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Homes and housing

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House of the Year 2024 shortlist: Plas Hendy Stable Block

Studio Brassica balances heritage and ecological obligations in its refurbished and extended arts and crafts building

31 October 2024

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Hyperspace treats a former pub to a striking charred shingle facade

On a local project to extend and rationalise a 16th-century building that was once an alehouse, the Hertfordshire practice overcame challenges posed by previous piecemeal additions to create a remarkable old-meets-new home

14 July 2025

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On an Irish estate, a down-to-earth addition reveals inner drama

A2 Architects' low-profile new gate lodge skilfully combines its influences, while making the most of its modest plot via a mezzanine level and cruciform plan

23 May 2025

House extensions

Stacked slate renovation makes the most of house and garden
Recycled materials complement Georgian building and verdant garden
KAST Architects’ home conversion restores life to Cornish barns
How KAST made a light and airy home at Milk Moon Barn
Cool for cats: how Emil Eve’s extension made a light, relaxed home
Long light and warm wood invite calm lingering
Williams Griffiths upholds modernist ethos in Ferrings estate extension
Sympathetic addition to original home makes seamless extension
Gresford Architects extends and remodels Walthamstow house
Reorganising the layout made the terraced house better suited to modern family life, says Tom Gresford
Common Ground Workshop creates hidden oasis in end-of-terrace house
How a modest east London property was extended into Spitalfields House, merging interior and exterior spaces
AOC wraps a forest-inspired extension around a north-east London home
Gill Lambert and Geoff Shearcroft on adapting their Victorian semi to meet the needs of a family of five
Invisible Studio creates house extension for filmmaker and playwright
Piers Taylor talks about extending a Hampshire cottage to reconfigure the space and maximise the view
Sinclair Studios' addition introduces a lofty glasshouse feel
Glazed side return extension in verdant green steel brings light, life and lushness to a Clapham terrace
Grace Choi Architecture turns darkness into light with reinvented Newcastle home
Timber loggia creates connections and a delightful place to pause
James Alder takes a layered approach to Victorian extension
Brick and glass outbuildings inspire garden flat addition
Guttfield Architecture gives modernist makeover to 1960s brick box house
Practice director Fred Guttfield talks about transforming Weir Grove House in Berkshire
Extension to bomb-damaged Victorian house creates a private oasis
Bindloss Dawes’ generous rear extension to a house in Stoke Newington has a soft acoustic quality
In Covent Garden, a listed building gets a bold new rooftop silhouette
Remodelling a former merchant's house's upper floors, Carmody Groarke put living space at the top and added an aluminium pavilion
Hayhurst & Co’s Norfolk bungalow revamp has star quality
Architect Nick Hayhurst’s North Sea East Wood transforms a 1980s Norfolk bungalow
How should architects approach extending a listed building?
Three outstanding extensions to Grade II-listed houses provide design inspiration and practical insights for architects looking to extend heritage buildings.
Timber-framed extension to Grade II-listed house 'pulls the outside in'
For a south London home extension, ROAR resisted the temptation to mirror the existing architecture and opted for sustainable materials
Terrace extension creates a home office with a 'birdhide' feel
Ambacht's living, dining and working space maximises light and provides views onto trees and sky
Green tile-clad garden studio provides a versatile space for a growing family
Delve Architects’ multi-use space accommodates painting, yoga, reading and sleeping
Large curved opening distinguishes extension to listed Victorian house
Dominic McKenzie Architects’ extension combines Scandinavian modernism with references to the existing building
Pensaer’s Defoe Road house extension emphasises efficient rearrangement
The revitalisation of a Victorian terraced house prioritises repositioning spaces over adding a large extension
Verdant House’s striking extension embraces natural materials
CAN’s extension features an open-plan kitchen that spills into the garden through a curved window
Metal-clad extension to Victorian house belongs to Scottish agricultural tradition
Studio KAP’s addition to a house in Argyll creates visual links with its striking rural setting
Hackney Victorian house extension lets the light flow through
Architecture for London’s extension creates a sense of rhythm through its use of brick
Nordic and Japanese traditions influence Edwardian house extension
A three-volume full-width rear extension is influenced by Nordic and Japanese traditions
Pavilion provides crafted endpoint for Stoke Newington garden
N4 Architecture’s Birch Pavilion provides a space for work, relaxation and listening to music
House extensions: thinking beyond the box
Reinventing the home: how to change lives as well as buildings
Basket-weave stone brickwork animates the facade of Hackney house extension
Draper Studio’s addition to a mid-terrace Victorian house pioneers the domestic use of limestone brick product
Minty House brings quirkiness and colour to north London street
Peter Morris Architects’ house extension and refurbishment taps into childhood memories of play
Wimbledon extension develops modern equivalent to traditional brick homes
Matthew Giles Architects extended and remodelled a dilapidated Edwardian house
Local Art Deco informs garden granny annex
Uxbridge Bower by Bureau de Change enables intergenerational living
Curved floor-to-ceiling glazing brings modern touch to Highgate arts and crafts house
Liddicoat & Goldhill has added a large basement and sinuous garden room to a 1917 house
Robin Lee Architecture extends arts and crafts villa in Hampshire conservation area
The Avenue combines a contextually sensitive side extension and a glazed rear extension
Offroad vehicle inspires Fabric's geometric glass, zinc and aluminium extension
Shared ambition drives 'out of the ordinary' design
Yellow frieze marks out rear extension to Victorian east London house
Archmongers has updated a Victorian house in Dalston into a high-tech modern home featuring a new rear extension
Sussex cottage extension improves functionality while respecting historic charm
HAPA Architects has added modern design elements while retaining the cottage’s historic charm
Gianni Botsford’s Hampstead house complements Foster-designed extension
Reciprocal House complements a Foster-designed extension while replacing the original Victorian coach house
Civic’s glazed garden room uses the sun to heat and trees to shade
Civic co-founder Dan Jones on the ground-floor extension designed for his own family home
Transforming a mundane 20-year-old house into a modern Edwardian villa
Gundry + Ducker’s refurbishment and extension includes an entirely new facade that references the area’s older buildings
Extension to home in Norwich conservation area pays homage to traditional corbelling
Grafted’s debut project celebrates the original detailing of a house in Norwich’s Golden Triangle
Cantilevered terrace marks out Gillespie Yunnie’s extension to house on Dartmoor
Gillespie Yunnie adds a dynamic first-floor extension to a 20th-century house in Ashburton, Devon
Artefact adds a series of Caribbean-inspired living spaces to Surrey house
Artefact on its new wing for a detached home in Epsom that spurns open-plan living spaces
[Y/N] Studio prioritises nuance with its glass extension for a Victorian home
Attention to detail maintains individualism and intimacy in conservation-driven project
HAPA Architects restores grade II-listed home with sympathetic flint-faced extension
Conservation area sees new addition share materials palette of original house
Studio KAP adds metal-clad extension to Victorian villa in Glasgow
The frame-like character complements the solid presence of the existing sandstone building
Andre Kong Studio creates stepped brick loft to expand London house
The distinct brick loft is expressed as a series of three stepped volumes hosting a bedroom, study and bathroom
Delve Architects combines sawtooth roofed extension with 60s-style interiors
Groovy Roofy uses circular economy principles while meeting the clients’ wish for a playful 60s colour scheme
Artefact revamps and extends former council house in Islington
Pirouette House combines open-plan living with niches for individual activities
Selencky Parsons’ Old Apple Store addition doubles original footprint
The new structure’s form and material palette refer to those of the existing house in a contemporary way
District's canny, colourful extension wraps around ground floor flat
Colour Casing project in south east London provides flexible, light-filled spaces to the side and rear
Envelop's green-roofed volumes and reflections push the boundaries for back extensions in Hackney
Stainless steel panels and an oriel window set up a subtle intimacy between house and garden
Fieldwork's brick ribbon extension wraps up a bigger, better family home
Garden, facades and internal plan come together to make Fieldworks Architects' coherent home
Hollaway Studio’s weathered steel extension complements 18th-century Kent house
Upper Maxted uses rust-coloured steel to blend with its rural context
Coloured cement sets the tone at EBBA’s Cast House
Eco-cement and brick form the rough base for the upper level's material refinement
Larch-clad volume extends barn home into Bristol’s green belt
How Mitchell Eley Gould extended a house on green belt land to add a new kitchen and living area
Vernacular tiles front Bureau de Change’s unconventional extension
This unusually shaped rear extension to a north London semi accommodates a sunken living room
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North Sea East Wood, Norfolk

Hayhurst & Co. completes a bungalow remodelling with a twist for the architect's parents, making playful use of traditional local materials on a steep site and taking a RIBA East Award and Small Project of the Year

15 May 2025

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Clayworth, Dunstable

ArkleBoyce Architects creates a generous, flexible and accessible house enabling a couple to remain together at home

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Dovehouse Court Almshouses, Cambridgeshire

Mole Architects delivers a welcoming, quietly impressive over-55s housing scheme with astonishingly low operational carbon on a tricky site, earning a RIBA East Award.

15 May 2025

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Amento, Suffolk

James Gorst Architects' single-storey home for a couple has the airy atmosphere of postwar Scandinavian architecture

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Lower Ham, Kingston upon Thames

Fletcher Crane Architects wraps a modern, light-filled riverside home with a striking three-storey tower around a tranquil courtyard, winning a 2025 RIBA London Award

13 May 2025