The Renovation Rethink: What Architects Are Steering Clients Away From Now

Before the next gut renovation breaks ground — in Palm Beach, in the Hamptons, anywhere an old house is about to become a new one — architects and designers are revisiting a handful of moves that have become renovation reflexes. A new survey of the field finds them questioning eight of the most popular remodel choices homeowners reach for by default, and offering alternatives in their place. No single fix defines the shift; it is a broader case, made by the people who do this work for a living, for slowing down before the popular move becomes the automatic one.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.