2024-11-23T05:57:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/147884083/playtime-first-look-at-a-contemporary-extension-on-a-classic-house Julia Ingalls 2016-02-11T12:13:00-05:00 >2016-02-27T22:37:35-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3x/3xjm676mqx8qjix6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Designed by Playtime Agence d'Architecture, this 45 square meter glass and pre-lacquered white aluminium&nbsp;extension of a traditional French house is striking without being out of place.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/bz/bzicv7d3mduo0pdr.jpg"></p><p>Landscape features heavily in the design's conception: built in order to have "architecture and nature dialogue on a constant basis" as a press release states, the extension affords views of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Monts du Lyonnais and is sited carefully to preserve the property's numerous hundred-year-old trees. Price tag: &euro;180,000 ex VAT.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/wm/wmmj102vwcfyxm1q.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/qt/qtmy9y7dl4034uov.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/gj/gjh7rxwe21uh1zwn.jpg"></p>