RDR Architectes designs "compact village" for sheep farm in Patagonia
Swiss architecture firm RDR Architectes chose corrugated metal to cover a sprawling agricultural complex in Patagonia where cows and sheep are reared.
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"I don't want my pictures to tell people what they should think" says Alastair Philip Wiper
British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper explores all kinds of factories, from pork slaughterhouses to sex doll workshops. He says he isn't trying to shock or influence, just to show people where things come from. More
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Tom Hegen photographs the Netherlands' glowing greenhouses
Aerial photographer Tom Hegen has captured large greenhouses throughout the Netherlands from the air to draw attention to questions over how we will feed the world's growing population. More
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Pedro Reyes designs his own brutalist studio in Mexico City
Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes has built a bunker-like studio from prefabricated concrete and stone alongside his home in Coyoacán, Mexico City. More
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Colorado campus by Paul Andersen features buildings with "false fronts"
American architect Paul Andersen has designed a series of commercial structures in Colorado with deceptive facades that rise higher than the actual buildings – a style that was popular in the Old West. More
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Richard Chivers photographs England's remaining gas holders
Architectural photographer Richard Chivers has captured images of gas holders from across England to create a visual record of the remaining examples of the structures. More
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Inmos Microprocessor Factory is Richard Rogers' high-tech factory prototype
We continue our guide to high-tech architecture by looking at the Inmos Microprocessor Factory, a key example of Richard Rogers' radical inside-out buildings. More
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Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery photographed 20 years after completion
These photographs taken by Yueqi "Jazzy" Li capture the "mesmerising" dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery. More
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Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre is high-tech architecture's most flamboyant structure
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, one of the most expressive and distinctive examples of the style. More
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Reliance Controls factory by Team 4 was a "democratic pavilion"
Continuing our high-tech architecture series we look at Reliance Controls, the last building that two of the giants of high-tech architecture – Richard Rogers and Norman Foster – designed together at Team 4. More
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BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen
BIG has completed the "cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by an artificial ski slope that is open all year round. More
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Colourful metal screens and plants cover factory and offices in Hanoi
Perforated metal screens and plants cover the facade of a factory and office complex in Hanoi, Vietnam, designed by Studio VDGA for electronics manufacturer Star Engineers. More
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Henning Larsen tops Danish sewage works with park
A green roof with meandering pathways disguises this weathering steel water treatment facility, which Henning Larsen has completed on the island of Zealand, Denmark. More
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Graux & Baeyens builds studio for Belgian artist Stief Desmet
Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens Architecten has used "sober but brutal" materials to create a new atelier for painter and sculpture Stief Desmet. More
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Foster + Partners' Marseille airport plans come under scrutiny for carbon emissions
A glazed terminal building at Marseille Provence Airport designed by Foster + Partners has come under fire from France's environmental authorities over fears it could hinder France's target to be carbon-neutral by 2050. More
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Clayton & Little builds weathering steel barn at California winery
Texas architecture studio Clayton & Little has built a barn from reclaimed oil field pipes and weathering steel panels, topped with solar panels to provide power to a vineyard in California. More
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Bosske Architecture encloses robotic dairy in red "super shed" in Australia
Bosske Architecture has completed a dairy farm in Northcliffe, Australia, with a curving red structure that contains a robotic milking shed and a visitor centre. More
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Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows
A floating dairy farm has opened in Rotterdam, showing how food production can become less vulnerable to climate change. More
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Dhooge & Meganck creates "contemporary abbey" for Belgian pickle and mustard manufacturer
The concrete form of this factory for Camp's in Oudenaarde, Belgium, is driven by the mustard production processes and Dhooge & Meganck's desire to create a building with "soul". More
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SO? builds modular House of Chickens on a farm in Turkey
House of Chickens, designed by architecture studio SO?, is a modular coop for 800 chickens on an artist's farm in Turkey. More
