Image 4 of 18 from gallery of Hurdle House / Adam Knibb Architects. Photograph by James Morris

This rear extension to a detached property in Leicester creates a large open plan living kitchen to the rear of the property which opens onto the garden. The ground floor is clad in black vertical timber with the master bedroom being extended above with a Juliet balcony looking over the garden.

An ultra-modern glass pavilion extension is the surprising antidote to an 1880s Victorian home in Melbourne courtesy of Robson Rak Architects.

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SL800 floor to ceiling sliding doors create walls of glass for kitchen & living areas with views out onto the courtyard garden.

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Dalecki Design has recently completed the renovation of a heritage listed home that included updating the facade as well as adding a modern extension.

The Bunkers bed and breakfast is a former fort turned charming rural retreat that's recently opened in Belgium’s Knokke-Heist

Fraher and Findlay have redesigned & renovated a Victorian property in Hackney by adding a modern extension and a Japanese courtyard and restoring period details in the Victorian spaces.

Focusing its redesign on a new wall of windows has transformed this family home in Melbourne’s south.