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.
National Museum of Norway by Kleihues + Schuwerk is a "temple of our time"
A gallery clad in translucent marble creates a beacon atop the National Museum of Norway, which architecture studio Kleihues + Schuwerk has completed in Oslo. More
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Oliver Leech Architects extends Pink House with materials that "age gracefully"
Local studio Oliver Leech Architects and interior designer Juliet O'Caroll used a palette of pale pink colours and materials for this extension and refurbishment of a Victorian terrace in London. More
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Powell and Glenn creates concrete Canopy House in Australia
Australian studio Powell and Glenn has completed a sculptural concrete dwelling in Melbourne's suburbs, which is designed to create the feeling of "floating amongst the tree canopies". More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners enlivens Seoul skyscrapers with bright red steelwork
Red-painted steel columns, trusses and cables reminiscent of the high-tech architecture movement define this mixed-used development in Seoul, South Korea, designed by London-based practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. More
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Not Architects Studio creates Japanese house with void to "scoop up" views
A skylit and silver-painted void runs through the centre of the Scenery Scooping House, which Japanese practice Not Architects Studio has created in a dense residential area in Tokyo, Japan. More
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DéDal Architectes creates angular brick home in Belgium
Skinny grey bricks cover the angular exterior of this house in Belgium, which local studio DéDal Architectes designed to "rupture" its more traditional surroundings. More
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Inês Brandão Arquitectura completes Cork House in Portugal
Cork cladding creates a "camouflaged" upper storey at this home near Lisbon, Portugal, designed by local studio Inês Brandão Arquitectura. More
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Pop-up plywood colonnade in Hove references Islamic architecture
Syrian architects Marwa Al-Sabouni and Ghassan Jansiz have created a pop-up, crescent-shaped colonnade on the seafront in Hove, England, assembled from CNC-cut plywood. More
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Plant-covered Villa M by Triptyque and Philippe Starck "brings nature back to the city"
A steel exoskeleton supports a vertical garden facade at this hotel in Paris, France, created by designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with French-Brazilian studio Triptyque and landscape studio Coloco. More
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Samira Rathod creates House of Concrete Experiments in India
Sculptural concrete walls cast with debris and a range of finishes define this home in the coastal town of Alibag, India, designed by local studio Samira Rathod Design Atelier. More
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CmDesign Atelier creates minimal beach house on Lagos peninsula
Tosin Oshinowo-led studio CmDesign Atelier has completed the Coral Pavilion beach house that is accessible only by boat, as a haven away from the "frenetic energy" of Lagos, Nigeria. More
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Loader Monteith uses reclaimed stone and red aluminium for Scottish home
Scottish studio Loader Monteith has completed Ceangal House, a home on a working farm in South Lanarkshire with a layout and materials that were drawn from the original 19th-century buildings on the site. More
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Wolf Prix is the deconstructivist architect who said "architecture must burn"
Continuing our series revisiting deconstructivist architecture we profile Wolf Prix, one of the founders and principal of the radical Austrian practice Coop Himmelb(l)au. More
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Delve Architects adds miniature art gallery to south London home
Local studio Delve Architects has extended a terraced home in south London by adding a brick-lined kitchen designed to be easily transformed into the Ivanhoe Gallery exhibition space for displaying work by local artists. More
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Zaha Hadid's Vitra Fire Station is "ready to explode into action at any moment"
We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid's first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More
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Studio Mutt covers seaside artist's studio in black rubber and seashells
Scallop shells decorate the rubber-painted exterior of The Pottering Shed, an artist's studio overlooking Poole Harbour in England by architecture practice Studio Mutt. More
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De Matos Ryan adds timber playspace to garden of London home
Architecture studio De Matos Ryan has created a "treeless treehouse" named Penfold in the garden of a London home, with a pyramidal timber structure that is accessible only by crawling beneath it. More
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Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum is a "foreboding experience"
Continuing our series on deconstructivism we look at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, one of the architect Daniel Libeskind's first completed projects. More
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Frank Gehry brought global attention to deconstructivism
Continuing our series revisiting deconstructivist architecture, we profile Frank Gehry, the Canadian architect who brought global attention to the style with the ground-breaking Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. More
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Tiled facade wraps curved convention centre by Woods Bagot and Warren & Mahoney
A curved facade clad in herringbone tiles encloses the Te Pae Convention and Exhibition Centre, which Australian studio Woods Bagot and New Zealand studio Warren & Mahoney have completed in Christchurch. More
