Medium Sized Extension Ideas and Designs
J Steven Kemp ArchitectPhoto of a beige and medium sized classic brick house exterior in Atlanta with three floors and a shingle roof.
Next Gen Luxury Homes Ltd
A single-story rear extension has been added to seamlessly integrate home living with the garden. By incorporating flush seals, we have established a harmonious connection between indoor and outdoor living spaces. Maximising the roof space within the extension enhances the open-plan atmosphere, fostering a more expansive and connected living environment.
The existing space, initially a dining room, necessitated the relocation of the kitchen from the front of the house to the rear. This transformation has given rise to a new area that now serves as an integrated space for dining, lounging, and an enhanced overall living experience.
CairnThis is an example of a medium sized and red modern two floor brick and rear house exterior in Buckinghamshire with a metal roof and a grey roof.
Brian O'Tuama ArchitectsInspiration for a medium sized contemporary brick and rear house exterior in London.
Francesco Pierazzi Architects
This detached Victorian house was extended to accommodate the needs of a young family with three small children.
The programme was organized into two distinctive structures: the larger and higher volume is placed at the back of the house to face the garden and make the best use of the south orientation and to accommodate a large Family Room open to the new Kitchen. A longer and thinner volume, only 1.15m wide, stands to the western side of the house and accommodates a Toilet, a Utility and a dining booth facing the Family Room. All the functions that are housed in the secondary volume have direct access either from the original house or the rear extension, thus generating a hierarchy of served and servant volumes, a relationship that is homogeneous to that between the house and the extension.
The timber structures, while distinctive in their proportions, are connected by a shallow volume that doubles as a bench to create an architectural continuum and to emphasize the effect of a secondary volume wrapped around a primary one.
While the extension makes use of a modern idiom, so that it is clearly distinguished from the original house and so that the history of its development becomes immediately apparent, the size of the red cedar cladding boards, left untreated to allow a natural silvering process, matches that of the Victorian brickwork to bind house and extension together.
As the budget did not make possible the use a bespoke profile, an off-the-shelf board was selected and further grooved at mid point to recreate the brick pattern of the façade.
A tall and slender pivoting door, positioned at the boundary between the original house and the new intervention, allows a direct view of the garden from the front of the house and facilitates an innovative relationship with the outside.
Photo: Gianluca Maver
Mark Hazeldine PhotographyGarden and rear facade of a 1960s remodelled and extended detached house in Japanese & Scandinavian style.
Photo of a medium sized and brown scandi two floor rear house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a flat roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Photo of a medium sized and brown scandi two floor rear house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a flat roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Stephen Turvil ArchitectsA split level rear extension, clad with black zinc and cedar battens. Narrow frame sliding doors create a flush opening between inside and out, while a glazed corner window offers oblique views across the new terrace. Inside, the kitchen is set level with the main house, whilst the dining area is level with the garden, which creates a fabulous split level interior.
This project has featured in Grand Designs and Living Etc magazines.
Photographer: David Butler
London LandscapesA very specific brief was given with the space to be a very contemporary entertainment area that both complemented the existing garden and house.
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown contemporary rear extension in London with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Inspiration for a medium sized and brown contemporary rear extension in London with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Studio FabbriTimber clad exterior with pivot and slide window seat.
Photo of a medium sized and black contemporary rear house exterior in London with wood cladding, a pitched roof and board and batten cladding.
Photo of a medium sized and black contemporary rear house exterior in London with wood cladding, a pitched roof and board and batten cladding.
Origin - Doors and WindowsPhoto of a medium sized classic two floor glass house exterior in Buckinghamshire with a tiled roof.
FRENCH+TYEFRENCH+TYE
Photo of a medium sized contemporary two floor rear house exterior in London with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
Photo of a medium sized contemporary two floor rear house exterior in London with wood cladding and a lean-to roof.
NineTen ArchitectsArtistic render of our proposals to transform this bungalow through extension and deep retrofit
Medium sized and white contemporary bungalow front house exterior in Hertfordshire with wood cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Medium sized and white contemporary bungalow front house exterior in Hertfordshire with wood cladding, a flat roof, a mixed material roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Ashleigh Clarke ArchitectsWe were commissioned by our clients to design this ambitious side and rear extension for their beautiful detached home. The use of Cotswold stone ensured that the new extension is in keeping with and sympathetic to the original part of the house, while the contemporary frameless glazed panels flood the interior spaces with light and create breathtaking views of the surrounding gardens.
Our initial brief was very clear and our clients were keen to use the newly-created additional space for a more spacious living and garden room which connected seamlessly with the garden and patio area.
Our clients loved the design from the first sketch, which allowed for the large living room with the fire that they requested creating a beautiful focal point. The large glazed panels on the rear of the property flood the interiors with natural light and are hidden away from the front elevation, allowing our clients to retain their privacy whilst also providing a real sense of indoor/outdoor living and connectivity to the new patio space and surrounding gardens.
Our clients also wanted an additional connection closer to the kitchen, allowing better flow and easy access between the kitchen, dining room and newly created living space, which was achieved by a larger structural opening. Our design included special features such as large, full-width glazing with sliding doors and a hidden flat roof and gutter.
There were some challenges with the project such as the large existing drainage access which is located on the foundation line for the new extension. We also had to determine how best to structurally support the top of the existing chimney so that the base could be removed to open up the living room space whilst maintaining services to the existing living room and causing as little disturbance as possible to the bedroom above on the first floor.
We solved these issues by slightly relocating the extension away from the existing drainage pipe with an agreement in place with the utility company. The chimney support design evolved into a longer design stage involving a collaborative approach between the builder, structural engineer and ourselves to find an agreeable solution. We changed the temporary structural design to support the existing structure and provide a different workable solution for the permanent structural design for the new extension and supporting chimney.
Our client’s home is also situated within the Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and as such particular planning restrictions and policies apply, however, the planning policy allows for extruded forms that follow the Cotswold vernacular and traditional approach on the front elevation. Our design follows the Cotswold Design Code with high-pitched roofs which are subservient to the main house and flat roofs spanning the rear elevation which is also subservient, clearly demonstrating how the house has evolved over time.
Our clients felt the original living room didn’t fit the size of the house, it was too small for their lifestyle and the size of furniture and restricted how they wanted to use the space. There were French doors connecting to the rear garden but there wasn’t a large patio area to provide a clear connection between the outside and inside spaces.
Our clients really wanted a living room which functioned in a traditional capacity but also as a garden room space which connected to the patio and rear gardens. The large room and full-width glazing allowed our clients to achieve the functional but aesthetically pleasing spaces they wanted. On the front and rear elevations, the extension helps balance the appearance of the house by replicating the pitched roof on the opposite side. We created an additional connection from the living room to the existing kitchen for better flow and ease of access and made additional ground-floor internal alterations to open the dining space onto the kitchen with a larger structural opening, changed the window configuration on the kitchen window to have an increased view of the rear garden whilst also maximising the flow of natural light into the kitchen and created a larger entrance roof canopy.
On the front elevation, the house is very balanced, following the roof pitch lines of the existing house but on the rear elevation, a flat roof is hidden and expands the entirety of the side extension to allow for a large living space connected to the rear garden that you wouldn’t know is there. We love how we have achieved this large space which meets our client’s needs but the feature we are most proud of is the large full-width glazing and the glazed panel feature above the doors which provides a sleek contemporary design and carefully hides the flat roof behind. This contrast between contemporary and traditional design has worked really well and provided a beautiful aesthetic.
In Crafts Architectural DesignsExternal render of rear extension and loft conversion.
Design ideas for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a half-hip roof and a tiled roof.
Design ideas for a medium sized and white contemporary two floor house exterior in Surrey with wood cladding, a half-hip roof and a tiled roof.
RHJB ArchitectsCustom Stone and larch timber cladding. IQ large format sliding doors. Aluminium frame. Large format tiles to patio.
Design ideas for a medium sized and black contemporary bungalow concrete and rear house exterior with a flat roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Design ideas for a medium sized and black contemporary bungalow concrete and rear house exterior with a flat roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Juliet Murphy PhotographyJuliet Murphy Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and red classic brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors and a pitched roof.
This is an example of a medium sized and red classic brick and rear house exterior in London with three floors and a pitched roof.
BastionDesign ideas for a medium sized contemporary side house exterior in Hampshire with wood cladding, a hip roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Proctor Watts Cole RutterThe brief for this project was to extend a small Bradstone bungalow and inject some architectural interest and contemporary detailing. Sitting on a sloping site in Mere, the property enjoys spectacular views across to Shaftesbury to the South.
The opportunity was taken to extend upwards and exploit the views with upside-down living. Constructed using timber frame with Cedar cladding, the first floor is one open-plan space accommodating Kitchen, Dining and Living areas, with ground floor re-arranged to modernise Bedrooms and en-suite facilities.
The south end opens fully on to a cantilevered balcony to maximise summer G&T potential!
Medium Sized Extension Ideas and Designs
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