Jon Astbury
Jon Astbury is a writer, curator and lecturer. He is assistant curator in architecture and design at the Barbican, and has formerly held editorial positions at The Architectural Review and the Architects’ Journal.
An angular wall of exposed concrete informed by origami wraps this courtyard home in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, designed by local studio Atelier Gratia to be a "sanctuary" from the surrounding city. More
Architectural designer Caspar Schols has created a modular cabin at the De Biesbosch National Park in the Netherlands, incorporating sliding walls that allow it to be opened up to the elements. More
A set of giant wooden tables and chairs shelter the glass buildings of Sweets Bank, the headquarters of sweet company Shunkado in Hamamatsu City, Japan, designed by Nikken Sekkei. More
A jagged metal roofscape shelters large open terraces at the Lateral Verandah House, a dwelling near Pune, India, designed by local studio Malik Architecture. More
Exposed blockwork and corrugated steel were used to bring a brutalist feel to this extension of a Victorian terrace in Camberwell, south London, designed by local practice Pashenko Works. More
An oversized roof lined with terracotta tiles shelters this home in the centre of a walled garden in Quang Yen, Vietnam, designed by local studios Ra.atelier and Ngo + Pasierbinski. More
Raw materials and exposed fittings bring an industrial character to this apartment in Palma, Spain, which was converted from a former bakery by local architect Auba Studio. More
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has completed the Simonsson House in the city of Boden, Sweden, cladding it entirely in red-painted planks of local pine. More
A spiralling facade of stainless steel panels wraps this cultural centre in Fukuoka, Japan, which has been designed by Clouds AO in collaboration with NKS2 Architects and Takumi Nakahara Architects. More
Czech studio Atak Architekti has added a metal-clad extension to a former rectory building to create a library and multifunctional community spaces for the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic. More
A geometric form built from exposed concrete defines the Fieldhouse sports centre, which Italian studio MoDus Architects has created in the South Tyrolean town of Laghetti. More
Japanese practice Schemata Architects has nestled a guesthouse and bar into a hill on the coast of an island in the Seto Inland Sea, with large windows that can be fully opened to the surrounding landscape. More
Dutch architecture practice Studioninedots has transformed a former railway warehouse in Utrecht into a cluster of co-working and community spaces named Bovenbouwwerkplaats. More
A grassy mound conceals this brick pool house, which architecture studio Knox Bhavan has designed to be "virtually invisible" within the grounds of a Georgian home in Kent. More
The vast concrete structure of a former postal sorting centre in the Netherlands has been transformed into a new headquarters for PostNL by Dutch studios KCAP and Kraaijvanger Architects. More
Architecture studio Sheppard Robson has remodelled the New Century Hall music venue in Manchester, restoring, rationalising and "opening up" the Grade-II listed structure. More
Slovakian practice Noiz Architekti has completed Na Rade, a family house in Bratislava with a minimal, stacked form clad in thin wooden planks. More
Belgian architecture studio Hé! has transformed an industrial building in Brussels into a four-storey townhouse, studio and co-working space, adding a timber-framed rooftop extension clad in pale brickwork. More
A mono-pitched roof and exposed steel frame give an industrial character to the Binh Thuan House in Phan Thiet, Vietnam, designed by local architect MIA Design Studio. More
A flowing landscape of grass-topped, terracotta-coloured concrete animates the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre designed by Chinese studio Change Architects to reference mountains in Anhui province. More