Best of 2024: Architecture

It’s the last week of the year, and it’s time to look back at the best interiors and gardens of the year. Today, I want to share the best architecture of 2024 with you.

This year, The Nordroom has posted a record number of home tours, design collections, and styling inspiration. In these Best of 2024 articles, I will share the finest interior inspiration of the past year, and I hope to share more beautiful interiors with you in 2025.

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exterior concrete extension Best of 2024: Architecture
photo: The Modern House

Modern extensions are quite common in old houses and if it’s done right it can be a great combination of historic and modern architecture. This Georgian house in London features a modern concrete and glass extension, opening up to the modern garden.

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photo: The Modern House
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photo: The Modern House

This three-bedroom house in London is designed by the architectural practice ZDA. Designed and built for the architect’s personal use it makes a striking impression with its restrained and minimal approach to materiality and geometry. 

exterior victorian mansion london
photo: The Modern House

Award-winning architects Fraher & Finlay have turned a semi-detached mansion in London into a beautiful family home. The front façade showcases the beautiful combination of original brick, from red to London stock, paired with the contemporary contrasting light Petersen Tegl from Denmark on the extended portions and aluminum-clad dormers at the upper levels.

old white farmhouse
photo: Funda

This Dutch farmhouse with a beautiful barn is 350 years old. The historic character is also visble in the colorful eclectic interiors.

barn house Best of 2024: Architecture
photo: Funda
facade london home Best of 2024: Architecture
photo: Rightmove

A historic London home with contemporary interiors features black stonework and wisteria hanging from the facade.

townhouse soller mallorca
photo: Fantastic Frank Palma

This townhouse with blue green shutters in Sollér dates from 1903. The townhouse has been carefully renovated to blend historic features and luxurious modern materials.

exterior with seating netherlands nordroom
photo: Funda
exterior former smokehouse netherlands
photo: Funda

In a charming street in an old village in the Netherlands, you can find this beautiful former smokehouse with modern industrial interiors that showcase the building’s history.

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photo: Fantastic Frank Lisbon

This 19th-century rose-colored palace in Portugal used to be a residence of a Count and Countess, but in recent years it has undergone a meticulous renovation to become a haven for every design lover.

odessa wharf warehouse conversion
photo: Aucoot

This building on the south bank of the River Thames was a warehouse for the busy docks in London in the late nineteenth century. In the late 1990s, Fletcher Priest Architects and Torben Rix Arkitekt transformed these historic warehouses into award-winning apartments. During this conversion, the architects used the light, shape, and space from the industrial building’s past, pairing it with high-quality internal structures, windows, doors, and fittings.

belgian villa
photo: Avenue Design Studio

This neo-renaissance villa surrounded by beech trees on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Antwerp was built in 1875 by the architect Pieter Joseph Taeymans. Kate Davison Eyckerman and her husband transformed the old villa into a modern family home with the help of Avenue Design Studio. Luckily, the characteristic exterior has been preserved.

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photo: Inigo

Maryfield House was built in 1847 by the Carey-Pole family, the owners of the Antony estate, to commemorate the birth of their first child. It was originally built as a vicarage but later transformed into a Gothic-style residence. In recent years, the historic house has been renovated and restored, preserving original details.

rufus wainwright house los angeles nordroom Best of 2024: Architecture
photo: The Agency

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and his husband are selling this storybook cottage in Laurel Canyon. The charming house was built in 1926 and is filled with rock star history and original elements. 

french chateau
photo: Kretz Family Real Estate
exterior renovated chateau france
photo: Kretz Family Real Estate

This renovated 18th century chateau in the French countryside is located just an hour and a half from Paris. The French castle was built in white stone during the Regency period and also features a Baroque chapel from the Louis XV period.

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photo: Fantastic Frank Lisbon

This stunning white, yellow, and green villa on a tree-lined street in the prestigious Monte Estoril in Portugal houses a beautiful design apartment crafted by architect and artist Joana Astolfi in collaboration with architect Vanessa Ruivo..

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photo: The Modern House

This Georgian villa in the Brixton Road Conservation Area in London was recently renovated and restored by award-winning architects OMMX. The five-bedroom historic house unfolds across a symmetrical floor plan thanks to its rare double-fronted facade.

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