This new series celebrates familiar building types such as cottages, manors, barns and farmhouses, reimagined for contemporary living. Each project respects its heritage while solving the practical challenges of modern family life.

Villa Strata, South Yorkshire. A new build home inspired by the mid-twentieth-century garden pavilion style. This spacious home sits gracefully on the village's edge. Designed for a growing family with extended relatives close by, it combines timeless elegance with practical, flexible spaces that effortlessly adapt to family life and gatherings.

Brightman Clarke Architects: latest artist’s impressions of The Stables, an architect design new build house at Cotton Mill Hill, Holymoorside, Derbyshire

Brightman Clarke Architects were appointed to design a large replacement dwelling at Ravenshead, near Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire.

A complete house renovation with two sizable extensions: at the side is a two-storey build that adds two additional bedrooms, and at the rear, a significant single-storey extension that houses a new open-plan kitchen/dining/living area.