Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Angular roofs funnel daylight into coastal summer house inspired by traditional Estonian buildings

March 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This summer house in the Estonian village of Muraste comprises a cluster of timber volumes topped with faceted roofs and triangular roof lights that allow natural light to pour into the interiors. The property is situated in a wooded area on the shore of the Baltic Sea and was designed by architecture studio KUU Arhitektid,

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Angular roofs funnel daylight into coastal summer house inspired by traditional Estonian buildings

March 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This summer house in the Estonian village of Muraste comprises a cluster of timber volumes topped with faceted roofs and triangular roof lights that allow natural light to pour into the interiors. The property is situated in a wooded area on the shore of the Black Sea and was designed by architecture studio KUU Arhitektid,

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Fruit trees grow from the roofs of Vo Trong Nghia’s stripy rammed-earth house

March 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. Local architect Nghia’s studio designed the house for a plot in the rural Dong Anh district of the Vietnamese capital, where it is situated within a

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Fruit trees grow from the roofs of Vo Trong Nghia’s stripy rammed-earth house

March 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. Local architect Nghia’s studio designed the house for a plot in the rural Dong Anh district of the Vietnamese capital, where it is situated within a

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Canal boat interiors inspire space-efficient extension to London house by Archmongers

March 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Archmongers has extended the rear of a terraced house in Stoke Newington that features interiors lined with built-in plywood furniture to maximise the available space and a staircase made from a jigsaw of pieces. London studio Archmongers designed the closet-wing and mansard extensions for a growing family who wanted to create more space at their two-storey property

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Geometric bas-relief patterns decorate monolithic Egyptian Embassy in Lisbon

March 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Portuguese studio Promontorio Architects has completed the new Embassy of Egypt in Lisbon, which features robust concrete walls covered with bas-relief patterns that recall traditional Egyptian motifs. The embassy is located in Lisbon’s affluent Restelo district, where many of the neighbouring detached villas from the 1940s and 1950s have been converted for diplomatic use. With

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KAW’s ActiveHouse is a sustainable home that generates more energy than it consumes

March 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch studio KAW employed a range of technical and architectural concepts to minimise the environmental impact of this house in Rotterdam, including introducing large windows into its brick facades to promote natural light and passive heating. The ActiveHouse property is the home of Reimar von Meding, a partner at KAW, who wanted to demonstrate how sustainable principles

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Platforms function as tables and shelves inside Tato Architects’ House in Miyamoto

February 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studio Tato Architects designed the interior of this house in Osaka as a single room containing angular platforms that perform multiple functions and are connected by a spiralling sequence of wooden steps. Tato Architects developed the house for a family of three who wanted a seamlessly connected interior space that facilitates a stronger connection between its occupants.

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Geometric brick-clad boarding house by MICA references its traditional neighbours

February 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

British architecture studio MICA has completed a boarding house in the grounds of Stowe School in England, featuring an assemblage of pale-brick volumes including a cylindrical tower and glazed bridge. Stowe School is an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, which was founded in 1923 and is situated within 750 acres of landscaped gardens that also

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Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking roof

February 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Penda has released visualisations of a house designed for a tiny plot near the German city of Kassel that show how its owners will be able to grow food on both sides of its terraced roof. The studio founded by architects Chris Precht and Dayong Sun designed Yin & Yang house for a

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