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NOA designs Alpine hotel extension as a play on the mountain skyline

June 1, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A sweeping roof inspired by the mountain skyline of the Alps defines a hillside extension to the Olympic Spa Hotel by Network of Architecture. Designed to be “in symbiosis” with the landscape, the addition to the hotel in the Dolomites in Val di Fassa, Italy, houses ten new guest suites and a gym. An aerial

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OMA tops Tiffany & Co’s Fifth Avenue flagship with “jewellery box” addition

May 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The New York office of architecture studio OMA has completed its renovation of Tiffany & Co’s flagship store in Manhattan, adding a three-storey glass extension to the historic jewellery store. OMA renovated and expanded the 10-storey limestone building at 727 Fifth Avenue, which has served as a department store for Tiffany & Co since 1940,

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The Mint List brings mid-century influences to north London family home

May 14, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Interior design studio The Mint List has brought light, space and warmth to this Edwardian house in London with multiple extensions, a hidden playroom and plenty of tactile materials. The renovated end-of-terrace house in Kensal Rise belongs to a film-industry couple that wanted a cosy family home with mid-century elements, in particular referencing the work of

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Green tiles line Maison Jericho extension in Marseille

May 9, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

French studio Olivia Fauvelle Architecture has used glazed tiles and concrete lintels to transform the outbuilding and courtyard of a house in the south of France. The outbuilding has been refurbished and extended to physically connect it to Maison Jericho, the 20th-century stone house to which it belongs in Marseille. Olivia Fauvelle Architecture’s aim was

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Daytrip creates calm broken-plan interior for Edwardian home in west London

May 7, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Warm, tactile materials and rich colours are balanced with a newfound sense of openness in this early 20th-century house that architecture studio Daytrip has renovated and extended in London. Queen’s Park House is a double-fronted Edwardian property – set in the titular west London neighbourhood – which Daytrip has taken from a series of run-down

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Ten traditional British houses with standout modern extensions

May 4, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Ahead of King Charles III’s coronation this weekend, Dezeen has put together a roundup of bold modern extensions bolted onto the side of historic British houses. Modern extensions on traditional buildings can often divide opinion, even when architects try to be sensitive to the original structure. King Charles III once famously described a proposed high-tech extension

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Courtney McDonnell Studio adds pink extension to 1930s Dublin home

April 29, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A pink rear extension informed by the work of architect Luis Barragán has been added to a 1930s home in the suburbs of Dublin by Irish architecture practice Courtney McDonnell Studio. Appropriately named Pink House, the home in Stillorgan was extended by Courtney McDonnell Studio to make space for an open-plan kitchen, dining and living

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Kaan Architecten’s underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to “radiate grandeur”

April 27, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch practice Kaan Architecten has extended the Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, concealing over 5,000 square meters of visitor spaces beneath a public courtyard and fountain. Originally built in 1686 as a royal hunting palace for King William III, the Baroque complex on the outskirts of Apeldoorn has served as a state

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Foster + Partners to add barrel-vaulted visitor centre to Spanish winery

April 25, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A barrel-vaulted visitor centre with an earthy colour palette is set to be added to Bodegas Faustino winery in Rioja as part of a renovation by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. The refurbishment of the Spanish estate is being carried out by Foster + Partners to help “integrate the winery more closely with the

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H Arquitectes transforms 19th-century Barcelona terrace with brick extension

April 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Spanish studio H Arquitectes has converted a small 19th-century dwelling into a spacious family home in Barcelona named House 1616. Arranged across three levels, the terraced home has been transformed from a single-storey building with two new brick levels that draw upon the building’s original design. Located on a dense street in the Spanish city, House

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