Redeveloped Toi Tauranga Art Gallery now open: I’m quite overwhelmed with what we have achieved’
The problem with the Tauranga Art Gallery was that it faced the wrong way. The building originally belonged…
Plastic Box store is “a brutalist art gallery disguised as a supermarket”
Architecture practice Minimal Studio has unveiled Plastic Box, a supermarket in Mallorca with a minimalist exposed-concrete interior and…
Elemental Shores in the Asia-Pacific: Concrete Recasts the Beach House
MimMim Villa / On Architects Inc.. Image © Yoon, Joonhwan Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
The Silent Pavilion: Carlo Scarpa and the Giardino delle Sculture at the Venice Biennale
Giardino delle Sculture / Carlo Scarpa. Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra [Flickr under license CC BY-NC 2.0] Share Share…
Rául Sánchez creates”play of contrasts” at House in Cala Tamarit
Spanish studio Rául Sánchez Architects has taken advantage of a sloping site in Tarragona to create a concrete home with…
New model reveals the hidden structure of everyday materials
Mixed materials, such as concrete, are composed of different components that are scattered randomly. Determining where each part…
OF Studio designs mountain house that “emerges from the terrain”
International architecture practice OF Studio has created a brutalist concrete house with a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations…
Pihlmann Architects turns floors into staircases at Thoravej 29
Furniture built from doors and stairs made by “flipping” concrete floors feature inside this community hub, which architect…
The Architect as a Scientist: New Materials Emerging Between Science and Design
White Tower / Studio Benjamin Dillenburger + Michael Hansmeyer. Image © Girts Apskalns Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail…
IDIN Architects elevates W House II above garden for cows
Local studio IDIN Architects has used curving concrete walls and a large waffle slab to elevate this single-storey…
Herzog & de Meuron completes One Roof for Swiss bank in Geneva
Curved, glazed facades lined with slim columns characterise the headquarters of Swiss private bank Lombard Odier in Geneva,…
Pojeon House wraps around vegetable garden in South Korea
Local studios Sukchulmok and BRBB Architects have created a curving brick and concrete form to frame a central…