Extension

La CATHouse is the result of the transformation of an old duplex in the St-Henri neighborhood, built around 1885. The idea of creating an expansion that would highlight this former working-class building emerged from a meeting with a local craftsman trained in the arts in France. Specializing in the restoration of cornices, friezes, entablatures, and other metal ornaments of old Montreal buildings, this craftsman was able to impart his expertise in the design of a contemporary extension. Marc-Olivier Bécotte Marc-Olivier Bécotte The expansion is inspired by the metal sheds typical of Montreal’s back alleys, but with a novel approach: copper, traditionally used as a mere ornament, becomes the primary material.... More

Atelier Baulier has remodelled and extended the lower-ground floor flat of an early Victorian house in North-East London. Having lived in this compact one-bedroom flat for several years, the clients appointed the practice to increase the size of the kitchen and create a living space directly opening onto the garden. The brief also called for the entire refurbishment of the existing flat to optimise storage and circulation. Henry Woide Henry Woide Henry Woide Henry Woide Henry Woide Henry Woide Located in the Canonbury East Conservation area, the project resulted in a 20 square metre single storey extension spanning the full width of the rear elevation. Atelier Baulier removed an existing shed and the entire re... More

Our clients wanted to improve their existing traditional Victorian terrace house by adding a rear extension, refurbishment and reconfiguration of the traditional plan. The design has delivered a bright home, with distinctive design moments scattered throughout the house, such as the circular skylight and a timber cladded wedge-shaped amenity room that enhances the openness and natural light intake of the interior, revealing an ideal place for our musician client to practice.  Nick Dearden We added a generous single-storey ground floor rear extension, with a roof terrace above, replacing old additions to the house (dating to the 1970's and 1990's). The ground floor plan has the kitchen at the front of the house, a spacious, privat... More

BUILDING WITH EARTH The community of municipalities of Couesnon Marches de Bretagne has entrusted us with the project management of a media library with the ambition of being a Third Place in the municipality of Bazouges-la-Pérouse. Defined as a "Third Place", the media library was conceived as a cultural space, a meeting place, a hub of citizen life, an expression venue, open to all and for various purposes. François Dantart François Dantart This rehabilitation and extension was designed to enhance historical heritage and serve as a manifesto for ecological construction while also meeting the demand to promote community living. Celeste architecture Celeste architecture The aim was to design a lan... More

Extension of a house in Hombourg. The program includes the renovation of the kitchen connected to the existing living room, a living room fully open to the garden and a private terrace in between. crahayjamaigne architectes srl crahayjamaigne architectes srl crahayjamaigne architectes srl The project allows a new way of living with the kitchen which is now in the centre of the house and connected to the different areas by huge glazing. crahayjamaigne architectes srl crahayjamaigne architectes srl The integration of the project results from the redesign of the existing extension and the new one in a single secondary volume. The façade cladding used are the same as the existing house (brick and glass). cr... More

This bioclimatic extension is a cube of 7 meters side implanted into a forest area. The project is easily adaptable in the short, medium and long term. crahayjamaigne crahayjamaigne crahayjamaigne Its current programme is defined as follows : a bedroom and a bathroom connected to the ground floor of the existing dwelling and a multipurpose space (office, playroom, etc) connected to the forest. crahayjamaigne crahayjamaigne This configuration allows the future development of various uses : -       For example, an independent housing connected to the existing house by adapting the multipurpose space into a living room. -       Or an intergenerational cohousing by adapting the multipu... More

The scheme provides a new rear single storey extension to a Victorian terraced flat in South London. The flat was in poor condition and required a full refurbishment and reconfiguration throughout. The clients, young professionals, were involved throughout the whole process and imagined a concept of light colours and natural materials. Rayan Bamhayan A minimal design in its purest form, the new rear open space aims to draw the garden into the interior. The detail of the interior is in keeping with the architectural concept. Walls and ceilings throughout the extension are finished in washed-plaster and micro-cement used in the shower room to also cover the ceiling, walls and ground to unify the space. Rayan Bamhayan The property... More

We were commissioned by our clients to transform an outdated Flemish 3-fronted house with traditional rear extension into a contemporary home with plenty of light. The new home had to feel especially spacious and, above all, take advantage of the view to the green area behind.  Ypsilon Business Photography Ypsilon Business Photography In the design, we kept the main house and replaced the rear extension. The newly added volume follows the same movement as the original side façade and juts out slightly each time. This gives the gabarit four bays, the last of which is inverted and opens up to the surroundings.  Ypsilon Business Photography Ypsilon Business Photography The ground floor received a home off... More

The Hyde Park Picture House is a Grade II listed independent cinema in Leeds, known for being the very last gas-lit cinema in the UK. The redevelopment project consisted of three key aspects; comprehensive conservation works to the original cinema building, construction of a new 3-storey extension to offer better access / facilities for the building, and a new 50-seat second screen excavated from the basement to increase revenue. Alongside these physical alterations to the building, the project aimed to celebrate the cinema's rich history, bringing its architectural features to the spotlight - including the gas lighting. Ollie Jenkins Ollie Jenkins The Hyde Park Picture House is part of Leeds Heritage Theatres group, who are the... More

This childless couple acquires their first house to found their future family. It is a terraced house on one side located on a pretty plot of 500m² in a quiet area with a small village spirit. The stone house benefits from a ground floor as well as two bedrooms upstairs. There isn't really a living room. maxime gautier In order to design their "home", this couple wants to have an extension made there to create a master bedroom and a lounge area while carrying out a complete redevelopment of the existing one. We keep the walls and the roof, we break the rest and we start again. Raw concrete on the facade. Inside a lot of light, waxed concrete on the floor and wood. maxime gautier In order to prevent the extension from being... More

This architectural project took a relatively modern property that was built in the 90s and upgraded it to 21st-century performance standards, as well as enhancing its overall character by creating spaces that were more enjoyable to live in. The architect brief involved adding a rear extension, creating a more open ground floor, removing the first-floor ceiling and adding a mezzanine floor.  David Vallinsky The design also demonstrates our use of timber frame extension constructions, wood fibre insulation, and lime plaster. This achieved our goal of reducing the total embodied carbon of the scheme, a key feature in our sustainable design. David Vallinsky The property is situated in Brockley, South London. The Croydon canal a... More

In the best museums and galleries one finds one's way through a series of rooms, where the artefacts are carefully lit and set off by calm backgrounds. A degree of repetition helps navigation, some variation helps orientation. Filip Dujardin The proposals for the Whitechapel Art Gallery are bold in their restraint (someone commented: 'where’s the architecture?') and seize a simple but powerful opportunity: lower and upper floors are configured as circuits of rooms, with the stylistically different but volumetrically similar existing galleries linked up by smaller, more domestically scaled gallery spaces. The subtle rhythms and contrasts of the rooms form the backdrop to the wide variety of work on display (historic and contempor... More

This 450m2e home has been completely renovated and expanded on both the second floor and the ground floor. The extended living room offers extra living space on the ground floor and integrates the garden and terrace almost seamlessly into the interior. Three enormous sliding glass doors of 3×1.8 meters each ensure this. The sliding doors by Sky Frame have a barely visible frame and the frame is concealed in the walls, floor and ceiling. Caption The doors can each open in all directions, making the kitchen part of the terrace and garden in the summer. The kitchen consists of a large wenge wooden cupboard wall that extends to outside.  The fully stainless steel cooking island of 3.7 × 1.2 meters is suspended from a colu... More