Dezeen is giving away five copies of Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations and Refurbishments, a book exploring architectural and design concepts that repurpose and reinforce existing structures.
Through extensions, refurbishments or complete rebuilds, Gestalten's book showcases how architecture can be recycled and celebrated ? with each home revealing their original history.
Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations and Refurbishments explores home renovation projects. Cover photograph by Giuseppe Micciché
"It is these buildings that are particularly fascinating in today's reuse-recycle-reduce culture," said architectural writer and lecturer, Tim Abrahams in the introduction to Upgrade.
"And yet, we often hear that we live in a time that has no respect for the past: that ours is an era that disregards the architectural qualities of previous eras in an often flagrant way," he continued. Projects featured include Lambeth Marsh House by Fraher Architects. Photograph by Jack Hobhouse
The homes illustrated in Upgrade contest this idea, demonstrating architecture firms' increasing attention to the opportunities and creative possibilities provided by existing structures.
"One might say we are living in a golden era, where architects are responding to a broad change in attitude toward our built history," writes Abrahams.
"We are realising that domestic buildings are as much a part of our heritage as palaces or museums," he continued.
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