Best Practice transforms storage shed into backyard studio in Seattle
US firm Best Practice Architecture has converted a simple outbuilding on a Seattle property into an office and workout space for use during the coronavirus pandemic. More
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New Affiliates' Testbeds project to build community buildings from discarded architecture models
New York City architecture studio New Affiliates has launched an initiative to reuse large-scale models for garden sheds and community spaces in the borough of Queens. More
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Tractor shed converted into house clad in scorched wood
HeathWalker has turned a tractor shed in Hertfordshire into a house clad in timber cut from trees on the client's own land and scorched using a blowtorch. More
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Richard John Andrews builds garden shed as his own architecture studio
Architect Richard John Andrews has built The Light Shed, a fibreglass-clad multi-functional shed in his east London garden to house his architecture studio. More
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Get inspired to spend time in your garden via our Pinterest board dedicated to sheds
Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. More
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Timber shed gives retired couple room to paint, garden and have friends to stay
Jon Danielsen Aarhus has designed a gabled shed to accommodate the hobbies of a recently retired couple in Lillehammer, Norway. More
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Extension to Walter Segal's modernist London home is modelled on ruins
Jonathan Tuckey Design has revealed plans to extend the former home of Walter Segal with an addition like an "overgrown ruin", while Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble has designed a shed for the garden. More
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Concrete machinery depot by Deamicisarchitetti is submerged in a hillside
This shed for storing heavy machinery is set into a hillside in Italy's Piedmont region, sheltered beneath a concrete overhang that swoops upwards to follow the site's topography. More
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Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple
A sunken bed and folding ping-pong table feature in this studio converted from a derelict garden shed for a pair of artists in west London. More
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Invisible Studio builds fibreglass prototyping workshop at its growing woodland campus
British practice Invisible Studio has completed a model-making shed beside its self-built studio in the Bath woodland, using a combination of timber grown and milled on site, and corrugated fibreglass. More
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Surman Weston builds cork-covered studio for sewing and music-making
This cork-clad studio provides a shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the back garden of their north-London home. More
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Sliding walls create various layouts inside Garden House by Caspar Schols
Timber and glass walls slide along runners to reveal or enclose this gabled garden shed in Eindhoven, designed and built by Caspar Schols as a hobby space for his mother. More
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Concrete dovecote transformed into children's playhouse by AZO Sequeira
A small concrete structure once used as a house for doves has been transformed by Portuguese studio AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados into a garden playroom. More
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Derelict shed converted by Sue Architekten into writer's studio and playroom
Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor. More
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Abraham John Architects transforms pump room into garden lounge for Mumbai film studio
This garden pavilion by Abraham John Architects provides a lounge for a film production studio in Mumbai, featuring a glazed ceiling and walls to offer views of a jackfruit tree (+ slideshow). More
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Architect Nicholas Hunt creates a tiny retreat in his Brooklyn garden
American architect Nicholas Hunt has built a micro studio in the backyard of his Brooklyn home, intended to provide "solitude within the immense landscape of New York City". More
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Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists' studio in a Sydney garden
This small shed-like building by Australian architecture studio Panovscott provides a studio for two artists behind their family home in Marrickville, western Sydney (+ slideshow). More
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AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More
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DeBossa installs split-level timber pavilion in the grounds of a Dutch mansion
DeBossa Architects designed this timber pavilion to offer residents of a historic house in the Netherlands a sheltered outdoor space with views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). More
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Perforated brick garage by Wirth Architekten doubles as an al-fresco dining room
Wirth Architekten used wood from a storm-felled tree and brick from a burnt-down farmhouse to create this multi-use garage for a residence in Germany's Lower Saxony region (+ slideshow). More
