On the edge of a quiet neighborhood, a 1980s family home has been given new life — not by imitation, but by contrast. The owners envisioned an addition that would speak a different architectural language: crisp, modern lines meeting the warmth and tactility of traditional timber construction.

The new volume stands as a contemporary counterpoint to the original house, its form pared back and purposeful. Sunlight floods through generous openings, drawing the changing seasons indoors and dissolving the boundary between home and garden.

Beneath its modern skin, the extension is built with age-old craft — timber joints, careful detailing, and a respect for the material’s natural beauty. It is a meeting of eras: the solid familiarity of the past and the clarity of the present, bound together in one home.