Architecture update

A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events.

Nadeem and Saadya Bhatti’s new extension to their Victorian villa has created a magnificent multifunctional family space

Discover the measures taken to radically improve the thermal performance of these existing homes

There is nothing quite like a barn conversion with its characterful features and nod to an agrarian past to get the pulse racing, so who wouldn’t love one of these distinctive homes magnificently transformed for rural living

Barnbarroch House, Barnbarroch, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. A country house with views towards Urr Water estuary with two two-bedroom cottages in the grounds. It has period fireplaces and a kitchen

Bringing a dilapidated barn back to life using sympathetic materials proved a winning move for John and Cat Frankitti