Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Peter Pichler completes minimalist refurbishment of Hotel Schgaguler in the Dolomites

October 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Peter Pichler Architecture has overhauled a hotel in the South Tyrolean Dolomites, Italy, adding pared-back concrete facades and minimalist interiors. Pichler’s Milan-based studio carried out a full refurbishment of the Hotel Schgaguler, which is located in the UNESCO heritage-protected village of Castelrotto. The hotel was originally constructed in 1986 and displayed features influenced by traditional Alpine

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CF Møller’s Maersk Tower is “sculptural linchpin” on the Copenhagen skyline

October 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vertical perforated-metal louvres wrap around the curved facades of this tower designed by CF Møller Architects for the University of Copenhagen. The Scandinavian firm designed the Maersk Tower as a state-of-the-art research facility and an extension of Panum – the university’s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. The 15-storey building contains both research and teaching

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Stairs spiral around the perimeter of ATAH’s glazed Heli-stage art space

October 23, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Shanghai-based studio ATAH’s arts centre in the Chinese city of Shaoxing is a glazed cylinder intersected by a spiralling walkway that doubles as a stage. The studio, founded by architects Guang Xu and Lilas Wang, designed the Heli-stage as the centrepiece of a commercial complex called the China Textile Centre (CTC), which comprises a mix

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Stairs spiral around the perimeter of ATAH’s glazed Heli-stage art space

October 23, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Shanghai-based studio ATAH’s arts centre in the Chinese city of Shaoxing is a glazed cylinder intersected by a spiralling walkway that doubles as a stage. The studio, founded by architects Guang Xu and Lilas Wang, designed the Heli-stage as the centrepiece of a commercial complex called the China Textile Centre (CTC), which comprises a mix

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Industrial setting informs robust palette of Fraher Architects’ Signal House

October 22, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Fraher Architects has refurbished a terraced house in London’s King’s Cross, adding a rear extension clad in perforated black metal, and a metalwork staircase. Lizzie Webster and Joe Fraher, founders of Fraher Architects, carried out a comprehensive modernisation of Signal House, a Victorian property in central London. By introducing a new staircase that ascends through

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Three geometric volumes form Nelson Resende’s architecture studio

October 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Nelson Resende has designed an office for his architecture practice in Portugal’s Arada district in a pair of tangentially touching cuboids and a cylinder. Resende created the building to be capable of housing two autonomous offices that could be linked to function as a single space if required. He designed the office as a cluster of basic forms that

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Promontorio adds spiral concrete staircase to 1980s office building in Lisbon

October 15, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Portuguese studio Promontorio has transformed a 1980s office building in Lisbon into a high-tech headquarters featuring a spiralling concrete staircase. The firm, which has offices in Lisbon as well as five other countries, designed the building for GS1 – a non-profit organisation that develops and maintains global standards for business communication tools including barcodes and QR

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Promontorio’s brick-clad Lubango Center rises above an Angolan town square

October 13, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Brown brick facades of Promontorio’s tower in the Angolan town of Lubango recall the tones of traditional African rammed-earth buildings. The international architecture firm, which was founded in Lisbon in 1990, was tasked with designing the Lubango Center for a prominent site next to the main square of the capital of Angola’s Huila district. The nine-storey, mixed use

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Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India

October 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Sameep Padora & Associates looked at the forms of vaulted brick ceilings found in Catalonia to develop the complex curved roof of this extension to a children’s library in the Indian town of Kopargaon. Padora’s Mumbai-based practice designed the Maya Somaiya Library for the Shri Sharda English Medium School, which is located on the edge

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Vo Trong Nghia Architects creates “cave-like” Nocenco cafe with swirling bamboo ceiling

October 6, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vo Trong Nghia Architects used bamboo to create spiralling structures that flow from the ceiling to the floors and conceal concrete pillars at this rooftop cafe in the Vietnamese city of Vinh. The Nocenco cafe occupies the top floor and rooftop of a seven-storey tower in the centre of Vinh. Its location commands an excellent view

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