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MATA extends and adds garden studio to London terraced house
This rework of practice director Dan Marks’ own house was partly driven by his family’s need for more space and individual autonomy with two children now reaching adolescence
Small project & extension
House extensions and refurbishments, plus other small-scale or budget projects undertaken by architects. Find out more about AJ Small Projects here
Jonathan Burlow designs house extension with single monolithic column
The House With One Column, in the Faversham conservation area, was inspired by the open undercroft of the Kent town’s guildhall
Unagru reworks a house for a cellist in London
The project, which involved the refurbishment and extension of a Victorian terraced house, has seen the creation of a top-lit living space that is also designed for music practice
Pensaer London completes East Dulwich extension
Emerging practice Pensaer London has completed a home extension in south London’s East Dulwich using hand-crafted materials
Fraser/Livingstone transforms former Edinburgh public toilet into restaurant
The £220,000 retrofit project replaces the building’s roof with a new trapezoidal pavilion perched over the water
Building revisit: returning to FAT’s Blue House
The Blue House in east London was FAT’s first built project. Twenty years on, former director Sean Griffiths has remodelled and extended it, fulfilling its original design intention
Brisco Loran reworks recent extensions to south London home
Architect Brisco Loran has upgraded a south London home with a new unifying floor and bespoke joinery
Oliver Leech Architects adds reeded glass extension to London townhouse
Oliver Leech Architects has transformed a west London townhouse with a double-height reeded glass extension
Unknown Works creates banana-yellow additions for house in Leyton
The yellow-clad front porch and rear extension bookend an east London brick infill terrace house, adding space for a young family
COAL completes agricultural-style extension to Cornish cottage
St Agnes-based practice COAL has completed a 67m² extension to a 19th century cottage on the north Cornish coast