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
Scale-shaped shingles cover the sweeping, canopy-like roof of Casa Mac, an annexe in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio CTA. More about CTA shelters annexe in Vietnam beneath curved roof to "evoke the sensation of being in a cave"
For our latest roundup, we've collected seven dormer extensions, from a design that takes cues from Italian palazzos and paintings to an extension clad in recycled plastic tiles designed to look like slate. More about Seven British dormer extensions that take design to another level
Recycled plastic tiles that mimic natural slate cloak a dormer extension at this terraced home in London, which has been updated and expanded by local practice YN Studio. More about YN Studio extends London home around light-filled stairwell
Local studio Formwork Architects has transformed a derelict care home in Crouch End, north London, back into a family dwelling, introducing a two-storey brick extension overlooking a sunken patio. More about Formwork Architects transforms abandoned care home into light-filled Crouch End House
Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has renovated and extended a holiday home in the medieval village of Fonolleres, Spain, adding a series of porches, pergolas, and terraces to bring daily living outdoors. More about Anna and Eugeni Bach extends Fonolleres House with porches and pergolas
Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne, extending a Victorian terrace with a "collage" of forms in red-toned brick, metal and timber. More about MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes
Brooklyn-based studio Out of Line has completed an attached accessory dwelling unit that extends a New Jersey suburban home by extending its colours and creating a gable form in the negative for the entryway. More about Out of Line adds playful ADU with "absent gable" to New Jersey house
Slender granite columns frame the glazed walls of this compact extension to a home in Dublin, completed by local studio Scullion Architects. More about Scullion Architects brings "romantic sensitivity" to elevated extension in Dublin
Local architecture studio YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its interiors and improving its connection to the surroundings with corrugated-metal canopies. More about YNAS uses timber-framed canopies to reconnect Japanese home with the outdoors
Architecture office House of EM has modernised a terraced house in north London, adding a sunken rear extension that can be opened up to create a flexible indoor-outdoor living space. More about House of EM adds light-filled "loggia" to north-London home
Architecture studio Rever & Drage has expanded a cluster of rural buildings in Norway, adding a barn-like form that steps up a sloping, rocky site. More about Rever & Drage extends smallholding in Norway with stepped barn-like volume
Local studio ODDO Architects has extended TH+ House in Vietnam, organising a series of shared, flexible spaces around tall voids informed by the "social intensity" of Hanoi's urban alleyways. More about ODDO Architects looks to urban alleyways for narrow extension in Vietnam
Local studio Gresford Architects has upgraded the Old Orchard, a 1980s bungalow in Oxfordshire, with a low-impact and modern extension. More about Gresford Architects clads low-carbon Oxfordshire bungalow in cedar wood
Local studio GS Architecture has completed its renovation and extension of a family home in Hampstead Heath, London, updating it to meet low-energy Passivhaus standards. More about GS Architecture retrofits Hampstead Passive House with "fabric-first approach"
Arizona-based studio Benjamin Hall Design completed an addition to a Phoenix house that hides in the landscaping to create a treehouse-like effect. More about Benjamin Hall expands Phoenix home with treehouse-like addition
A large picture window draws focus to a Gothic church beside this house extension in Cambridgeshire, completed by London studio Neil Dusheiko Architects. More about Neil Dusheiko Architects extends Cambridgeshire home to frame neighbouring church
Australian studio Ian Moore Architects has transformed a 19th-century pub in Sydney into The Corner House, a home with a rear wing clad in glass bricks. More about Ian Moore Architects transforms Sydney pub into house with "wall of light"
Architecture studio Goldstein Heather has transformed a Victorian terrace house in London, adding a four-storey extension with arched openings and a sculptural timber staircase. More about Goldstein Heather doubles London home's footprint with four-storey extension
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a 20th-century villa in Lviv by Ukrainian architecture studio Replus Bureau. More about "They should have embraced what they avoided" says commenter