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.
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
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Filipe Pina and David Bilo extend Portuguese farmhouse with gabled concrete forms
Portuguese architects Filipe Pina and David Bilo have extended the Casa NaMora farmhouse in Guarda, Portugal, adding two gabled concrete volumes with pared-back interiors. More
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Bernard Tschumi is the deconstructivist architect with big ideas
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture, we profile French-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, who designed the seminal Parc de la Villette in Paris. More
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SO-IL and FREAKS extend glass museum in France with sweeping public plaza
New York office SO-IL and Parisian studio FREAKS have completed the renovation and extension of an 18th-century glass factory in France, adding a sweeping concrete plaza that unites a series of cultural spaces. More
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Pad Studio designs red-brick Gardener's Cottage in rural Hampshire
Stepped red-brick volumes and garden terraces define this home that Pad Studio has created in the New Forest, an area of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire. More
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Kapsimalis Architects designs monolithic holiday home in Santorini
Local studio Kapsimalis Architects has created Monolithus, a holiday home on the Greek island of Santorini that was designed as an arrangement of geometric forms clad in earth-coloured cement. More
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Penda China designs rural resort to look like a traditional village
The stone and timber dwellings of this holiday resort on the outskirts of Beijing have been designed by local practice Penda China to look like traditional village buildings. More
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ElasticoFarm and Bplan Studio design arc-shaped block of holiday apartments in Italy
Architecture practices ElasticoFarm and Bplan Studio have created an arc-shaped cluster of holiday apartments overlooking the Venetian Lagoon in Jesolo, Italy. More
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"Smog-eating" ceramic fins cover hospital in Milan by Mario Cucinella Architects
Large ceramic fins with a titanium dioxide coating that can break down smog particles cover the wave-like form of this hospital building in Milan, designed by local practice Mario Cucinella Architects. More
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DnA_Design and Architecture transforms Chinese quarries into cultural spaces
Chinese studio DnA_Design and Architecture has transformed a series of former stone quarries in Zhejiang Province into cultural spaces, making sensitive insertions into their grand hand-carved interiors. More
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3andwich Design shelters desert camp centre with a rusted steel shell
Chinese studio 3andwich Design has completed a facilities centre for a desert campsite in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, with a weathered steel shell that looks like it is buried in the sand. More
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Atelier Data uses a simple and traditional palette to extend a Portuguese farmhouse
Portuguese practice Atelier Data has renovated and extended a farmhouse in the Alentejo region with a plain, white form and traditional materials that mimic the appearance of the existing building. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
UNStudio designs "urban speaker" as HQ of K-pop music agency
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has used sweeping geometric lines and metal surfaces to bring a sense of performance to the Seoul headquarters of South Korean music agency YG Entertainment. More
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Kengo Kuma's HC Andersens Hus opens in Denmark
A new museum dedicated to Danish fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, designed as an experiential "fantasy world" of gardens and underground exhibition spaces, has officially opened in Odense following a soft launch at the end of June 2021. More
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Vallribera Arquitectes contrasts heavy and light finishes at compact home in Barcelona
Exposed, white-painted concrete contrasts a delicate, skylit metal staircase at this minimalist house in Mataró, Barcelona, designed by local practice Vallribera Arquitectes. More
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Ciguë uses steel foundations to elevate lightweight home in rural France
French studio Ciguë has elevated this timber-clad home in Saint Julien le Petit, France, above its rural site using slender, removable steel foundations. More
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Norm Architects frames countryside views at Suffolk holiday home
A deliberately simple steel-framed form with almost entirely glazed walls defines this holiday home, designed by Danish studio Norm Architects to frame views of its rural setting in Suffolk, UK. More
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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur designs timber barn on a historic Swedish farm
Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a timber barn on a historic farm in Skåne, southern Sweden, that was created to be used as anything from storage and workshop space to a games room. More
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IF_DO designs "demountable and reusable" incubator for start-ups in London
Timber planks in shades of green cover the exterior of The Hithe, a workspace and incubator for start-ups in London designed by architecture studio IF_DO. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
Vector Architects uses elevated walkways and terraces to connect office development in China
Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a concrete office complex in Chengdu, Sichuan province, raised on large pilotis and connected by a network of elevated walkways crossing large courtyards. More
