Stories by Jon Astbury
Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin’s Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016
Studio Hallett Ike transforms London home with series of “subtle adjustments”
Carlo Ratti Associati shelters Mutti restaurant with “clod of earth lifted from the ground”
IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008
Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest
Schemata Architects clads Yawn Yard guesthouses in Japan with local timber
Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates “impetus for city life” amid ongoing conflict
CF Møller Architects uses principles of “healing architecture” for Finnish psychiatric clinic
White fabric-like walls wrap Nyori house in Kerala by 3dor Concepts
Hospital fronted by large winter garden opens in UK
Bernardo Bader Architekten creates cuboidal primary school in rural Austria
Son Studio draws on “sun-bleached” shacks for Bangalow Road House
Gort Scott draws on Arts and Crafts details for Walthamstow housing block
LAN “deliberately exposes” mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
RSHP and Estudio Lamela’s Madrid-Barajas airport was the most significant building of 2006
Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors
Gianni Botsford Architects adds trapezoidal home to Norman Foster extension
Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
Philippe Starck creates “strange and surrealist” olive oil mill and museum
PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using “plug-in architecture”
Brick cultural centre evokes “historic grain of Hertford’s town centre”
