Cool converted industrial/office buildings

**~~Eldritch~~** · 10-29-2010, 11:41 PM

Amsterdam, the Netherlands:

**la bombe** · 10-29-2010, 11:46 PM

I like it, I love converted living spaces. I've seen some converted cathedrals, chapels, etc that look amazing.

**~~Eldritch~~** · 10-29-2010, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by la bombe

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I've seen some converted cathedrals, chapels, etc that look amazing.

Oh yeah, forgot this one:

http://www.foxtons.co.uk/property-fo...ls/nwhm3373560

**la bombe** · 10-30-2010, 02:33 AM

Here's a very cool converted church in England. Too bad the decor is so crappy!

For as long as I can remember I've always dreamed about converting a building, such as a barn, a mechanics shop, a church, into a home. Well, some folks in the UK have converted done just that. They purchased a church for £92,000, spent £300,000 in renovations, and it's now worth about £650,000. I'm not sure that I could live in a home surrounded by gravestones though....EEEKKK!! Would you want to live here?

If it were my space I would've gone in one of two directions. I either would've played up the gothicness of it all with rich, dark colors, plush fabrics and dark wood detailing or gone very light, minimalist and modern. I hate the whole 90s country bumpkin thing they have going on. Light wood, blue couches and duck paintings? Blech.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-30-2010, 02:13 PM

Former Maastricht cloister turned hotel: the Kruisherenhotel

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-30-2010, 02:32 PM

Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht, the Netherlands
A former church turned (rather impressive) bookshop:

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-30-2010, 02:33 PM

Magna Plaza, Amsterdam
Former main post office turned shopping centre:

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-30-2010, 02:34 PM

Beurs van Berlage - Amsterdam
Former stock exchange turned conference venue:

**la bombe** · 10-30-2010, 09:13 PM

It takes a special kind of person to come up with the idea of a moat (2 actually) and a bridge in a loft. That special kind of person in this case is David Ling, an architect. He converted a former dental factory in NYC into his own work/live space, with a moat and bridge separating his office and living space, and another moat separating the living space from the bedroom mezzanine. Now that's ingenius, and breathtaking.