To meet the needs of a growing family, Montreal-based firm Ménard Dworkind (MRDK) has reconfigured a 40-year-old house, maximising space by adding a roof extension and floor-to-ceiling windows to avoid expanding the overall footprint. The four-bedroom house, located on Montreal’s…
In a bid to deliver a new future-proof and climate-adaptive neighbourhood, Dutch design office VenhoevenCS has proposed a nature-inclusive apartment complex called ZOË Amsterdam. A brief from the municipality of Amsterdam called for a sustainable, green neighbourhood for the Sluisbuurt…
A sustainable new-build home has been built by Sketch Architects in the Surrey countryside, with a focus on modern materials and thermal efficiency. Set on a steeply sloping site in Farnham, the two-storey house replaces a disused bungalow and is…
Architect Tsukasa Ono has applied a ‘regenerative’ approach to the architecture for a co-operative housing project called Sumu Yakushima in southern Japan. The setting is Yakushima island, a natural paradise which is home to ancient Japanese cedar trees, and the…
Adding a minimalist twist to a Victorian terraced house extension, EBBA Architects has maximised light and crafted vaulted ceilings with a nod to classic Roman arches. Located in east London, Cast House is named after its subtly brown-toned concrete rear…
Interlocking cork-rendered extensions completed by Whittaker Parsons make use of recycled materials to transform and upgrade a four-storey Georgian townhouse in East London. The two interconnecting extensions are steeply sloping, with faceted pitches which are expressed internally, lined in FSC…
Mjölk Architekti has transformed a 130-year-old cottage into a glass cabin, adding a modern extension on to the charming original building nestled in the Czech forest. The “glittering glass extension”, as the architects describe it, modernises the dwelling enshrouded by…
A former dairy farm in Canberra is set to be regenerated by David Chipperfield Architects, Assemble, and Australian landscape architect Jane Irwin, with a masterplan for a new, interconnected residential neighbourhood. Aptly named Dairy Road, the project proposes the transformation…
Architect Grant Straghan of DeDraft has remodelled his 1930s family home in London with a rear extension clad in blue-green cement tiles. The monolithic rear extension has a sculptural quality, clad in tiles that frame the large oak and…
Adam Knibb Architects were approached by a climate scientist to design an eco-friendly family home, and the finished building is a trailblazing example of adaptive reuse. Situated within the Surrey Green Belt in Hampshire, the sustainable three-bedroom house responds to…
In a complete remodelling of a Victorian terrace house in North London, Neil Dusheiko Architects have overcome structural issues to create a thoughtfully crafted and future-proofed family home. Many years of subsidence had caused movement in the historic brick façade,…
Weaving the new into the old, DGN Studio has adaptively reused and extended an East London terraced house putting materiality at the forefront. The owners of Magpie house, keen collectors of vintage objects and mid-century furniture, approached the architecture studio…
Factory built within 14 weeks, the Bert’s Box has been conceived by Box 9 Design and Bert & May as an eco-friendly and affordable living space. It’s often we when outgrow our homes or our living needs change that moving…
Brighton-based kitchen makers Wood Works have used reclaimed vintage veneer and stainless steel to create a beautiful made-to-order design. The homeowners, having been impressed by some of the past projects by Wood Works, commissioned the Sussex-based company to create an…
A striking black eco clad home in Scotland, a low-energy infill dwelling in London, and a remodelled house situated on the ruins of a 17 century parchment factory, are among the 20 homes in the running to become the RIBA…
