Montreal studio Thomas Balaban Architect has turned a gabled farmhouse in Quebec's Eastern Townships completely white, and then contrasted it with an extension covered in weathered cedar cladding. More about TBA adds cedar-clad extension to white farmhouse in Quebec
This artist's studio, which architecture firm FAR has added to a Los Angeles house, includes a large plastic door that folds in half and a rooftop covered in blue tiles. More about FAR adds studio with corrugated plastic door to artist's Los Angeles residence
Architecture studio NOARQ has extended a stone villa in Portugal with a bright red cabin perched on thick blocks of granite above the entrance. More about NOARQ renovates stone villa in Portugal with bright red details
Architects Liani and Jan Douglas have transformed a century-old house in Green Point, Cape Town, into a modern home where they can show off their distinctive furniture designs. More about Douglas & Company founders remodel 120-year-old cottage in Cape Town
Tsuruta Architects has topped a conservatory extension in London with a faceted timber and glass roof that casts zigzag shadows over a wood-lined dining space. More about Faceted roof casts zigzagging shadows over London house extension
Four sculptural, brick columns frame this small extension to a Georgian terrace in north London, designed by local practice Urban Mesh for the firm's director, James Beazer. More about Twisting brick columns support London terrace extension by Urban Mesh
Intervention Architecture has refurbished and extended a semi-detached house in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley, adding a garden room clad with cedar battens. More about Intervention Architecture adds cedar-clad garden room to Birmingham house
Slatted screens of stained black wood surround the first-floor extension of an 1830s Georgian cottage in Essex, designed by Studio Bark but built largely by the clients themselves. More about Studio Bark's first flat-pack U-build system used for a home extension in Essex
Austin Maynard Architects has completed a pair of buildings with steel shingles in a snakeskin-style pattern, to extend a family home in Canberra, Australia. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds two scaly extensions to post-war bungalow in Canberra
Angular three-dimensional tiles have been used to create textural interest inside and out at this south London house extension, designed by architecture studio Proctor & Shaw. More about Proctor & Shaw use faceted 3D tiles to create "rhythmic" London house extension
A zigzagging zinc facade and a bright blue kitchen are part of an extension to a house in London's Albion Terrace, designed by architecture studio Outpost. More about Outpost tops London terrace extension with a zigzag zinc roof
British studio Adam Knibb Architects has completed a contemporary metal and wood-clad extension to Gatti House, an old Georgian vicarage in Hampshire, England. More about Adam Knibb adds metal and timber corner extension to Georgian vicarage
Brickwork, terrazzo surfaces and green-hued furnishings add character to the interiors of this east London townhouse, which has been renovated and extended by architecture studio HÛT. More about Materials unite old and new living spaces inside De Beauvoir Townhouse
Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has adapted a heritage-listed Victorian house in Melbourne by "weaving" a modern programme into the existing red-brick shell. More about Matt Gibson extends Melbourne terrace with glazed kitchen undercroft
Architecture for London has designed the interiors of this north London extension to appear "like a neatly ruled grid in a notebook", hinting at the professions of its two inhabitants. More about Graphic details appear inside north London's House for a Stationer
Takt Studio has added an extension with a steel exoskeleton and sloping roof to a 1950s brick bungalow in the foothills of the Illawarra mountains in Australia. More about Steel exoskeleton covers timber extension to Australian bungalow
Rise Design Studio has completed an extension for a house in London, cladding the interiors in Douglas fir and creating a reading nooks in windows. More about Rise Design Studio adds Douglas fir-lined reading nooks to London house
Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass extension to a family dwelling it completed in São Paulo over three decades ago. More about Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo
A glazed extension helped London-based Applied Studio brighten the light-starved interiors of this Hackney home, which boasts black-timber decor details and a sauna in the back garden. More about Hackney House features black joinery and a back-garden sauna
ConForm Architects has converted a small London loft into a bright home office by inserting a glazed section with a large steel dormer window. More about ConForm Architects opens up loft with a glass and steel dormer