
Daniel Joseph Chenin Designs the New Fort 137 Structure
Rustic Ruin-Inspired Aquariums
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio Designs The Sea of Cortez Research Center
Larch-Clad Villa Extensions
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur Adds a New Timjan Extension to a Villa
Morocco-Inspired London Home Extensions
Merrett Houmøller Architects Helps Create a Home Extension
70s-Inspired Interior Office Renovations
dMFK Architects Renovates the 45 Whitfield Street Office
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
70s-Inspired Structural Furniture
Nouveau Standard Creates the Collection 12 of Retro Designs
Gallery-Like Minimal Home Designs
Daytrip Completes the Interior Design of a Home in North London
Former-Bakery Modern Apartments
Auba Studio Designs the Newly Converted NZ10 Apartment Space
Modern Ruin-Inspired Californian Homes
Kelly Wearstler and Masastudio Design the Romick House
Villa-Transformed Hot Pot Restaurants
Studio8 Renovates a Retro Villa to Become the Gud Restaurant
Vernacular Architectural Home Designs
Studio Onu Designs the Dom Las in a Polish Forest
Exposed Concrete Factory Structures
Iksoi Studio Adds a Concrete Grid to the Mallcom Factory
Refreshed Red Brick Extensions
Mix Architecture Revamps the Nanjing Combat Machinery Building
Brutalist Artful Hotel Designs
The Hoxton Charlottenburg Hotel Opens in Berlin
Reclaimed Stone Modern Homes
Brown & Brown Creates the Arbor House Design in Scotland
Altered Pyramid Concrete Monuments
MCRDV Unveils a New Bright Pyramid of Tirana with IRI
Energy-Efficient Museum Complexes
This Museum Uses Innovative Design to Curb Energy Consumption
Repurposed Textile Factory Stores
Kooo Architects Converts an Old Factory to a Store for Freitag
Renovated Southern Italian Homes
Studio Andrew Trotter and Marcelo Martínez Design the Casa Soleto
Revamped Monolithic Galleries
The Revamped National Portrait Gallery Emphasizes Public Space
Chic Nautical-Inspired Apartments
TENKA ARKITEKTURA Designs a Stylish and Textured Apartment
Bunker-Converted Holiday Homes
Corstorphine & Wright Joins Symmetrys on a New Design Project
Vibrant Apartment Showrooms
&Tradition Designs the Under One Roof Apartment Showroom
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Versatile Modular Couches
The Transformer Couch 2.0 Adds Flexible Style to the Living Room
Office-Transformed Co-Living Spaces
HUB & Bridges Fund Management Present its Cornerstone Project
Eclectic Renovated Polish Apartments
Mistovia Renovates an Apartment in Warsaw, Poland
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
Historically Rooted Elevated Hotels
The Trilogy Montgomery Hotel Restores a Trio of Buildings
Sustainable Cubic Homes
Appels Architekten Designs a New Wooden Home in Germany
Log Cabin-Inspired Modern Homes
Balbek Bureau Renovates a Home in Ukraine with Steel and Concrete
Sunset-Inspired Polish Apartments
wiercinski-studio Reimagines the 18TH Apartment
Renovated Asymmetric Building Projects
Formation Association Designs the Atwater Canyon Building
Minimal Urban City Apartments
GRT Architects Designs the East Village Apartment in NY
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
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Pale Yellow Minimal Townhomes
i.B. Archstudio Designs the VVV Townhouse with Pastel Hues
Sculptural Mezzanine Retro Homes
Ménard Dworkind Renovates a 80s Home with a Terracotta Fireplace
Repurposed Furniture Design Exhibitions
Honoka Presents the Tatami Refab Project Exhibition
Pale Tonal Brick Homes
Fletcher Crane Architects Designs the Kingston Villa in Richmond
Traditional Barn-Style Residences
Young Projects Designs the Six Square House in Bridgehampton
Wooden Multi-Building Brazilian Convents
Mixtura Unveils a New Convent in Salvador de Bahia
Pigsty-Converted Farmside Homes
Madeleine Architects Designs the Recipe House in Chavronay
Revamped Modern Phone Booths
100architects Brings Digital Touches to the Classic Phone Booth
Renovated Contemporary Industrial Apartments
TENKA ARKITEKTURA Designs the Burgatoi Project
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
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
Upcycled Down Furniture Series
Christoph Kurzmann Breathes New Life to Old Furniture
Vacant Wood-Clad Offices
Kurosawa Kawara-ten Designs the Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office
Reused Skyscraper Furniture Capsules
Niceworkshop Creates the Aged Form Line and New Form Line
Renaissance Building-Transformed Homes
ORA Converts a Historic Building to the Modern Masná 130
Refurbished Farm-Transformed Hotels
Sigurd Larsen Refurbishes the Michelberger Farm in Spreewald
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
Coverted Monastery Boutique Hotels
Archiloop Transforms a Monastery into the Vocabolo Moscatelli
Angular Church Matte Extensions
Atelier-r Refreshes the Red Church Building in Olomouc
Old Mill-Transformed Modern Homes
RDTH Architekti Designs the New House with Old Mill
Slaugherhouse-Transformed Unique Museums
Cave Bureau Creates the Anthropocene Museum 9.0
Repurposed Imperfection-Embraced Buildings
Civic Architects & VDNVP Elevate a Series of Workspaces
Bespoke Furnished Industrial Offices
Holloway Li Designs the Mother London Office Interior
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