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OFIS Arhitekti reconstructs historic post-war home in Slovenia

January 8, 2026 Jon Astbury 0

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed House Under the Poplars, the reconstruction and extension of a historic post-war home in Ljubljana. The original house was designed as part of a self-built housing development called Naselje Murgle, constructed between 1965 and 1982. Planned by architects France and Marta Ivanšek, it is considered one of Slovenia’s most

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Pend adds curved brick extension to Victorian house in Edinburgh

December 29, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local architecture studio Pend has renovated a traditional semi-detached property in Edinburgh, Scotland, combining two existing flats to create a family home with living spaces housed in a brick-clad extension. Catalog House was designed by Pend for the owners of local design store Catalog Interiors, who required a larger space in which to raise their

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DGN Studio uses sandstone bricks in north London home extension

December 1, 2025 Amy Frearson 0

Stone bricks form the multi-textural walls of this family home extension in London’s Highbury area, designed by DGN Studio in collaboration with creative director Sarah Izod. Titled Stone and Steel House, the project involved updating the three-storey townhouse with a new kitchen and dining room at the rear and a loft extension upstairs. The design

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Haworth Tompkins clads The Old Vic extension in recycled spotlights

November 29, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Haworth Tompkins has extended The Old Vic in London, giving the historic theatre a new home for its outreach programme that is fronted by a colourful facade of recycled spotlights. Named Backstage, the 1,250-square-metre extension to the Grade II*-listed cultural landmark replaces a former restaurant on Waterloo Road with spaces dedicated to The

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Mecozzi Verdini connects Italian villa to concrete annexe using red-steel walkway

November 26, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

A red-steel walkway links this 1960s villa in Italy’s Marche region to a concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso, completed by local architecture studio Mecozzi Verdini. Annesso Rosso, or Red Annexe, is named after the deep red colour of its painted steelwork and replaces a cluster of disused agricultural sheds at the back of the home

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Wright & Wright adds “calm and confident” extension to University of Oxford library

November 18, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford’s Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted extension into its original Grade I-listed site. Named The Spencer Building, the 479-square-metre extension consolidates the library’s collection of rare manuscripts and books into a single home, while providing reading spaces and step-free access. The Spencer Building

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Cera Stribley shelters cottage extension with curved timber ceiling

November 13, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

A curved, timber-lined ceiling shelters the fully-glazed living spaces of Harvest House, the extension and renovation of a worker’s cottage in Australia by architecture studio Cera Stribley for its founder. The extension, which was recently been shortlisted in the house extension category of Dezeen Awards 2025, was designed for Cera Stribley founder Chris Stribley, who

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Sawtooth-roofed extension with “factory-like aesthetic” added to Ghent home

November 3, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Local studios Atelier Avondzon and Macadam Atelier have renovated a derelict home in Ghent, Belgium, adding a sawtooth-roofed extension clad in corrugated-metal panels. Named Rinskopf, the project was completed for a client who desired a home that would blend in with the site’s industrial surroundings. It was recently shortlisted in the house renovation category of Dezeen

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“Intricate craftsmanship” revives modernist Vejrhøj summerhouse in Denmark

November 1, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practices Studio Marshall Blecher and Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter have renovated a 1960s summerhouse in Denmark, adding a standalone extension that mimics its original form and thatched roof. Named Vejrhøj, the dwelling in rural Fårevejle was originally completed in 1967 by Danish architect Ole Meyer, and at the time won international acclaim for its

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