Planter Box House by Formzero is a concrete home covered in edible plants
Large concrete boxes filled with edible plants form the facade of this house in Kuala Lumpur by locally based studio Formzero. Read more
Articles by Jon Astbury
Lewandowski Architects completes charred wood tennis pavilion at Eton College
Lewandowski Architects has rejuvenated Eton College’s tennis and hockey centre with a charred wood pavilion and two all-weather pitches. Read more
Casa CCFF by Leopold Banchini offers alternative to Switzerland’s typical concrete houses
Leopold Banchini Architects has built a house it describes as a “domestic factory” beside an industrial train station in Lancy, Switzerland. Read more
Knud Holscher celebrates Danish craft with summer house on Fanø island
Architect and designer Knud Holscher has built a simple glazed house on Fanø, an island off the southwest coast of Denmark. Fanø House is expected to be the last architectural project completed by Holscher, 88, a former protégé of Arne Jacobson. It provides a summer home for London-based interior designer Staffan Tolgård and his family. With its use during
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Knud Holscher celebrates Danish craft with summer house on Fanø island
Architect and designer Knud Holscher has built a simple glazed house on Fanø, an island off the southwest coast of Denmark. Read more
Carmody Groarke inserts concrete house inside old brick warehouse in London
House and Studio Lambeth is a new building that architecture office Carmody Groarke has slotted into the brick shell of a Victorian warehouse in south London. The house and studio is located on a long, narrow site that is landlocked by housing. Rather than clear the site, the London-based studio chose to work with the fabric
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NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets
Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. The studio, also known as NOA built the chalets in a dramatic alpine meadow in South Tyrol. Located on one of the main ski slopes of the Seiser Alm, the area was originally occupied in the mid-19th century
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NOA extends historic Alpine retreat with cluster of cosy wooden chalets
Network of Architecture has added seven new Alpine chalets in an expansion of the Zallinger resort in northern Italy. The studio, also known as NOA built the chalets in a dramatic alpine meadow in South Tyrol. Located on one of the main ski slopes of the Seiser Alm, the area was originally occupied in the mid-19th century
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Marcel Breuer: the Bauhaus furniture master with a passion for architecture
Marcel Breuer is famous for his tubular steel furniture, yet his real interest was architecture. For our Bauhaus 100 series, marking 100 years of the influential school, we profile the Hungarian designer who championed a rational approach to design. For many, Breuer is immediately connected to the Model B3, also known as the Wassily Chair. This iconic
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Marta Nowicka swaps a garage for a three-bedroom house in east London
Designer Marta Nowicka has built a three-storey house on the site of a former garage in London’s Dalston, featuring walls clad in cedar shingles. The Gouse – a combination of the words house and garage – stands on a site that Nowicka bought online “without even seeing it”. The plot measured just 45 square metres,
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