Rider Stirland Architects has remodeled the interiors of a Victorian terraced house in south London by adding a small rear extension clad in blackened wood and London stock bricks. Aptly named Charred House, the project was carried out for a family of five to help make more efficient use of their home and improve views...
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Contemporary Geometric Extension Of A Victorian House
Bureau de Change Architects has renovated a Victorian terraced house in South London, complete with a rear extension of interlocking geometric glass volumes. Titled Frame House, the project comprises a series of undulating levels that create playful ledges, steps, and borders. Textures, graphics, colors and finishes have been selected to emphasize the home’s theatricality, including...
Stylish Contemporary Extension For A Victorian Home
Glyn House is occupied by a young couple who are hoping to grow their family. Yellow Cloud Studio was tasked with creating a sizable kitchen and dining area at the rear of the home that didn’t seem distanced from the existing living rooms towards the front of the plan. To enhance the visual connection between...
Contemporary Double-Height Extension With Much Light
Originally built in 1876, this dark home got an extension with an open layout. Architecture practice Timmins + Whyte has added a double-height gabled extension to it illuminating its formerly light-starved living spaces. The owners wanted to live, cook, gather, lounge, read and socialize in one sunny, externally connected space. The studio created a contemporary...
Cedar-Clad Modern Home Extension In Birmingham
This home is a cedar clad extension for a semi-detached house in Birmingham, it was built and furnished by Intervention Architecture for an illustrator and got its name – Illustrator’s Botanical House. The team opened up the living spaces as much as possible. Light enters from the north-east facing garden and the additional room has...
Relaxed And Welcoming Coastal Island Cottage Extension
Built in 1830, Island Cottage is located in the seaside village of Sidlesham Quay. Paul Cashin Architects has refurbished and extended it, cladding the old and new buildings in larch. The renovation by Hampshire-based Paul Cashin Architects is aimed at combining building’s traditional vernacular with some contemporary design elements. The new timber structure is directly...
20th Century Edwardian Home With A Concrete Extension
Keeping up street-side appearances, an Australian artist’s home branches out with a modern extension. Her husband and she purchased a tumbledown turn-of-the-20th-century Edwardian, and asked Nest Architects to plan a remediation that would retain as much of the home’s original appeal as possible. The architects overhauled the rear of the residence with an open addition...
Heritage Home With A Stylish Extension At The Back
Curva house by LSA Architects & Interior Design team in Australia is a nice example of modern and stylish architecture – it really attracts attention with its seamless flow between the spaces. The extension contains the family area and it seamlessly communicates with the pool and the outdoor areas. Comparing the differences in styles between...
Modern Black Extension of the Victorian House
This extension to the Victorian home was inspired by the existing geometry of the house and garden. The modern addition to the house is clad in seamless black zinc, with standing seams tracing a path across the roof, emphasising its complex topography. It extends the lines of the living room and the external rear wall...
Unique Disneyland-Inspired House Extesion
Architect Mat Barnes, founder of CAN, renovated and extended the two-storey Edwardian house in Sydenham for his own family adding a fake Disneyland mountain of foamed aluminum to it. This element is designed in tribute to the Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at Disneyland in California. This element gives the project its name, Mountain View. The imaginative...