Cometa Architects designs Barcelona apartment with “hand fan” layout
Local studio Cometa Architects has added a custom-made central staircase and created circular cutouts to showcase a historic…
Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors
French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a…
Pinzauer transforms Hampstead home with concrete-framed pavilion
An exposed concrete-framed extension frames views across a garden and sunken studio at this Victorian townhouse in Hampstead,…
Foster + Partners unveils plans to restore The Eagle and Child pub
British studio Foster + Partners has announced plans to restore The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, UK,…
GLO and Present Forms create The Spark of Hudson community centre
New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education…
Six Soviet-era buildings given contemporary transformations
Countries in Europe’s former Eastern Bloc are working out what to do with the architectural legacy of communism.…
David Chipperfield Architects transforms US Embassy into hotel
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has converted the former US Embassy building in Mayfair, created by architect Eero…
Pedro & Juana creates tunnel staircase to bridge Mexico house extension
Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana has opened up the roof of a Valle de Bravo house to…
Carmody Groarke completes Power Hall gallery overhaul in Manchester
London studio Carmody Groarke has overhauled a gallery at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, UK, reinstating…
SHED Architecture & Design renovates home for Seattle restaurateur
Local studio SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1920s building into a compact two-level home with a…
Schemata Architects turns ironworks into Teshima Factory cafe
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its…
James Grayley Architecture cloaks Church Cottage extension in shingles
London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic…