The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
‘A glass box pointed at the view’: Loader Monteith completes extension in Fintry
The emerging Glasgow-based practice has expanded a small cottage with a 25m² extension
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
Waste not, want not: Trailer by Invisible Studio
This self-built, relocatable prototype was built from construction waste and locally grown unseasoned timber in Bath
Takero Shimazaki Architects creates a ‘loggia for suburbia’ in Surrey
A 13m, seven-bay loggia creates a flexible space which stretches across the entire rear elevation of this suburban house
Height and light: Cut House, Oxford by Gatti Routh Rhodes
This residential refurbishment costing £94,000 is focused around a new double-height library space and stair
Home counties eccentric: Guildford Lodge by Paul Archer Design
A 19th-century gatehouse in Surrey has been expanded and restored. Photography by Will Pryce
Office S&M creates playfully crafted extension for three-child family
The young firm was commissioned by a family in Ealing to refurbish their home, Valetta House, modernising and extending the spaces to give each child a distinct space
Groupwork + Amin Taha remodels terrace around cantilevered travertine staircase
Groupwork + Amin Taha has extended a typical Edwardian terrace house into its roof and basement levels and remodelled it with open plan spaces and new internal finishes for a family of five
Groves Natcheva delicately extends 1930s Hampstead home
A ‘subtle tapestry of details’ tell the story of the refurbishment and extension of an early 20th-century house on Platt’s Lane
Checa Romero’s house extension is packed with goodies
The practice has transformed a 1980s terraced house into an adaptable, light-filled cabinet of curiosities, writes Rob Wilson. Photography by ValoStudio
Guarnieri Architects ‘remixes’ Victorian house with £2m basement and extension
A late 19th-century house in Clapham, south London has been transformed by a new basement floor dedicated to ‘wellness’ and a glazed rear addition