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.
A brick, steel and timber structure is left exposed in this office interior in Sydney, which local firm Cox Architecture has revamped to house its own studio. More
An exposed concrete frame, red brickwork and a large silver curtain define House K in Thailand, which has been designed by local studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture. More
London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. More
Indian architecture studio Workers of Art has converted a former storage space into its own plant-filled office, using recycled and repurposed waste materials in almost every aspect of its design. More
Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a "cabin in the woods", surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. More
Snaking "rivers" of embedded lighting flow through the alleyways of a development in Oslo in the Delta installation by local studio Void, which incorporates motion-detecting sensors to create ripples of illumination as people walk past. More
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects drew on research into the built environment's impact on people with dementia for the Alzheimer's Village in Dax, the first project of its kind in France. More
An oversized stepped roof that doubles as an "amphitheatre for the city" tops BBT Hilltop, a burger restaurant in Kuwait City designed by architecture studio TAEP/AAP. More
A stack of meeting rooms and a moss-covered wall overlook the atriums of Here + Now, a pair of office buildings in England refurbished by architecture studio Hawkins\Brown. More
Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland. More
Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. More
Chinese practice Lel Design Studio has completed a factory in Yongchun that combines  traditional and modern brewing facilities for vinegar with a sightseeing route for tourists. More
German practice De Winder Architekten has converted a former machine factory in Hamburg into offices for publisher Carlsen, retaining traces of its previous industrial use. More
Architecture studio Sahabat Selojene has created PituRooms, a seven-bedroom hotel in Central Java in Indonesia that occupies a site measuring just 2.8 metres in width. More
Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. More
Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. More
Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse "like giant rocks" on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. More
London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist's studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. More
Swedish practice White Arkitekter has completed the Exercisfältet Stormwater Pond in Uppsala, Sweden, providing water purification and flood protection while also creating a biodiverse landscape for local residents. More
A series of overlapping "petals" constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. More