In the annals of architecture that brings more of the outdoors inside, this project is one of the most clever. Designed by Fraher & Findlay, the modern single-story rear extension features a living roof that provides the upper floors, which normally look out onto an urban backyard, with a bucolic view of wildflowers. Dubbed the Courtyard House by the architects, the extension also has a tsubo niwa, a slim airshaft garden that acts as an outdoor sitting room.
Have a look:
Photography by Adam Scott, courtesy of Fraher & Findlay.
Above: Behind the modern addition, which houses the kitchen and dining areas, is the original home, built in the early 1900s. The residence is in South West London, a conservation area close to the River Thames.
Above: The living roof on the single-story addition allows the upper floors to have a much greener view than they would otherwise have.
Above: Aside from the kitchen and dining areas, the extension includes a snug room, right under the wildflower roof.
Above: A peek into the kitchen, on a slightly raised part of the addition.
Above: The rooftop daisy meadow, up close. 
Above: The view from inside the addition, toward the backyard, with the wildflower roof visible. To the right is a courtyard.
Above: The courtyard offers easy indoor-outdoor living.
Above: Every window in the extension welcomes the outdoors in.
You can see more of this project here.
For more urban gardens we admire, see: