Plate 1 · Open living

Sofa, table, lawn — one room

Corner bifolds stacked aside — a second living room at the end of the garden, ready for long afternoons.

Plate 2 · Evening glow

When nights move outside the house

Soft soffit light on cedar and glass — lounge lit, glasses on the table, the pavilion becomes where evenings happen.

Plate 3 · Long lunch

Friends at the table. Doors wide.

A long oak table, plates and talk — the pavilion built for gathering, not for looking empty in a brochure.

Plate 4 · Boundary bar

Long, thin, along the fence

A linear limewashed wing with a clerestory ribbon — swing in the recess, wildflowers outside. One quiet idea of outdoor living.

Plate 5 · Small retreat

Two chairs. Coffee. Compact plan.

A small oak pod for quiet mornings — enough room to sit, read, and leave the main house behind for an hour.

Plate 6 · Sofa to lawn

Sit here. Look straight into green.

Doors fully open — sofa, friends, and lawn in one continuous room. The shot that makes outdoor living feel obvious.

Plate 7 · Light roof

Butterfly polycarbonate. Climbing vines.

A lighter structure — high translucent roof, mesh and plants, dining under the peak. Another way to open the garden.

Plate 8 · Morning table

Coffee, fruit, garden light

The long table before anyone arrives — clear daylight, chairs pulled out, proof the pavilion works from breakfast onward.

Plate 9 · Stacked annex

Metal above. Concrete base. Roof deck.

A tougher two-storey silhouette — external stair, rooftop planting. Different bones for the same need: more room on a small plot.

Plate 10 · Glass link

Old house. New wing. A corridor of light.

Not one big box — a glazed link to a separate pitched wing. Permission-ready thinking: grow the home without erasing it.

Plate 11 · Mezzanine

Double height. Loft bed. One volume.

Open living under tall glass, stairs to a sleeping mezzanine — two levels without feeling like a cramped box.

Plate 12 · A-frame loft

Triangle roof. Sleeping loft. Daybed below.

A guest volume with a different outline — steep plywood A-frame, loft above, quiet reading space under the glass.

Plate 13 · Curve at dusk

Round glass. Soft light. Bikes by the door.

A curved living wing instead of another rectangle — warm after dark, still clearly a family extension.

Plate 14 · Courtyard

Build around a tiny green heart

U-shaped brick volumes facing inward — olive tree, kids in the middle, rooms looking into the plot rather than copying a rear box.

Plate 15 · Side return

The skinny gap becomes the room

A classic small-terrace move — white brick side return, steel windows, scooter in the alley. Familiar problem, clearer solution.

Plate 16 · Table for five

Second child. Third child. One table.

Open-plan kitchen-diner in the extension — backpacks by the door, everyone fed before school, without leaving the small plot behind.

Plate 17 · Wrap & courtyard

Soft green. Copper roof. Chalk on the yard.

A wraparound kitchen on a small semi — porthole window, washing line, kids— drawings. Extension as family yard, not a showroom.

Plate 18 · Shared bedroom

Their own floor. Their own window.

Upstairs in the new volume — bunks, drawings on the wall, a garden view. The room families need when bedrooms run out.

Plate 19 · Homework & play

Desks, toys, trampoline beyond

One flexible room off the garden — homework for the older ones, floor space for the toddler, doors open when weather allows.

Plate 20 · Dark gable

Charred timber. Steep roof. Cottage kept.

A black gabled annex behind stone walls — attic glow, tricycle on the path. Same need for space; a different face entirely.