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Point27 Architects uses textured local stone for Thessaloniki home

October 6, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Fluted blocks of local stone bring a tactile finish to this home in Greece, which has been completed by local studio Point27 Architects. The family dwelling, named Atrium House, is located on the outskirts of the port city of Thessaloniki, on a tree-filled site that looks out towards the Thermaic Gulf. Point27 Architects was tasked

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes “invisible repair” of world’s first cast iron building

October 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed its 20-year transformation of a historic mill in Shropshire into a museum and workspace that celebrates its pioneering cast iron-framed structure. The Grade I-listed Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings was originally constructed in 1797 by architect Charles Bage and is known as the “grandfather of skyscrapers” due to its structure, which

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Perforated brickwork wraps The Gong music centre by Atelier Oï

October 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls wrap an open-roof stage at this circular music centre in Cambodia, completed by Swiss architecture studio Atelier Oï. Named The Gong after its circular shape, the centre was designed for the 150-hectare campus of Smiling Gecko, an educational charity founded by Swiss photographer Hannes Schmid in 2014. It contains recording studios, a

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SO? marries timber and stone for house overlooking Turkish mountains

October 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio SO? has completed Two Face House in Turkey, a home finished with two contrasting facades to provide shelter and panoramic views. Located near the western village of Muğla, the home was designed by Istanbul-based SO? to “transform environmental challenges into opportunities”. Facing southwards, a solid stone facade protects Two Face House from the midday

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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur uses natural materials for holiday home on Swedish island

September 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a holiday home on the island of Gotland, using a natural palette of materials to allow its owners to feel “grounded” in the site’s natural landscape. Named Sommarhus E, the house in a forest clearing, the home, was designed as a place that the client’s family and friends

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Gold aluminium shutters create “defensive” facade for Portuguese housing block

September 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Bureau des Mésarchitecture has completed an apartment block in Leiria, Portugal, wrapped in concrete and gold aluminium shutters. Situated on a corner site where the old and new neighbourhoods of Leiria meet, the block of five apartments is connected to an existing, yellow-painted 20th century house, which was renovated and converted into two

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Knight Architects reinstates historic Germany-Poland border crossing with simple and elegant” bridge

September 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Knight Architects has completed the Küstrin-Kietz Rail Crossing bridge, which is framed by white steel arches and a tensile lattice of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. Crossing the River Oder over the demarcation line between Germany and Poland, the 130-metre bridge restores a historic rail link between the two countries that dates back to the

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University of Melbourne Student Pavilion by KoningEizenberg is “like a big treehouse”

September 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

An external concrete stair with terraces connects the floors of the Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne, designed by US studio KoningEizenberg. The 2,508-square-metre centre has a variety of dining, work, events and meeting spaces where students can “study and linger” throughout the day to help combat social isolation. It forms part of a wider

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Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace

September 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. Society Particular was enlisted to create a glass-walled VIP lounge for the mall but instead proposed a freely accessible events space, terrace and stage to help reinstate a visual

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Stealth aircraft inform Stay Under the Radar retreat in the Netherlands

September 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The angular matte-black forms of stealth aircraft informed the appearance of this holiday home on a former military base in the Netherlands, completed by local studio Sander van Schaik. Aptly named Stay Under the Radar, the retreat sits on the edge of the De Hoge Veluwe National Park in an area called Buitenplaats Koningsweg, a former

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