Daylight now runs deep into the house through the glass rear extension, where steel window frames and slim profiles set the tone. The new volume rises over two levels at the back and is finished in cedar, so the addition reads clearly against the original villa. Inside, the old structural details were brought back rather than covered up: narrow tall windows, small round openings with crossed steel profiles, and frames that echo the building’s earlier language.

A rear addition that pulls the garden into the house

The rear extension with cedar cladding is the most visible intervention, inside and out. Seen from the garden, its full-height glazing sits lightly against the masonry shell. Seen from the living spaces, it opens the plan toward the sloping garden and the elevated terrace beyond. The glass rear extension is not treated as a background element; it carries the view, the light and the movement between floors. A set of steps in the garden marks the change in level and makes the terrace feel tied to the terrain rather than set apart from it.

That direct connection matters most at the living level, where the generous living kitchen with steel glazing takes over the back of the house. Large glazing with garden view wraps around the room, and several of the steel panes can be slid away. On warm days, the kitchen edge disappears and the terrace becomes part of the route from table to outside. The result is not a showpiece room in isolation, but a space that keeps adjusting to the day and to the family’s movement through the house.

Steel window frames and original details, brought back with care

Elsewhere in the villa, the rebuilt interior keeps returning to the same set of details. Steel window frames appear in different scales, from the narrow tall windows to the smaller round openings with a crossed steel profile. Those shapes matter because they give the renovation a clear rhythm. Proportion, not decoration, does the work. Where possible, the extension is separated from the original house with frameless glazing, so the older structure and the new rear volume remain legible as two parts of one composition.

Inside, the palette stays restrained and practical: dark metal frames, white wall surfaces, natural wood and stone underfoot. A built-in open shelving wall breaks up the main living zone and adds storage without filling the room with freestanding cabinets. In the daylight that falls through the large panes, the shelving reads as part of the architecture rather than furniture added later. It is a small but important move, because it keeps sightlines open from the sitting area toward the kitchen and the garden.

The living kitchen as the centre of daily movement

The living kitchen with steel glazing is the room where the renovation feels most active. Around the island, work surfaces stretch into a long run of cabinetry, with wood fronts and lighter units taking turns along the wall. The island gives the room a clear centre for cooking and gathering, while the glazing on three sides keeps the garden constantly present. From the table, the eye moves straight to the terrace and the layered planting outside. The space is open, but it remains practical: there is room for cooking, sitting and passing through without crowding the circulation.

What used to be the kitchen was reorganised to make room for the children’s play area and the internal utility room, accessed from the hall. That shift frees up the living level for the larger family spaces and keeps the back of the house focused on light and outlook. On the garden level, the sports room continues the same idea. It is reached from the cabinet wall near the dining table and opens again through large steel glazed panels. The route is simple, and the glass makes it visible from one end to the other.

An island, long worktops and open views

The kitchen with island is arranged for movement as much as for cooking. The worktop runs long and low, and the darker timber sections sit against lighter fronts so the eye can read the storage wall at once. Round recessed lights in the ceiling keep the room even after dark, while the wide panes hold the garden view in place. Nothing here tries to dominate. The room works because the cabinetry, the island and the glazing all answer the same need: keep the line of sight open.

Rooms above, where the plan becomes quieter

The upper floor belongs to the parents, with a bedroom, dressing room, bathroom and two workrooms laid out around the more private part of the house. The rooms are not described by ornament but by what they do in the plan: separate sleep, dressing, work and washing without cutting the floor into fragments. The bathroom includes a glazed walk-in shower, and the materials stay measured, with light tile surfaces and a double vanity that uses the width of the room well. Large windows bring in green views, so even this more enclosed zone stays connected to the outside.

Above that, the children share the attic level, where the original beams remain visible across the larger rooms. Those beams are the strongest sign that the house keeps its older structure in view. They also give the upper level a different ceiling line from the floors below, which matters in a villa that has gained a new rear addition. Instead of hiding the age of the house, the renovation lets those structural marks stay present while the new work reads clearly beside them.

Light surfaces, dark frames and a steady line through the house

Across the whole project, the same contrasts recur: dark steel against pale walls, smooth glazing against timber, open sightlines against enclosed storage. The glass rear extension carries those contrasts most visibly, but they are already present in the original openings and in the way the living kitchen meets the terrace. Even the garden level follows the same logic, with full-height glass linking exercise space and planting. The house does not depend on one grand gesture alone. It uses repeated details to keep the renovation coherent from the lower level to the attic.

That is what gives the villa its clarity. The rear addition changes the scale of the house, yet the original openings, the steel window frames and the exposed beams keep the older building readable. The family’s daily routes now pass through a sequence of glass, wood and stone, from the kitchen island to the elevated terrace and back again. Seen from the garden, the cedar-clad volume marks the change. Seen from inside, the room edges dissolve into light and trees.