![This modern home office design is a spacious and light filled extension that features a folding facade of glass and oak, while inside there's custom designed bookshelves and two desks. #HomeOffice #HomeOfficeDesign #Architecture](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home-office-design-ideas-wood-glass-extension-090320-1056-01.jpg)
Studio Carver has designed a home office for their clients, a retired couple that wanted to have a place for quiet reading, in the form of an addition to their 1950’s terrace house in London, England.
The result came in the form of a spacious and light-filled extension that features a folding facade of glass and oak that wraps back against the existing house, tying together old and new.
![This modern home office design is a spacious and light filled extension that features a folding facade of glass and oak, while inside there's custom designed bookshelves and two desks. #HomeOffice #HomeOfficeDesign #Architecture](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home-office-design-ideas-wood-glass-extension-090320-1056-02.jpg)
Inside, cabinetry, shelving, and desks are carefully integrated into the design of the extension, providing a home for an extensive collection of artifacts and books collected over the years. A skylight helps provide natural light to the first desk area.
![Inside this modern home office, bespoke joinery and desks are carefully integrated into the design of the extension, providing a home for an extensive collection of artifacts and books collected over the years. A skylight helps provide natural light to the first desk area. #HomeOffice #Desk #Bookshelves #Skylight](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home-office-design-ideas-shelving-desk-skylight-090320-1056-03.jpg)
The second desk is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the garden view through the large picture window.
![The modern home office desk is positioned to take advantage of the garden view through the large picture window. #HomeOffice #Shelving #Desk #PictureWindow](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home-office-design-ideas-shelving-desk-large-window-090320-1056-04.jpg)
Outside, Oak clad planters extend along the garden wall and connect the building with the existing landscape. The old bricks provide a textured and warm backdrop to the new oak lining, flowers, and greenery, while a small bench on top of the planter provides a place to appreciate the flowers and rest against the garden wall.
![Oak clad planters extend along the garden wall and connect the building with the existing landscape. The old bricks provide a textured and warm backdrop to the new oak lining, flowers and greenery, while a small bench on top of the planter provides a place to appreciate the flowers and rest against the garden wall. #GardenIdeas #PlanterIdeas #GardenBench #ModernGarden](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/built-in-garden-bench-planters-090320-1057-05.jpg)
Here’s a look at the floor plan that shows the layout of the home office, and its connection to the main house, which also provides access to the garden.
![This modern home office design is a spacious and light filled extension that features a folding facade of glass and oak, while inside there's custom designed bookshelves and two desks. #HomeOffice #HomeOfficeDesign #Architecture](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/home-office-design-ideas-wood-glass-extension-090320-1056-06a.jpg)