Nicolas Laisné creates ship-like Vatea apartment block in France
Local studio Nicolas Laisné Architectes has completed Vatea, a riverside apartment block in France with a sleek, skinny…
Superlimão creates pavilion for Brazilian Architecture Biennial
Brazilian architecture studios Superlimão, H2C Arquitetura and Vida de Vila have created experimental pavilions in Ibirapuera Park in…
Omar Gandhi cascades cedar lake house down Canadian hillside
Toronto-based studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a lakefront house out of a series of rotated, cedar-clad volumes…
Snøhetta adds “positive energy building” to Dunkirk port
A faceted roof encircles a central courtyard at Écosystème D, an energy hub and engineering workspace in Dunkirk…
HYG Architects completes timber-lined home in Japan
Clerestory windows and a curved ceiling create shifting patterns of light and shadow through this timber-lined home near…
Taller Alberto Calleja uses black concrete for Casa Mavra in Mexico
Angular black-concrete volumes are punctured by small tree-filled patios at this home in Mexico, completed by architecture studio…
Bird hides inform Seagull Cottage extension by Architectural Farm
Dublin studio Architectural Farm has renovated a home in Ireland called Seagull Cottage, adding a larch-clad extension informed by…
OAD tops barn-like summer home with thatch roof
An exterior of charred timber and thatch is contrasted by a vibrant interior palette of blues and purples…
O’Donnell + Tuomey reveals “jewel-like” V&A East museum
Irish studio O’Donnell + Tuomey has exclusively revealed the exterior of the V&A East Museum in London ahead of…
Emil Eve Architects adds Douglas fir extension to London home
A thin frame of Douglas fir timber brings a “sense of lightness” to this pavilion-like extension in London,…
Parinamah Architects references temples in Indian jewellery store
A monumental stone table forms the centrepiece of this jewellery store in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, which Parinamah Architects…
Studio Razavi adds circular conversation pit to coastal home
A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin…