Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Berlin’s Bauhaus-Archiv designed by Walter Gropius for “a vivid encounter with the Bauhaus”

November 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin is next in our Bauhaus 100 series, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the influential school. Featuring a distinctive sawtooth roof, the gallery and archive was envisioned by Walter Gropius but not completed until after his death. The building, which has the full name Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung, holds a collection of of archival material from the school.

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London townhouse updated with pared-back materials and patterns

November 19, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Merrett Houmøller Architects has renovated and extended a house in north London using a consistent palette of simple materials and repeated patterns. Cornerstone House was the first commission for the studio, which was founded in 2014 by Peter Merrett and Robert Houmøller and now has offices in London and Sheffield. The architects renovated the historic property

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Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos completes Brutalist concrete sports centre in Portugal

November 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos has completed a sports centre in Portugal, featuring angular concrete surfaces that funnel daylight into its public foyer. Locally based studio Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos designed the building as a sports facility for use by the local Pedro Barbosa School, as well as by the community of Viana do Castelo. Named the Atlantic

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AGi Architects’ Rock House in Kuwait wrapped with “origami-like” stone facades

November 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This private home in Kuwait, deigned by AGi Architects, features a faceted concrete shell clad in stone that folds up and around a central courtyard. Its shell encloses a series of inwardly facing living spaces. AGi Architects, which has offices in Madrid and Kuwait, designed the Rock House as a single-family home to be eye-catching but

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COBE’s wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings

November 12, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Danish architecture firm COBE has completed the wedge-shaped Tingbjerg Library and Culture House for a school in Copenhagen that narrows to a width of just 1.5 metres at either end. The library and cultural facility was designed by COBE as an extension to an existing school in a northern suburb of the Danish capital. Architect

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Walter Gropius designed school in Dessau to reflect the Bauhaus values

November 5, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

To continue our Bauhaus 100 series exploring the key projects and figures of the influential design school, we take a look at its home in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius to embody the school’s core principles and values. Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, in 1919, as a new kind of art school based around

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Pared-back garden pavilions by Threefold Architects provide space for poolside relaxation

November 5, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Threefold Architects has completed a simple brick pool house with an outdoor fireplace, and a matching gym, at either end of a London garden. The studio, which is based in Camden, added the new swimming pool to the rear of a property in Wandsworth, along with the two buildings containing changing facilities and a gym. The buildings

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Massive stone blocks form walls of Provence winery

November 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect has completed a winery in Provence with facades made of one-tonne stone blocks, which are staggered in places to let the light in. Paris-based Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect designed the facility for winemaker Les Domaine Ott’s Château de Selle estate, which is located in the iconic Côtes de Provence region near the

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Tjep and Vaastukalpa Architects complete Village Super Market in rural Bangladesh

November 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Tjep and Vaastukalpa Architects have completed a market building that combines Bangladeshi construction techniques with “Dutch flair”. The project – to create a series of Village Super Markets in Bangladesh – was initiated by development organisation Solidaridad Network as a way to help smallholder farmers, disadvantaged workers and women in rural areas generate

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Plat Asia’s Forest Dining Club immerses diners in Chinese woodland

October 30, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Beijing-based architecture studio Plat Asia has completed a restaurant in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao featuring three glass-walled dining rooms that look out onto a surrounding forest. Plat Asia, founded in 2010 by Baoyang Bian and Donghyun Jung, designed the Forest Dining Club for a site in the port city’s Aranya neighbourhood. The restaurant’s location on

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