Traditional farmhouses often have thick stone walls that block the view of the natural vistas that surround them. Below, we've gathered six examples of modern interventions that instead open up historic homes to make the most of their setting. More about Six farmhouse renovations that bring their bucolic surroundings into view
Architecture practice Nodecraft Studio has created a farmhouse on the outskirts of Bengaluru from a cluster of poured-earth walls and concrete volumes linked by verandahs. More about Nodecraft Studio arranges Bengaluru farmhouse around poured-earth walls
Indian studio Evolving Radical Aesthetics has completed Ushas, a farmhouse built into a steep Kerala hillside with an open-air temple carved into a retaining wall. More about Open-air temple sits beneath granite farmhouse on Kerala hillside
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing The Linhay, a family house in the Somerset countryside designed by studio Charles Gillespie Architecture. More about "A hodgepodge of ideas" says commenter
Spanish studio NUA Arquitectures has completed Casa Juià, a farmhouse in Catalonia that draws on the craftsmanship of the surrounding region. More about Catalan farmhouse designed as "a passage through the land"
British studio Charles Gillespie Architecture has completed The Linhay, a family house in rural Somerset wrapped by a deep concrete colonnade that provides sheltered nesting spaces for birds. More about Charles Gillespie Architecture completes Somerset house with wildlife-friendly colonnade
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has rebuilt a derelict farmhouse in the Scottish Highlands and added a blackened-larch extension to create a family home called Dulnain. More about Loader Monteith rebuilds ruined Highlands house with blackened-larch extension
Dutch studio Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten has transformed a 1970s farmhouse outside Amsterdam, extending its timber structure and updating its exterior with black-metal panels and charred wood. More about Bastiaan Jongerius Architecten cloaks Longhouse Farm with black timber and metal
An extension built from timber, glass and limestone unites a 19th-century farmhouse with an adjacent barn at this home in Somerset, overhauled by London architecture studio Forgeworks. More about Forgeworks revamps Somerset farmhouse with low-lying stone extension
Indian studio Madras Spaces has completed The Threshold House, a farmhouse in Tamil Nadu built using a locally sourced palette of repurposed brick, timber and tiles. More about Madras Spaces creates rural Indian home using "only what was necessary"
Canadian studio Akb Architects has designed a white, hilltop house that "dissolves into the snow" in Mono, Ontario, acknowledging the vernacular architecture while implementing contemporary tactics. More about Akb Architects creates "deliberate tension" between past and present at Ontario house
London practice Studio Ben Allen has completed its renovation of A Place in the Country, a former farmhouse in rural Kent, introducing a playful colour scheme and an oak-lined library. More about Studio Ben Allen revamps Kent farmhouse with playful colour scheme
Italian practice Studio Bressan has restored and extended a historic farmhouse in Treviso, expanding its portico into a spacious, glazed dining room that blends contemporary and traditional materials. More about Studio Bressan updates and expands traditional stone farmhouse in Italy
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. More about James Grayley Architecture finishes Suffolk cottage extension with "hairy shingle exterior"
Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. More about Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. More about Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse
Farm buildings informed the design of Stanfordville House in New York by US studio Desai Chia Architecture, which features charred cedar cladding and a sculptural roofscape. More about Desai Chia creates Upstate New York home with "crisp silhouettes"
British architecture studio Rural Office has added larch-clad extensions on either side of this farmhouse on the south Welsh coast, bringing flexible social spaces to the remote property. More about Rural Office bookends Delfyd Farmhouse in Wales with larch-clad extensions
Terracotta, stone and concrete meet in this refurbished farmhouse in rural Tuscany by local architects Valeria Presicci and Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre. More about Renovated Tuscan farmhouse Ricupaglia arranged around latticed brick wall
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a dilapidated farm building in Scotland by architecture studio Loader Monteith. More about "The beauty is in its simplicity" says commenter