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.
Wood screens and green courtyards define apartment block in Mallorca by OHLAB
Sliding panels of thin wooden slats provide shade and ventilation to the interiors of this apartment block in Palma on the island of Mallorca, designed by local architecture studio OHLAB. More
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Brick extension opens up Dutch home to forested garden
Dutch practices Space Encounters and Studio Vincent Architecture have completed BD House, an extension of a 1950s villa with a brick garden pavilion intended to create the feeling of "living in the forest". More
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Hérault Arnod Architectures completes aluminium-clad sports centre in France
A curved, twisting shell of textured aluminium plates covers Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, a multifunctional sports and entertainment venue designed by local practice Hérault Arnod Architectures. More
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Kéré Architecture designs community centre in Uganda to be "source of inspiration and pride"
Steel canopies shade the spaces of the Kamwokya Community Centre in Kampala, Uganda, designed by Berlin studio Kéré Architecture. More
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Unknown Works finishes CLT House extension with bright yellow render
Architecture studio Unknown Works has extended a semi-detached house in east London, adding vibrant yellow-rendered forms to its front and rear. More
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Space Encounters enlivens Utrecht townhouses with varied materials and finishes
A mixture of colourful tile, stone and metal claddings give a playful character to this residential development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed by local practice Space Encounters in collaboration with Mees Visser and Zecc Architecten. More
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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur designs "accessible yet exceptional" housing blocks in Sweden
Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a cluster of timber-clad housing blocks in Ystad, Sweden, with facades of folding glass screens that allow their balconies to be turned into sheltered winter gardens. More
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Neiheiser Argyros strips back and refurbishes modernist home in Greece
London-based practice Neiheiser Argyros has completed Grid House, the renovation of a 1970s modernist home in Evoia, Greece, that involved stripping the building back to its concrete structure to create a series of minimalist living spaces. More
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Hawkins\Brown and RPP Architects create "beacon for university life" in Belfast
Red steelwork frames a large multi-purpose atrium at the heart of the One Elmwood student hub at Queen's University Belfast, designed by studios Hawkins\Brown and RPP Architects. More
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Llabb creates The Hermitage cabin overlooking Italian mountains
Italian architecture studio Llabb has perched an off-grid wooden cabin for "contemplation and introspection" on the edge of a hill overlooking the Trebbia valley near Genoa. More
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Black larch shingles cover Schindel Studio in London by Archer + Braun
Black-painted larch shingles cover the exterior of this artist's studio in London, designed by local architecture practice Archer + Braun. More
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RSDA repurposes shipping containers to form home on Indian farm
Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. More
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Stone ruins turned into Spanish holiday home by Atienza Maure Arquitectos
The stone walls of a 16th-century clergy house have been restored and contrasted with new, white concrete elements to create El Priorato, a holiday home in Burgos, Spain, designed by local practice Atienza Maure Arquitectos. More
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Bovenbouw Architectuur creates grey-brick police station in Antwerp
Belgian studio Bovenbouw Architectuur has completed a police station in Antwerp with a robust grey-brick form designed to convey "approachability and security". More
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Wood Marsh references "sinuous curves of nature" in Melbourne apartment block
Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No. 6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne, with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. More
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Mono Architekten creates gabled service station next to German heritage site
Berlin studio Mono Architekten has created a service station in Thuringia, Germany, combining facilities for motorists with an exhibition space about a nearby bronze-age burial mound. More
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Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library
Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. More
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THAD draws on contours of nearby mountains for national park visitor centre
Spiralling tiled roofs informed by the contours of the surrounding mountains cover the Jiuzhai Valley Visitor Centre in Sichuan Province, China, designed by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University. More
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Paved courtyard hidden by "muted facade" of LR House in Spain
An austere exterior conceals a series of living spaces around a central courtyard at this home in the Spanish town of Citruénigo, designed by local studio Lecumberri & Cidoncha and architect Ińigo Beguiristain. More
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Atelier Andy Carson finishes coastal home in Sydney with stone and bronze
A curved bronze facade sits atop a sandstone podium at this home renovation in Sydney, Australia, designed by local architecture studio Atelier Andy Carson. More
