Van Beek’s extra space is home to her office. She works on a Tense table by Piergiorgio and Michele Cazzaniga and Flow chairs by Jean Marie Massaud, both for MDF Italia.

Many tiny home dwellers develop eco-friendly habits when they downsize—like adopting a capsule wardrobe, carpooling more, and harvesting rainwater.

Adding 290 square feet to this already small (just 566 square feet) black A-frame in Brecht, Belgium, was all the local building ordinances allowed, but the architects at dmvA found that a single wing extended out to the side gave resident Rini van Beek all the storage and living space that she needs.

The rear of the house features Victorian brick, a modern extension, and Velfac windows. Landscape designer Matthew Wright was inspired by the art of Henri Rousseau when choosing plants to set amid the garden’s Dorset pebbles.

The slightly below-ground kitchen sits inside a boxy extension, clad in recycled timber and stained kettle black. A wildflower garden grows on its pitched roof.

For this tiny house in the Belgian forest, a little extra square footage comes in the form of a glassed-in addition with a stellar view. The added space is home to an office.

The residents wanted a space where guests could stay throughout the year which could also to be used as a functioning retreat from the main house. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

Architect Chris Knapp of Built-Environment Practice designed and completed construction of the Dragonfly within six months. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

This project engages the occupant in a dialogue between extensive views of the Pacific Ocean and Lennox Head, in contrast with immediate snapshots of the rocky hillside on which the project is grounded,” Knapp says. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

Due to the specific location Knapp intended to emphasize the indoor-outdoor relationship of the unit with the environment. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

Integrating the unit into the landscape, Knapp clad the exterior in natural copper. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

The private addition is tucked beneath the primary home complete with a garden patio, sauna, and outdoor shower. Photo by Owen McGoldrick.

Kansas native Jamil Malone appreciates the subtle details in his quaint loft, including the exposed brick and hardwood floors. Photo by: Jake Stangel

This $39 extension cord comes in four color combinations and is too pretty to keep hidden.

Stunning pool views and a clear shot of the merging of old and new.

The extension is a two-story light box focused on the garden level, sunken below the front entry but at-grade with the backyard. The open dining area features a sliding, glazed curtain wall system framed in black aluminum, a timber framed seating nook, polished concrete flooring, and a custom dining table designed by McLauchlan.

Outside of the extension, the Victorian house’s interior appears largely unchanged. However, NOJI Architecture added a long window to the hallway that connects the extension with the entrance. Light from the extension flows into the rest of the ground floor and connects the new space to its environs.

Abutting the kitchen, the owners’ existing dining chairs, table, and bench have found a new home beneath the extension’s glass planes and plywood structure. Reflective white Terrazo floors further accentuate the airiness of the open-concept extension.

With the deliberate exception of its glass wall, the addition blends in seamlessly with the existing Victorian home. Its bricks were repurposed from the demolition process as were the windows for the upper level’s new bedroom.

The rear extension, which replaced a somber conservatory, is composed of a series of intersecting triangular planes that draw light into the home. Transitioning from the extension to the garden, chairs and a table by Ikea sit on the cedar-clad deck. In the garden, a bespoke bench by OIKOS Furniture is perched above the granite paving stones.

An extension was added to the existing property

The extension sits on the property’s north side. Its zig-zag shape is a continuation (and reinterpretation) of the more traditional double hip roof of the existing house. The new construction combines Shadowclad boards, a Lysaght Longline steel roof, and Blackbutt eucalyptus decking.

NOJI’s extension houses a brand new kitchen that is anchored by Oikos Furniture cabinetry and a basalt volcanic stone countertop. The kitchen’s fired earth tile backsplash stands out against its plywood surroundings. The island features a Franke sink and Quooker faucet.

The façade of the two-story Victorian home remains unchanged, hiding the extent to which its opposite end has been transformed. NOJI Architects was tasked with remedying the lack of light from the property’s rear garden.

A view of the historic farmhouse and the modern northern and eastern extensions.

Denver Art Museum Extension Libeskind designed a titanium-clad addition to the Denver Art Museum that resembles the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and geometric rock crystals found in the foothills near Denver.

For this next home renovation and expansion, also in a suburb of Paris, the client was a family of five seeking something "simple, brigt and spacious," says Djuric. While the house sports this sleek new exterior, and larger windows to admit more sunlight, it's the interior where the transformation is most evident.

A custom OIKOS Furniture window seat is nestled between the extension’s large windows and its latticework structure. Built out of glue-laminated plywood beams, the extension’s diagonal grid provides structural support and visual interest.

Many of the culinary craft projects are an extension of Ben’s work as an artist and dealer of antiquarian books about food and wine.

Extension

The main volume of the extension is constructed from offset Douglas fir battens painted blue and gray. This reflects the vertical lines and gray color of the ribbed render used in the extension to the side of the house.

An overhead view of the extension.

Another one of Djuric Tardio Architectes recent projects is this home extension, completed in 2015 and also located outside Paris. Its prefabricated wooden structure took just fifteen days to assmble.

The 1,900 square-foot home's exterior features a striking material combination: larch cladding, painted black, and polished stainless steel panels that conceal added insulation.

We added an extension to the original platform in order to support the seating element.

The deck and pergola appear to be a natural extension of the home.