Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Simon Astridge adds white-brick extension to refurbished Victorian house

May 26, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A large porthole-like window punctures the white-brick facade of this extension to a terraced house in north London, designed by Simon Astridge. London-based Astridge was tasked with renovating and extending the property near Highbury Fields, to create a sequence of more contemporary spaces for a scientist and her family. He set about remodelling the semi-detached

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AHMM completes “spatial puzzle” of interlocking flats

May 25, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has created a mixed-use building in the London borough of Southwark, featuring wood-lined windows set into brick facades. The building at 81-87 Weston Street, occupies a gap site close to Renzo Piano’s Shard, which previously housed a single-storey warehouse building used by leather traders. AHMM designed the building for developer Solidspace, which

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Cabin on the Border is an off-grid shelter with walls that open on pulleys

May 21, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. Cabin on the Border was designed by Istanbul architecture studio SO? for a couple

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Ryuichi Ashizawa uses traditional techniques to control climate at house on Okinawa Island

May 20, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Large eaves and a metal-mesh canopy that will eventually be covered with plants help to shade the interiors of this concrete house on Japan’s Okinawa Island. Osaka-based studio Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects designed the house called Ma of Wind for a plot in a residential area southwest of the 14th-century Shuri Castle, on the island in the

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Mamout and AUXAU update Brussels townhouse with mint-green staircase

May 20, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A staircase with living areas on its large landings replaces unnecessary rooms at the centre of this Brussels apartment, which was renovated and extended by Belgian architecture studios Mamout and AUXAU. The project undertaken by the team made up of architects from Mamout and AUXAU aimed to readdress the typical layout of properties in the

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Kientruc O completes kindergarten made from a cluster of gabled blocks

May 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Kientruc O has designed a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, which is made up of a stack of gabled brick blocks and features a curving cantilevered staircase leading to a roof garden. In 2015, the firm headed up by architect Đàm Vũ converted an old townhouse in the Vietnamese capital’s District 1

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Suzuki Architects combines a home and shop at Gré Square House

May 16, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Large openings in the corrugated-metal facades of this boxy building in Shizuoka, Japan, frame views of the neighbourhood from a shop on the ground floor and residence above. Tokyo studio Suzuki Architects designed Gré Square House for a client who runs a business selling clothes and other products made from natural materials. The building’s ground

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Suzuki Architects combines a home and shop at Gré Square House

May 16, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Large openings in the corrugated-metal facades of this boxy building in Shizuoka, Japan, frame views of the neighbourhood from a shop on the ground floor and residence above. Tokyo studio Suzuki Architects designed Gré Square House for a client who runs a business selling clothes and other products made from natural materials. The building’s ground

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Schemata Architects plays with materials and movable furniture at Tokyo record label offices

May 9, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Pastel-coloured walls, industrial finishes and sliding furniture create a playful atmosphere inside this office for a Tokyo-based record label by Schemata Architects. The studio headed by architect Jo Nagasaka was asked by record company Toy’s Factory to design an office occupying an entire floor of a building overlooking a five-way road junction in the Shibuya

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Eckford Chong adds blackened-timber garden studio to refurbished London house

May 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

UK architecture office Eckford Chong has renovated and extended an end-of-terrace property in east London, adding a garden studio that evokes traditional Japanese tea houses. The studio headed by Doug Eckford and Tania Chong was tasked with overseeing the internal and external renovations of the property in Walthamstow, which is occupied by a growing family.

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