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.
Weathered timber cladding covers shed-like house in rural England
A cantilevered upper floor and a glazed gable end feature in a house in Berkshire, England, by architecture practice Spratley & Partners. More
Bookshop in paddy field sandwiched between walls of abandoned house
Trace Architecture Office has inserted a bookshop and cafe into old rammed earth gables of a long-abandoned house in rural China. More
Mountain house in Poland has glazed cut between gables
A glazed cut through a barn-style gabled house set into a hill in rural Poland by Kropka Studio has views of its mountain surroundings. More
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Atelier Kento Eto designs minimal black house hiding lofty interiors
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with white walls. More
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Charlie Luxton Design refurbishes and extends Cotswolds bungalow
Charlie Luxton Design has refurbished a neglected brick bungalow on the edge of a village in the Cotswolds to create a family home. More
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School for squatters in India can be dismantled to evade bulldozers
Social Design Collaborative has created ModSkool, a modular anti-eviction school for farming communities in Delhi that can be quickly dismantled if the settlement is demolished. More
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Curving glass walls bulge into courtyards of converted Beijing hutong
Chinese practice Arch Studio have renovated an abandoned hutong in Beijing, making a house with curving glass walls around internal courtyards. More
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Staircase swing and material details add flair to Highgate house
A swing suspended from a floating stair and a spiral staircase of polished plaster are some of the details included by architecture studio Cousins & Cousins in a London house. More
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Skinny house built in gap for Victorian coach house in London
The brick piers of an old Victorian coach house are incorporated in the facade of this skinny house in New Cross, London, designed by architecture studio Selencky Parsons. More
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Steel and glass exoskeleton transforms abandoned warehouse into concert venue
Sudraba Arhitektüra has reinforced the dilapidated shell of an abandoned 20th-century railway warehouse in Riga and turned it into a concert hall. More
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Glazed sun room with copper parapet extends Dublin house
Scullion Architects has remodelled and extended a house in Dublin, adding a long glazed sun room with deep sill and copper parapet that opens on to a garden. More
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Forest house of stone and glass is reflected back in water
A stone-clad house in woodland close to Antwerp by DDM Architectuur features an indoor pool and a double-height music room overlooking a pond. More
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Bridge links historic German museum to travertine-clad extension
Bez + Kock Architekten used a bridge to connect an extension and a 17th-century museum in Arnsberg, Germany, forming the Museum and Cultural Forum South Westphalia. More
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Blocky Minecraft-themed apartment building in Seoul clad with pixel-like tiles
Aoa Architects has clad the stepped gables of a playful apartment block in South Korea with glossy red and white tiles in a reference to the video game Minecraft. More
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Hotel on the Santorini coast has rooms in white-painted caves
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has turned a cluster of former homes, barns and cellars on the island of Santorini into a hotel with rooms in caves. More
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António Costa Lima inserts brick home into an old Lisbon warehouse
Portuguese practice António Costa Lima Arquitectos has inserted a perforated, lattice-like brick volume into the stone shell of a former warehouse to create this new home along Lisbon's waterfront. More
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Bell Phillips builds curved white-brick pavilion in London park
A sweeping, white-brick pavilion in Southwark Park in London by architecture studio Bell Phillips curves along the park's historic pathways. More
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Tropical plants cover the balconies of Chicland hotel in Vietnam
Concrete balconies filled with tropical plants cover the Chicland hotel in Danang, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia – the Dezeen Awards 2019 architect of the year. More
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Lakeside house in Sweden is clad with pine slats to match the forest
Dive Architects has completed a lake house in isolated woodland to the north of Stockholm designed to gradually "merge with nature" as the surrounding birch and pine forest grows. More
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Timber walls pivot to open holiday home to the outdoors in Australia
Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. More
