Articles by Alyn Griffiths

MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery

May 8, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
DTW by MLZD in Switzerland

Architecture office MLZD built the sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. Swiss firm MLZD designed the sunken sports facility for a site within the grounds of Wettingen Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1227 that was converted into a school in 1976. The monastery

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Stacked straw bales form walls for conceptual school in Malawi by Nudes

May 7, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Visuals of Straw Bale School by Nudes

Indian architecture office Nudes has developed a concept for a secondary school in Malawi, with a modular wooden structure and curved walls made from straw bales. Nudes, led by architect Nuru Karim, created the concept for the Straw Bale School in response to a brief set by architectural competition organiser Archstorming, on behalf of an NGO called Active Africa. Benga

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Glass-sided rooftop pool tops concrete Maltese house by Architrend Architecture

May 5, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Casa B by Architrend in Malta

The rooftop swimming pool at Casa B, a concrete house in Malta, is visible from both the street and from inside the living space below. Sicilian office Architrend Architecture designed the building to be inserted into a traditional terrace in the seaside town of St. Julian’s. The four-storey residence follows the same general arrangement of its more

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House in Hokusetsu by Tato Architects is designed as a labyrinth

May 4, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
House in Hokusetsu by Tato Architects

A geometric pattern of square-shaped rooms connected by rhombus-shaped circulation areas forms House in Hokusetsu, Osaka, by Japanese firm Tato Architects. Tato Archiects, led by architect Yo Shimada, designed the house for a family who wanted an interesting and dynamic home that makes it easier to spend time together. Rather than sticking to a regular orthogonal

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Colliding gabled structures form Hannae Forest of Wisdom community centre

April 28, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Hannae Forest of Wisdom by Unsangdong Architects Coorperation

Unsangdong Architects has designed the Hannae Forest of Wisdom community centre in Seoul with a row of intersecting gabled forms enclosed by glass end walls. Seoul studio Unsangdong Architects developed the centre in the Hannae neighbourhood as a cultural space for the community that repurposes an abandoned plot near the entrance to a public park. To find a way to

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Martin Lejarraga wraps mountain refuge in red bricks and tiles

April 27, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Martin Lejarraga has updated a shelter used by hikers, hunters and mountaineers in Murcia, Spain, adding a layer of red-brick cladding that contrasts with the surrounding greenery. The project involved the complete refurbishment of a small refuge known as “La Casa del Ángel” in the Sierra de Jumilla mountains. Lejarraga wanted to maintain the

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Stepping stones lead into house extension over an English lake by Hamish & Lyons

April 23, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Hamish & Lyons has completed Stepping Stone House, an extension to a manor house in Berkshire, England, that is raised on stilts above a lake. Hamish & Lyons, founded by Hamish Herford and Nicholas Lyons, replaced three underused and flood-prone outbuildings to create the new living spaces for a family with five children. Three of

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Yellow stairs connect living spaces in Three-Generation House by BETA

April 22, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
3-Generation House by BETA

Dutch architecture studio BETA has designed a house in Amsterdam for a multi-generational family with a central yellow staircase connecting their separate accommodation. BETA designed the Three-Generation House for a couple with young children who already lived in the city, and their parents who wanted to move in. The architects describe Three-Generation House as a “mini

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Garden terraces link living spaces in Ha House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

April 19, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Ha House by VTN Architects

Gardens can be found on all the different levels of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Ha House is the latest addition to Vo Trong Nghia Architects’ House for Trees series, a project that aims to bring urban dwellers in closer proximity to nature. Each house typology has one thing

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Zai’s Hutong Filter features a pixelated shingle wall overlooking a traditional courtyard

April 10, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Hutong Filter by Zai Studio

Hutong Filter is a studio added to a house in one of Beijing’s traditional hutongs by architecture office Zai with pixel-style shingles and timber frames connecting to a communal courtyard. Beijing studio Zai, founded in 2018 by Yihang Zhang, introduced additional functional spaces to a house found within a courtyard typical of the city’s hutong neighbourhoods. It

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