Stories by Jon Astbury
Rearrangeable cedar logs fill walls of Nanhai Buddha Pavilion in China by DoDesign
Bricolage uses salvaged bricks for self-build home in London
Yano Aoyama Architecture Design tops public toilet in Japan with sweeping timber canopy
HYAN renovates 70s home in Japan around “single, continuous” living space
KPF wraps China skyscraper in one-kilometer-long “landscape ribbon”
Note Design Studio looks to traditional farmsteads for villa in southern Sweden
Tom Kneepkens “integrates living and nature” at Dutch forest villa
Verstas Architects uses natural materials for “comforting and gentle” mortuary in Helsinki
Black timber and copper cloaks Sanctum nature retreat in Lithuanian woodland
Estudio Futuro renovates compact Argentinian home around terracotta-paved patios
Terta transforms decommissioned power station in Iceland into colourful site for “learning by playing”
Ricardo Leal perches hempcrete chicken coop alongside Portuguese home
CTA shelters annexe in Vietnam beneath curved roof to “evoke the sensation of being in a cave”
Lenka Milerová Architektka transforms stone pigsty in Czech Republic into holiday home
Breezy louvre walls enclose restaurant in Thailand by Studio Locomotive
YN Studio extends London home around light-filled stairwell
Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns
Roberts Gray Architects tops New Zealand sand dune with rammed-earth home
Wright Office creates “distinctive yet quiet” apartments on triangular infill site in London
Formwork Architects transforms abandoned care home into light-filled Crouch End House
Croxatto and Opazo Architects perches timber home overlooking Chilean coast
Perforated brickwork wraps courtyard home in India by Spacefiction Studio