Articles by Alyn Griffiths

EKAR Architects applies medley of material textures to facades of courtyard house in Bangkok

December 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Thai studio EKAR Architects has completed a house in Bangkok for several generations of the same family, featuring stacked volumes clad in a variety of materials that contain living spaces arranged around a swimming pool and garden. The owner of the house in the Thai capital’s Bang Phlat District had initially approached EKAR Architects about renovating

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Hus Nilsson is a Swedish summer house with living spaces connected to a sea-facing terrace

December 23, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A painted-brick fireplace separates areas for living and dining at this summer house designed by London-based architect Tina Bergman for a plot facing out towards the sea on Sweden’s east coast. Hus Nilsson is located on the Norrfjärden bay in the northern Swedish archipelago, and occupies a sloping site between the forest and the Baltic

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Grey Griffiths Architects completes London extension featuring exposed oak roof structure

December 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Exposed rafters support a pitched roof incorporating a large skylight that allows daylight to flood into this rear extension added to a Victorian house in south London by local studio Grey Griffiths Architects. The studio founded in 2016 by Tom Grey and Michael Griffiths was asked to oversee the renovation and extension of a terraced

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Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility

December 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vaillo+Irigaray Architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the Spanish city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. The project represents the first stage of a masterplan by local studio Vaillo+Irigaray Architects to redevelop the healthcare facility, which occupies a large site with

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Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility

December 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vaillo+Irigaray Architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the Spanish city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. The project represents the first stage of a masterplan by local studio Vaillo+Irigaray Architects to redevelop the healthcare facility, which occupies a large site with

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Timber and textured-brick surfaces soften interior of extension by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects

December 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has rearranged the ground floor of a Victorian terraced house in north London and introduced a material palette to the extended space that complements the original brick walls. The practice headed by architects Jody O’Sullivan and Amalia Skoufoglou was asked to develop a proposal for reorganising the ground-floor of the house in

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Timber and textured-brick surfaces soften interior of extension by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects

December 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has rearranged the ground floor of a Victorian terraced house in north London and introduced a material palette to the extended space that complements the original brick walls. The practice headed by architects Jody O’Sullivan and Amalia Skoufoglou was asked to develop a proposal for reorganising the ground-floor of the house in

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Timber and textured-brick surfaces soften interior of extension by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects

December 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has rearranged the ground floor of a Victorian terraced house in north London and introduced a material palette to the extended space that complements the original brick walls. The practice headed by architects Jody O’Sullivan and Amalia Skoufoglou was asked to develop a proposal for reorganising the ground-floor of the house in

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Redshank artist’s studio is a cork-clad cabin raised above a tidal salt marsh

December 15, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Oil rigs, Maunsell forts and a wading bird provided the inspiration for this artist’s retreat in a salt marsh on England’s east coast, which becomes inaccessible when the tide comes in. The seaside studio space was developed by British architect Lisa Shell for artist Marcus Taylor, who wanted a peaceful place that he could retreat

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Penda inserts house-shaped opening into facade of hotel in Beijing’s XinXian Hutong

December 15, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A gabled opening that references the forms of traditional hutong houses marks the entrance to this hotel in Beijing by architecture studio Penda. The XinXian Inn Hotel is located in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing, where there are many traditional courtyard houses that are now hidden behind modern commercial developments. Penda, which has offices

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