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 about Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple
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 about Invisible Studio builds fibreglass prototyping workshop at its growing woodland campus
This cork-clad studio provides a shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the back garden of their north-London home. More about Surman Weston builds cork-covered studio for sewing and music-making
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 about Sliding walls create various layouts inside Garden House by Caspar Schols
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 about Concrete dovecote transformed into children's playhouse by AZO Sequeira
Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor. More about Derelict shed converted by Sue Architekten into writer's studio and playroom
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 about Abraham John Architects transforms pump room into garden lounge for Mumbai film studio
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 about Architect Nicholas Hunt creates a tiny retreat in his Brooklyn 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 about Panovscott uses old telegraph poles to clad artists' studio in a Sydney garden
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 about AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
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 about DeBossa installs split-level timber pavilion in the grounds of a Dutch mansion
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 about Perforated brick garage by Wirth Architekten doubles as an al-fresco dining room
Charred cedar clads the exterior of this garden room that architect Neil Dusheiko designed as an office-cum-yoga studio for a north London residence (+ slideshow). More about Garden room by Neil Dusheiko features walls of charred cedar
Norwegian studio Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects has designed a small wooden cabin at the end of a garden in Oslo with an angular form that frames different views of its surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Tiny timber cabin by Jarmund/Vigsnæs has windows incorporated in its angled facades
With more people working from home and property prises rising around the world, homeowners lucky enough to have outdoor space are replacing the traditional shed with studios, guest rooms and flexible work spaces. Here are 12 of the best examples from Dezeen's archives (+ slideshow). More about 12 of the best garden studios
Gianni Botsford Architects worked with translucent concrete to create this boxy garden pavilion in Zurich, dedicated to "the old fashioned art of smoking" (+ slideshow). More about Smoking Room by Gianni Botsford Architects is a translucent-concrete garden folly
Belgian studio De Smet Vermeulen Architecten designed this angular timber-clad cottage to create a music room in the garden of a house it designed over ten years ago near the village of Sint-Martens-Latem (+ slideshow). More about Garden annex by De Smet Vermeulen sits on the edge of an orchard
The concrete roofs of two agricultural sheds by Sydney studio CHROFI jut out of stone and gravel banks in a clearing cut into a forest in eastern Australia (+ slideshow). More about CHROFI completes concrete and stone sheds for forestry workers
Dutch office Serge Schoemaker Architects meticulously arranged different-sized sections of plywood that "fit together seamlessly like a jigsaw puzzle" across the interior of this angular garden studio. More about Garden studio by Serge Schoemaker has a dark, rough exterior and a light-filled interior
British designer Tom Lloyd enlisted the help of London architect Cassion Castle to help him design and build a garden workshop in the grounds of his farmhouse cottage in Hampshire, England (+ slideshow). More about Tom Lloyd and Cassion Castle build garden studio embracing "timber and craftsmanship"