Rift Residence, designed by Proctor & Shaw, presents a striking example of architectural innovation through its extension, which is folded in plan and section to create a distinctive addition to the original house. The design strategically separates the new and old volumes, resulting in a light-filled “rift” that forms the social heart of the home.
This Master Suite addition had the typical site challenges, zoning restrictions, and budgetary constraints that architects are all too familiar with, but what made this project uniquely differently was the client’s willingness to explore unconventional solutions.
The Oblique Extension House comes from the need of the owners to recover a disused terrace of the master bedroom and generate a new deck on the ground floor.
Pigment House exemplifies the determination of Unknown Works to turn constraints into beautiful opportunities, pairing the practical needs of a family home with a playful and bold exploration of materials.
Behind a double-storey Victorian heritage terrace, this extension takes flight over its cavernous context. Twin parabolic roofs soar over the tall neighbouring parapets twisting as they rise to the north
Casa ACO is a renovation and extension of two rural buildings, consisting of lamia and trulli, in the Apulian countryside, in the Itria Valley.
Comprising the eastern half of an interwar semi, this South London home was extended progressively northward across the late 20th and early 21st centuries, forming an accretion of rooms and a poorly planned kitchen that struggled to define a working pattern of use.
Two-Storey Timber Addition – Studio Weave has added a double-story timber artist’s retreat to a stone cottage in Devon, completing the revival of the holiday home for a family based between London and the countryside.
