Namhae Cheo-ma House / JOHO Architecture. Architects: JOHO Architecture Location: Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea Architect In Charge: Jeonghoon Lee Area: 576 sqm Photographs: Sun Namgoong, Jeonghoon Lee Rural houses, or farmhouses are easily seen around countryside. However, these artificial forms are being placed here and there thoughtlessly in Mother Nature. A common stereotyped rural houses around Namhae, Jindo, and Pyeongchang have set a scenery of 20th century’s Korean farm village. One might say, the system of a local constructor also being a designer also being a constructor is extremely economical in terms of building rural houses.
However, mother nature we have is too nice to only covered with identically produced rural houses. The fantasy of poor copied western wooden houses and red brick houses become formed a typical figure of Korean rural communities. “In the new house, wish I felt at home and attached to its surroundings,” the client who owns a design company in Seoul, asked. A line produces another line. Eastside Addition / 3six0 Architecture. Architect: 3six0 Architecture Location: Providence, Rhode Island Project Team: Kyna Leski- Principal, Christopher Bardt AIA- Principal, Jack Ryan RA- Senior Associate & Project Architect, Curtis Boivin, Kelly Ennis, Yu Morishita, Michael Williams General Contractor: Golden Rule Construction Company Structural Engineer: Wilbur Yoder Lighting Consultant: Hogan Macaulay, Architecture + Light Project Area: 1,100 square feet Project Year: 2008 Photographs: 3six0 Architecture, John Horner The Eastside Addition in Providence, designed by 3six0 Architecture, is a 2-story addition to a Rhode Island home built in the 1920′s, reflecting the lifelong conversation of a couple that has had mutual and disconnected desires.
Having finished raising a family, the couple decided to enlarge and reorganize their current home to accommodate their new lives. He is a graphic designer and avid collector of books, while she is a lover of plants and gardens. A framework was formed of deep, equally spaced fins. Sunset Villa with courtyard by TT Architects. A covered courtyard has been inserted into the side of this Kurashiki house by Japanese firm TT Architects (+ slideshow). The owner of the home wanted to replace the existing extension with a structure that limited the amount of bright sunshine coming in from the west. The architects decided to set the courtyard into the building, creating a vitrine-like space and effectively shading the living area.
A toplight in the roof of the courtyard provides extra light without glare, while full-height glazing slides across to provide access outdoors. The living area, workspace and master bedroom are arranged around the courtyard. On the outside walls, sheets of galvanised steel overlap slightly to resemble shingle tiles. We recently made a Pinterest board of courtyards featured on Dezeen – see it here. See all our stories about courtyards »See all our stories about Japanese houses » Photographs are by Kei Sugino. Here's some more information from the architects: Concept: Villa T-Extension by OFIS Arhitekti. Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti have added a bleached larch extension onto the side of a 1930s house in Ljubljana designed by modernist architect Josip Costaperaria. As the house has since been converted into apartments, the new block provides a living and dining room for the ground floor residents and a small rooftop balcony for their neighbours on the floor above.
A green perspex canopy cantilevers from the edge of the block to shelter a ramped driveway, while bicycle storage is contained in the space beneath. Each of the larch-clad columns and eaves have an exaggerated width to create chunky detailing that contrasts with the style of the existing building. OFIS Arhitekti have also recently completed an apartment with staggered floors and a scaly apartment block. See all our stories about OFIS Arhitekti » See more projects about house extensions » Photography is by Tomaz Gregorič. Here's some more information from OFIS Arhitekti: Villa T-Extension Click above for larger image. Campanules by EXAR Architecture. Belgian studio EXAR Architecture have replaced walls of brick and plaster with glass and Corten steel on this extension to a suburban house outside Brussels. The new elevation is located at the rear of the house, where it projects towards the garden to increase the size of the ground-floor kitchen and first-floor bathroom.
Glazed walls slide open to connect the kitchen with the terrace outside, while a tall window upstairs offers a view out from a new shower area. Other Belgian residences we've featured include a house with a facade of wooden sticks and an apartment in a listed building. See more projects in Belgium » Photography is by Marc Detiffe. Here's some text from EXAR Architecture: The previous house offered tiny opening to the garden. We decided to keep these functions but to open them widely, by creating large windows. The kitchen - dining room offers an large open view to the vegetation. The steel by its delicacy and precision permits to create pure lines and deepness. The Orangery house extension by Liddicoat & Goldhill. London architects Liddicoat & Goldhill added an extension to a south London home with an oak-screened staircase and double-height windows.
The 1930s house was originally built on sloping ground, which left the living spaces at the back hanging one storey over the garden. The architects came up with an extension in the style of an orangery, with double-height windows to draw light into the lower levels. An oak staircase is bordered by a screen of vertical strips of oak which mirror the steel frames of the glazing. A glass balustrade has been positioned on the other side of the stairs, allowing light to reach into the rooms behind. An unusual double-height white door leads out to the back garden. Projects by Liddicoat & Goldhill we've previously featured include another glazed extension to a period house in London as well as the architects' own home which makes use of black bricks and white marble.
See all our stories about residential extensions » Photographs are by Keith Collie. The Shadow House / Liddicoat & Goldhill. Architect: Liddicoat & Goldhill Location: London, UK Site: 38a St. Paul’s Crescent, London, NW1 9TN Client, Architect and Main Contractor: David Liddicoat & Sophie Goldhill Structural Engineers: Peter Kelsey Associates Completion date: Winter 2011 Gross internal floor area: 77 sqm Total construction cost: £210,000 Photographers: Keith Collie, Tom Gildon The Shadow House is a new build private house in Camden, North London. It has won a 2011 RIBA Award, Best small house of the year award at the British Homes Award 2011, received a commendation at the 2011 NLA Awards and was longlisted for the Manser Medal.
We carried out the entire project ourselves, from finding the site, through planning, design, construction and manufacture of the fittings, fixtures and furniture. The Shadow House is our own home, but is also an experiment in making a generic small city house. Our dealings with the Camden Planners were protracted and delicate. Shou Sugi Ban / BYTR Architects. Architects: BYTR Architects Location: Maarn, The Netherlands Projectteam: Tjerk van de Wetering, Richel Lubbers, Dominique Vermeulen Client: Private Completion: 2010 Wooden framework: Prehocon, Bunnik Building costs: €100.000 excl.
BTW Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode The sculptural form of this extension is a nice contrast with the minimal expression of the 1950’s house. The shape of the extension and the position of it’swindows are carefullyrelated to the interiorfunctions. The skylight in the highest point provides extra daylight to flood the kitchen desk. The stretchedwindow in the back facade provides a panoramic view into the garden.
The extension is built withsustainablematerials and techniques. All constructionelements are prefabricated and constructed at site, resulting in a total building time of 8 weeks. Refurbishment In Melbourne / Marc Dixon. Architect: Marc Dixon Location: Melbourne, Australia Project Team: Rosanna Ceravolo – Pablo Byass – Adrian Rivalland Builder – Canterbury Builders Engineer: Shane Ford Contracting P/L Photographs: Kevin Hui, Adrian Rivalland This 2 bedroom extension to a 1930′s Residence in Melbourne’s east is centered around an external courtyard deck which provides a dynamic link between the house and a detached studio beyond.
A clerestorey tower at one end and a two storey component at the other create a bookend effect providing a sense of enclosure to the outdoor. The bookend towers, visible from the front of the existing house, landmark the new work reflecting the changing needs of its users. “Bring the toilet in and move the kitchen out”: The original brief from the client provided an opportunity to explore the courtyard typology where a new Kitchen, Dining, Laundry and Bathrooms have been provided as part of the upgrade. * Location to be used only as a reference. Houses In Castlewood Avenue / ODOS Architects. Architects: ODOS Architects Location: Dublin, Ireland Photographs: Courtesy of ODOS Architects The properties at 26 & 27 Castlewood Avenue date back to the early nineteenth century and have changed little externally since then. Both properties had originally been built as semi detached residences and were built on wider than normal plots (17m as oppose to 11m) resulting in their double fronted facades and tri-partite plan arrangement.
The space to the sides of both properties has been filled in in pastiche style in recent years. Both properties were in a state of dereliction at the time we were commissioned by our client to oversee their redevelopment. The original returns to both properties had been removed by the buildings previous owners and replaced with a haphazzard arrangement of non descript accommodations. The concept behind the two replacement returns was to analyse the function of return structures to the rear of period dwellings on both a programmatic and a visual level.
Weekend House | Ryall Porter Sheridan Architects | Orient, New York | Featured Houses. Located near the eastern end of Long Island’s north fork, on a waterside bluff of the largest glacial moraine in the world, this house is a refuge for an artist/writer who escapes here from Manhattan, making plans for the house to become a permanent home.
Design concept and solution: A Neo-New England 1950’s saltbox that could not be altered was already on the site, and the architect’s challenge was to create an addition that would coalesce. The solution is a two-story addition that attaches at one corner, forming the link to the existing structure, as well as a new entrance. A wood and steel pergola, covered in climbing hydrangea, extends across the existing house facade, economically defining an outdoor pathway to the new front door. Translucent cellular polycarbonate panels sheath the upper stair-hall, seen as a glowing lantern at nightfall. The upstairs sleeping loft affords views of Long Island Sound and Connecticut, over a step hillside of protected vegetation.
Matilde / Ailtireacht. Architect: Location: Building Contractor: Project Architects: Project Year: Project Area: Photographs: Client Brief: This end of terrace Victorian two-storey over basement house in south Dublin required modernization and additional space for the needs of the clients growing family. Concept/ Solution: The design creates a rear return more suitable in scale and playful in nature with an orthogonal emphasis reflecting that of the original terrace. A new canopy over the existing side passage encloses the dining area in a transition space between the interior and exterior, which along with a new staircase from the main floor creates a dialogue between the lower ground floor garden and the piano nobile, so often ignored in the conversion of this type of dwelling. Text provided by Ailtireacht . Celtic Park / Ailtireacht. Architect: Ailtireacht Location: Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland Project Architect: Allister Coyne Building Contractor: Buto Developments Structural Engineer: Casey O Rourke Associates (CORA) Project Area: 140 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Corsico Images Client Brief: The brief was to simply refurbish and recondition an existing house and associated flat roofed gallery kitchen to reach contemporary living standards.
The house is a typical single breasted mid-twentieth century terraced house with an existing gallery kitchen return. The client is a retired teacher with a keen interest in gardening. Concept/ Solution: To the existing return, is added a simple wrap of terracotta shingles and external insulation. A flush glass window at the lower worktop level, forms a new space extending from party wall to party wall, beyond the glass enclosure, comprising the gallery and the inner court. Brick Thickness / A2 Architects. Architect: A2 Architects Location: Dublin, Ireland Project Team: Peter Carroll, Caomhán Murphy, Miriam Dunn, Julia Gonzales, Tom O’Brien, David Maher (Engineer) Project Area: 35 sqm Project Year: 2006 Photographs: Courtesy of A2 Architects The introduction of the luas light rail service along the old harcourt street railway line has resulted in a blurring of private and public space for houses that back onto the railway line.
A reversal occurs resulting in the rear of houses being presented as the new front. This project makes a buffer in the form of a brick thickness that is added to the rear of one such house. A new family room, an extended kitchen/dining area and an extended first floor bedroom are accommodated in this thickness. A reflective concrete terrazzo surface flows from kitchen/dining area through to the family room creating new diagonal relationships between the extended rooms.
Timber Fin House / Neil Dusheiko Architects. Architect: Neil Dusheiko Architects Location: Walthamstow, London, England Project Year: 2010 Contractor: RK Construction Engineer: Momentum Photography: Neil Dusheiko Architects The project began one afternoon while the architect Neil Dusheiko was sitting with the client on their existing terrace discussing ideas about how to create more space for the family in the tiny terrace house.
It was thought it would be interesting if the existing central staircase in the double fronted house, somehow continued up and over into the garden from the mid landing, and so the idea of extending the house came about. The clients wanted a house built entirely out of timber. The concept was to create a series of different volumes to accommodate the various functions in an informal stack of boxes placed next to each other like packing creates. The extension exists as three timber containers sitting next to and on top of one another with a singular nature borne out of using one material.