London architecture studio Platform 5 has added a cranked extension to a Victorian house in Hackney, featuring a herringbone-patterned dining table that matches the parquet flooring. More about Herringbone patterns feature inside angular house extension by Platform 5
Architect Phillip Lühl has added a pair of extensions to a Modernist house in Namibia, using cement brickwork textured with the coarse fibres of hessian fabric (+ slideshow). More about Phillip Lühl uses "bagged concrete bricks" to build two extensions to a Namibia house
Global Architects has transformed the interior of a 1980s Dutch residence, by inserting a house-shaped volume that provides cosy bedrooms and secluded bathrooms (+ slideshow). More about Global Architects builds house-shaped volume inside 1980s Dutch residence
US firm Barker Freeman Design Office has renovated a slender brick row house in Brooklyn and added a two-storey extension with a glass wall overlooking a garden (+ slideshow). More about Barker Freeman overhauls narrow Brooklyn row house for a family of four
Argentinian studio Adamo-Faiden has built a greenhouse-like structure over the top of a Buenos Aires residence, in its continuing bid to make better use of the city's vacant rooftops. More about Adamo-Faiden's rooftop extension proposes a "new idea of luxury" for Buenos Aires housing
A growing thirst for contemporary design is transforming the market for house extensions in London, according to architects working in the city (+ slideshow). More about Londoners' "tastes have improved" say architects as home-extension market explodes
Melbourne architecture office Taylor Knights has renovated an existing Federation-style house in the city and added a contrasting contemporary extension that opens directly onto the rear garden (+ movie). More about Taylor Knights adds modern rear extension to a traditional Melbourne house
Materials and interior details are used to clearly define the old and new parts of this family home in Windsor, UK, renovated by London studio TDO (+ slideshow). More about TDO adds boxy plywood-framed extension to old Windsor cottage
Lisbon architecture office Cais has renovated and extended an outdated house in the city, preserving its existing facade and creating an open-plan interior that extends into a new terraced garden at the rear (+ slideshow). More about Renovated Lisbon house by Cais conceals modern interior behind traditional facade
Architect William Tozer applied Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept to this London house extension, which features several stepped levels that are all visually connected. More about William Tozer's split-level Raumplan House is based on the theories of Adolf Loos
Architecture studio Freadman White has remodelled a 1930s Melbourne house that was extended in the 1970s, and created a new room featuring an angular roof (+ slideshow). More about Freadman White creates new layout for extended 1930s house in Melbourne
London office Studio Octopi has returned to a house it renovated over five years ago to add a loft extension, creating a study and a reading room connected by a perforated steel staircase (+ slideshow). More about Studio Octopi adds plywood-lined loft extension to RCA professor's house
Architecture studio Denizen Works has remodelled a north London house, transforming the "small dark bachelor pad" into a family home with a light-filled kitchen and dining space. More about North London house extension by Denizen Works creates a light-filled family kitchen
A corridor framed by reclaimed bricks and glass separates this Melbourne house from a new extension built in the back garden by local architecture firm MODO (+ slideshow). More about Glazed "tunnel" separates old from new at Melbourne house extended by MODO
Corrugated aluminium clads this extension to a house in Nantes, France, by local studio Mabire-Reich, which also boasts a decked terrace covering its entire roof (+ slideshow). More about Mabire-Reich's Landscape House features metal walls and a sloping roof terrace
Residential extensions in London have been popular with our readers recently, following this year's Don't Move Improve! awards. Visit our new Pinterest board for a selection of the best, including a sunken glass box, a yellow-framed"shopfront" and a black timber structure featuring a walkway for cats.
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A wooden boardwalk leads inside this timber-clad gym and spa building, designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects to accompany a residence on Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast (+ slideshow). More about MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple adds timber-clad spa to its House 22 in Nova Scotia
Curving vaults create a scalloped roofline for this red brick house extension completed by Barcelona studio Mesura in Alicante, Spain (+ slideshow). More about Mesura adds red brick extension with scalloped roofline to Alicante residence
A floor that doubles as a toy box and a vivid yellow bathtub both feature inside this remodelled Melbourne house by local studio Austin Maynard Architects (+ slideshow). More about Revamped Melbourne house hides a giant toy box under its floors
Texas architecture firm AlterStudio has turned an Austin bungalow into a three-bedroom home with a black timber extension connected by a glass corridor (+ slideshow). More about AlterStudio adds black-stained angular extension to renovated 1920s bungalow in Texas