http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/design-build/projects/historic-restoration/historic-restoration.aspx?view=rss&id=Query_tcm1788026http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/commercial-remodeling/broader-roots-in-the-big-city.aspx?rssLink=Broader+Roots+in+the+Big+CityMyers Constructs is gearing up to expand beyond residential remodeling by leveraging professional partnerships and networks of buyers. A recent, successful step in that direction is a project replacing 35 windows in a historically sensitive art institution.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/grandaward-old-new-conversation.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+Old-New+ConversationThe renovation of a neglected Queen Anne Victorian listed on the National Register of Historic Places uses materials and massing elements to relate the new house to the old.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/meritawards-artful-overhaul.aspx?rssLink=Merit+Award%3a+Artful+OverhaulAttention to historical detail and the seamless incorporation of modern amenities transform this 1892 Queen Anne into an inviting, functional home.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/best-of-the-year-modern-engagement.aspx?rssLink=Best+of+the+Year+Modern+EngagementThis award-winning project brings residential modern design to otherwise conservative Washington, D.C., throwing in some interesting design elements along the way.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/grandaward-triumphant-underdog.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+Triumphant+UnderdogThis charming remodel involved improving the circulation and both rearranging and adding space to extend the home's useful life.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/grandaward-squarely-historic.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+Squarely+HistoricA classic foursquare undergoes a dramatic restoration and expansion that is consistent from room to room throughout the house.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/awards/grandaward-new-victorian.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+New+VictorianCentral to the gut remodel of a stick-style Carpenter Gothic Victorian home is the overhaul of the kitchen to create a bold-colored space with work zones for multiple cooks.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/whole-house-remodeling/living-history.aspx?rssLink=Living+HistoryTom Glass parlayed his passion for historic buildings into a specialty remodeling company.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/design/urban-renewal.aspx?rssLink=Before+%2b+After%3a+Urban+RenewalIf houses were living things, this one would breathe a sigh of relief, with its new front porch extended as a thankful handshake. Downtrodden and neglected in its most recent history, its rooms cut up for office space and storage, the 1909 bungalow at the edge of a downtown Orlando historic district was targeted for demolition when a custom builder bought it and the two adjacent empty lots in early 2005. Prevented by the local historic preservation board from tearing down the 96-year-old home, the builder instead sold it to a remodeling company to move it two lots away, to the other end of the parcel, for its revival.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/architects/balancing-act.aspx?rssLink=Balancing+ActAn experienced architect and a thoughtful contractor pull off a successful rowhouse renovation in the nation's capital.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/preserving-the-evidence.aspx?rssLink=Preserving+the+EvidenceRotten framing and other unexpected discoveries behind old walls can derail schedules, add to time-and-materials costs, and cause some homeowners to question your credibility. Short of X-ray vision, your best defense against these finds is a digital camera.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/architects/honorable-mention-old-house-renovaion.aspx?rssLink=Honorable+Mention%3a+Old-House+RenovaionAccording to remodeler Peter Feinmann, this 1896 Victorian had a number of changes made to the structure over the years, including “a hideous modern renovation in the '60s” that included “industrial-type windows, poorly built porches, and faux-Swiss stucco.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/architects/honorable-mention-old-house-renovation.aspx?rssLink=Honorable+Mention%3a+Old-House+RenovationDespite its 5,900 square feet of living space, this 60-year-old English Cape presents a deceptively modest face to its Arlington, Va., street. http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/architects/grand-award-old-house-renovation.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+Old-House+Renovation"A true restoration” and “an incredible continuum of history” were among the judges' comments about this historic Virginia farmhouse. “As they peeled back materials, they discovered old timbers and expressed them in the end.”http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/design/beforeafter-take-two.aspx?rssLink=Before%2bAfter%3a+Take+TwoThey could have felt like Sisyphus if they'd let themselves. “There were times when things were very tense,” says Michael Menn, architect and principal of Design Construction Concepts, Northbrook, Ill. “The subs were [annoyed], we were being strung out on payments, things were being built and installed and then two weeks later eliminated and eventually added back in — in another location.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/beforeafter-rebuilding-blocks.aspx?rssLink=Before%2bAfter%3a+Rebuilding+BlocksJuan and Carmen Urbieta share a successful remodeling company and a persistent, ambitious and, so far, elusive dream: that the best is yet to come for the Huffman Historic Area of Dayton, Ohio.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/architects/hyphenated-haven.aspx?rssLink=Merit+Award%3a+Hyphenated+HavenOften the most glaring flaw in a poorly designed addition is that the new work screams out its newness; it shamelessly calls attention to the place where one designer's vision ends and another's begins. This addition to a Second Empire home, on the other hand, creates a whole new house.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/period-of-reflection.aspx?rssLink=Grand+Award%3a+Period+of+ReflectionImpressive as they are, the towering front elevations of this historic home say little about its latest renovation. To see what architect Stephen Muse and remodeler Carl Petty's LifeCraft accomplished, you have to begin in the back. http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/remodeling/self-employed-doesnt-equal-hassle-free.aspx?rssLink=Self-Employed+Doesn't+Equal+Hassle-FreeWhen a remodeling contractor works for himself, every headache associated with designing and building a project disappears, right? "The [Scott] Building needed a tremendous amount of work," says Joseph Cacioppo, of JPC & Associates, Architects, the Long Island architect Jaworowski worked with on the project.http://www4.remodeling.hw.net/walls-and-ceilings/beforeafter-silk-purse.aspx?rssLink=BEFORE+%2b+AFTER%3a+Silk+PurseHow do you convert a power plant into an office building?