Facha Architekti's red metal extension to a former pigsty home in Czechia

This small family house on the edge of a village in the Příbram region began life as a single-storey pigsty, and went through several versions before becoming a permanent home. Prague studio Facha Architekti didn't want to erase that history, so the new extension is, in their words, "deliberately distinct": clad in red corrugated metal, it sits apart from the old building among detached houses and former farm buildings on a 515-square-metre plot.

The red, architect Matěj Nepustil explains, carries no grand symbolism. It came from the short list of standard colours available for the cladding and simply felt the strongest. Outside, seating steps, a larch terrace and a matching red retractable awning draw the house towards the garden.

Inside, the aim was the opposite: to make old and new feel like one home. Pine plywood runs from the walls into built-in furniture, finally solving a long-standing shortage of storage, set against natural linoleum floors and timber beams. Red returns on countertops, cupboard inlays, bannisters and two dining chairs. Moving the front door into the extension made room for a roomier entrance and a bigger bathroom.

A private home, so one to enjoy in pictures: a good example of how a modest addition can respect a building's past while plainly being new.

Our summary of a story from Dezeen, published 11 October 2026. Read the original

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