A modern take on the Australian corrugated shed vernacular this interior alteration to an existing 3 bedroom 1919 house provides open plan living, dining and kitchen with study mezzanine above while sheilding the rear of the house from the prying eyes of the residents of the large block of apartments behind. Tamarama Semi-Detached by David Langston-Jones.

Somewhere to feed the soul. Somewhere to feed the body. And somewhere to do both. What? Don’t you read books and munch on a snack in the bath? This somewhere by Laurent Bourgois.

Perfectly imperfect. Manzara Ayvalik by Istanbul architects Gabi Kern-Altındiş and Erdoğan Altındiş. Modern minimalism within a once crumbling historic shell in a village on the Aegean Sea. See. What did I say? Perfectly imperfect. Available to let as a holiday home it’s my Wednesday daydream. I’m packing my swimsuit in my mind. More via Manzara Istanbul and Urlaubs Architektur.

A renovation of a 70s Sydney home by architect Noek Witzand of noekdesign allows connection between the inside and out through a wall of sliding glass. Minimal style is warmed by wood and washed with white while seaside vegetation laps at the deck.

“A space between modern style and old fashioned charm…. ” The renovation of a half timbered building in Normandy by Charles Zana.