T2a Architects transform 19th-century mill into nostalgic housing block

2019-12-11T15:53:00-05:00

Led by Bence Turányi, T2a Architects have finally realized their adaptive-reuse housing block project, called Jazz Lofts. Back in 2005 father-and-son team Gabor and Bence Turányi were commissioned to restore an abandoned 19th-century mill, but after the economic crash in the mid-2000s and a change in vendor, the project was put on hold. Today, 15 years later, along with the arrival of a new owner, the innovative project has been reborn and embraces notions of conservation as well as transformation, seeking to merge the old and the new, into something nostalgically modern.

Before work

After restoration

“We restarted the project at the last moment; it was a question at the beginning if we could even still use the structure because it was so wet and full of salt. The main task was to prove this and to find a way to keep it as it is,” said Bence Turányi, touching on T2a's desire to preserve the building's original heritage. The structure's brick facade blends thoughtfully with the undula...

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T2a Architects transform 19th-century mill into nostalgic housing block