B.E. Architecture designs Sydney house extension around mature gum tree
The extension to this refurbished house in Australia includes a covered outdoor space built around the trunk of a large lemon-scented tree (+ slideshow). More
The extension to this refurbished house in Australia includes a covered outdoor space built around the trunk of a large lemon-scented tree (+ slideshow). More
A timber-clad box frames a new living area added to the heart of this house in Winchester, England, by local firm AR Design Studio (+ slideshow). More
A thin metal staircase provides access to the renovated attic space of this house in Belgium by Kortrijk design studio Five AM (+ slideshow). More
Studio Gil used a combination of exposed concrete and reclaimed iroko wood to unite the interior of this extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London with its redeveloped garden. More
Robert Dye Architects has shifted the entire end wall of a mews house in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood, as part of a renovation and extension designed to bring in more natural light (+ slideshow). More
Shards of glazing frame views of the distant mountains from the apartments inside this angular attic extension in northern Italy, designed by Plasma Studio (+ slideshow). More
Melbourne studio Clare Cousins Architects rearranged and extended a Victorian house in the city's St Kilda East district to create two wings for living and sleeping, either side of a dining space that opens out to the garden. More
Reflective stainless steel surfaces and a polished concrete floor brighten the interior of this extension to a terraced house in the Islington area of London by Architecture for London (+ slideshow). More
Recycled bricks, corrugated cladding and oak flooring were used to build this barn-inspired extension to a house in Melbourne by Australian studio Whiting Architects. More
This top-heavy house extension in Trondheim, Norway, was designed by local office TYIN Tegnestue to maximise space on the first floor while minimising its footprint on the garden (+ slideshow). More
Australian studio Wolveridge Architects ran a brickwork pathway through the inside and outside of this timber-clad extension to a house in Melbourne, using old bricks found in the garden (+ slideshow). More
A 100-year-old house in Paris has been renovated and extended by local studio CUT Architectures to frame a garden facing the morning sun and create a shaded terrace overlooking a nearby park (+ slideshow). More
Chris Dyson Architects has added a soot-washed brick extension with a curved wall to a Georgian terraced house and former nunnery in east London (+ slideshow). More
The three pitched roofs of this bungalow extension in Manchester were designed by Blee Halligan Architects to capture sunlight at different times of the day and frame views of trees in the garden (+ slideshow). More
Canadian studio Naturehumaine inserted a glass floor and skylight to draw sunlight through the interior of this two-storey house in Montreal, and reintroduced wooden boards to make a feature of the staircase. More
Irish studio GKMP Architects added glazed white tiles to the angular walls of this extension to a semi-detached house in Dublin to help direct sunlight into the interior (+ slideshow). More
Chunky concrete slabs alternate with deeply recessed windows on the exterior of this Sydney house extension by Australian firm Nobbs Radford Architects (+ slideshow). More
This wooden extension to a house in Paris by MIR architectes and Nicolas Hugoo has an angular roofline that frames a window at the front and wraps around a terrace at the rear (+ slideshow). More
A concrete room cantilevers over a swimming pool as part of this extension to a postwar property in Singapore by local office Formwerkz Architects. More
DMOA Architecten has transformed a former hunting lodge in Belgium into a family home, retaining the eight piers of its original brick facade as a garden feature (+ movie). More