Exterior design

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Located within Venice, California, is this recently completed modern house that features elements like a backyard guest suite, open-plan living, a swimming pool, and a sunken outdoor lounge.

Paul Archer Design

SKY LIGHT I could see this room in my future. (via Giles Pike Architects designs timber-clad house for a tiny plot)

The Victorian semi-detached terraced house has been notched out and extended to the rear to create a generous kitchen, dining and living space with carefully placed glazed voids to link the interior with elements of the garden. The extension has been expressed as a lightweight pavilion extruded out from the main house, linking heavier exposed masonry elements and extending into the garden as a canopy overhanging the patio A pocket planter on the south facing side elevation is the first…

This industrialised kitchen extension blends brilliantly with the period feel of it's listed host building; complimenting the brick work whilst remaining unafraid to claim an identity of it's own through the use of masculine grey powder coasted aluminium and a stainless steel kitchen design. The lean-to design of this structure works well; encapsulating the views of nature both across the garden space as well as from above as the canopy of trees shades the roof from extra heat. For more…

Architecture, Design, Development

Finalist in the best conversion category of the 2009 Grand Designs Awards and winner of Civic Architectural Award, Manor Barn epitomises creative re-use of an historic farm building. Crude alterations have been reversed and stone elevations repaired to produce an exciting contemporary house within this Grade II-listed structure. To the south, an extension provides a […]

This guide provides everything you need to know about loft conversion design considerations, costings, planning and building regulations. A loft conversion is an ideal way to gain more space. There may be scope for one or two extra bedrooms possibly even with a bathroom or home off

The most common feature of modern property design in recent years has undoubtedly been the open-plan layout: