Simple grey kitchen with its elegant proportions fits seamlessly into this gracious space and benefits from an amazing view into the garden which enhances the felling of openness

Gavin Fraser
Design ideas for a medium sized bohemian formal enclosed living room in London with medium hardwood flooring and a wall mounted tv.

This Port Melbourne Heritage Cottage extension re-imagines this family home on a constrained urban site. The clients are a young family with a brief that was seeking space to grow and extend their enjoyment of the house and location that they love. Having had a previous extension slotted into the back of it the workers cottage was full of character but was lacking in appropriate space for the contemporary life of a young family. The concept was to carefully articulate an upper floor extension with some internal reconfiguration that would compliment the existing character and scale of the Contributory Heritage building whilst increasing the sense of light and volume internally. A restricted palate of materials with large new openings add a richness whilst creating city views and increased natural light. Photography by Tom Ross

Anna Stathaki
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back patio in London with natural stone paving.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary two floor house exterior in Melbourne with a flat roof.

Image of Home Extension completed by the Home Extension Company in April 2014. This extension is used as a kitchen, creating valuable space in this semi-detached home in Middlesex.

marcusclintonphotography.com.au
Design ideas for a medium sized contemporary galley open plan kitchen in Sydney with a double-bowl sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, glass sheet splashback, stainless steel appliances and an island.

The finished result! Beautiful contemporary family iiving space with fabulously designed garden which makes the most use of a smallish exterior plot. Pictures by James Bryden

Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back rectangular lengths swimming pool in Rennes with decking.

Kitchen larder towards the rear is a three sided walk in storage room with flexible shelving from floor to ceiling. Dark grey/green flush panelled wall is made of spray painted mdf panel - All joinery work by Joshua Dumond Furniture Photos by Adam Luszniak

Paul Riddle
This is an example of a medium sized modern dining room in London with white walls, concrete flooring and grey floors.

Photo of a medium sized contemporary dining room in London with white walls, light hardwood flooring and brown floors.

Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary u-shaped kitchen in London with a submerged sink, flat-panel cabinets, mirror splashback, stainless steel appliances, light hardwood flooring, an island, beige floors, white worktops and black cabinets.

Medium sized and beige contemporary brick terraced house in London with three floors.

Periscope House draws light into a young family’s home, adding thoughtful solutions and flexible spaces to 1950s Art Deco foundations. Our clients engaged us to undertake a considered extension to their character-rich home in Malvern East. They wanted to celebrate their home’s history while adapting it to the needs of their family, and future-proofing it for decades to come. The extension’s form meets with and continues the existing roofline, politely emerging at the rear of the house. The tones of the original white render and red brick are reflected in the extension, informing its white Colorbond exterior and selective pops of red throughout. Inside, the original home’s layout has been reimagined to better suit a growing family. Once closed-in formal dining and lounge rooms were converted into children’s bedrooms, supplementing the main bedroom and a versatile fourth room. Grouping these rooms together has created a subtle definition of zones: private spaces are nestled to the front, while the rear extension opens up to shared living areas. A tailored response to the site, the extension’s ground floor addresses the western back garden, and first floor (AKA the periscope) faces the northern sun. Sitting above the open plan living areas, the periscope is a mezzanine that nimbly sidesteps the harsh afternoon light synonymous with a western facing back yard. It features a solid wall to the west and a glass wall to the north, emulating the rotation of a periscope to draw gentle light into the extension. Beneath the mezzanine, the kitchen, dining, living and outdoor spaces effortlessly overlap. Also accessible via an informal back door for friends and family, this generous communal area provides our clients with the functionality, spatial cohesion and connection to the outdoors they were missing. Melding modern and heritage elements, Periscope House honours the history of our clients’ home while creating light-filled shared spaces – all through a periscopic lens that opens the home to the garden.

This house extension attaches to the original stone cottage, spread over two floors. The new extension is wrapped in vertical black timber cladding to differentiate from the original cottage. Top down living is provided to maximise the views out to sea from the central living spaces.

Linda Stewart
This is an example of a medium sized contemporary render house exterior in London with a flat roof.

Contemporary Rear Extension, Photo by David Butler
Design ideas for a medium sized and red contemporary two floor rear house exterior in Surrey with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.

The wildflower meadow in the orchard.
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back garden for summer in London.