Is the Stirling Prize too London-centric?
This year’s Stirling Prize shortlist has again raised concerns about London bias. Ahead of the winner announcement this…
The Design Labo creates shell-shaped pavilion for Expo Osaka
The shell of a prehistoric marine mollusc informed the spiral shape of the Pasona Natureverse Pavilion at Expo…
Eight post-war homes that “still have lessons to teach us today”
Homes designed by architects including Denys Lasdun and Ernö Goldfinger feature in author Dominic Bradbury’s latest book Post-War…
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.…
Assemble draws on folkloric rituals for Fibredog shelter in London
Architecture collective Assemble has married thatch and timber to craft Fibredog, a public artwork that doubles as a…
Eight monolithic houses coated in earth-toned plaster and render
From a micro home in India to a fortress-like house in Greece, our latest roundup collects houses covered…
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…
BIG designs The Sail conference centre in Normandy
Danish architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mass-timber, riverside conference centre in Rouen, France, with a…
Cuozzo.Company wraps London infill block around a deep lightwell
Local architecture studio Cuozzo.Company has completed 112 Peckham High Street, a mixed-use infill block in London, which is…
Grafton Architects completes first mass-timber building in Arkansas
Irish studio Grafton Architects and US practice Modus Studio have completed a mass-timber building topped with an angular…
How The Studio created a convincing Frank Lloyd Wright building
Following its recent Emmy wins, art director Brian Grego explains how they designed and built a convincing Frank…
SHoP Architects draws on “DNA of the city” for Detroit skyscraper
US studio SHoP Architects has completed the office portion of the Hudson’s complex in Detroit‘s downtown, which was…