Converted Home from an Abandoned Water Tank

Sixteen years ago when the opportunity arose to purchase a cistern perched on a hillside just outside of New Haven with views of Long Island Sound and the Gothic spires of Yale, architect Peter de Bretteville didn’t hesitate. “There’s something extraordinary about industrial buildings like warehouses, mills and water tanks. They are bigger than life—taller, wider and more robust—than normal residential buildings,” says de Bretteville. “And there’s something so appealing about living in an old relic.”

See the amazing images of home build inside an abandoned water tower.