We're continuing our review of the year with the house extensions that turned heads in 2021, including a polycarbonate-clad tower and a mirrored gallery.
Graux & Baeyens Architecten has modernised a 1960s bungalow in De Haan, Belgium, by opening up the interior and adding cross-shaped steel supports to the main living spaces.
The Ghent-based studio said the existing bungalow had an uninspiring original construction and set about creating a series of flexible spaces that could adapt to the needs of its occupants.
Above: Graux & Baeyens Architecten has modernised a Belgian bungalow. Top image: the project involved opening up the interior
The architects first intervention was to open up the floor plan to create three approximately square zones that contain bedrooms at the front, a kitchen and dining room to the rear, and a central living space arranged around a new fireplace.