Articles by Jon Astbury

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Tuckey Design Studio creates “monastery-like” interiors for Bough Terrace in London

July 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London practice Tuckey Design Studio has refurbished a Victorian terrace in Knightsbridge, stripping back its interiors to create a tactile yet minimalist home. Named Bough Terrace, the existing three-storey building had suffered severe water damage and had over-compartmentalised interiors with poor access to natural light. Tuckey Design Studio prioritised the retention of the building’s original

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Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten clads Netherlands apartment block in red brick

July 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has adorned the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht with red brickwork to reference the city’s Amsterdam School style of architecture. The block of 38 apartments stands alongside a new boulevard in the neighbourhood of Wyckerpoort, which reconnects an area of the city formerly isolated between a motorway and

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ZZHK Architects completes bridge in China with spiralling viewpoint

July 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese Studio ZZHK has completed G Clef Bridge, a pedestrian walkway across the Bailu River in Chengdu, which culminates in a spiralling ramp and viewpoint informed by musical notation. The bridge connects the French-style town of Bailu – a popular tourist destination also known as Bailu Music Town – with the Diamond Music Hall on

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Long Nguyen Design wraps Vietnam restaurant in bamboo screen

July 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A screen of bamboo shelters diners at the Nhà Tú Garden Restaurant in Vietnam, which has been completed by architecture studio Long Nguyen Design. Located in the city of Dong Nai, the restaurant stands on a stretch of green space that separates a residential area from a nearby industrial park. Long Nguyen Design described its

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Madam Architectuur updates Belgian bungalow with red-timber cladding

July 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Brussels studio Madam Architectuur has renovated and extended a bungalow near Aalst, updating its exterior with bright red-painted timber that is “striking yet modest”. Named Charlotte, the low-slung home was built on the outskirts of a nature reserve in the 1990s but lacked a relationship with its surroundings. Madam Architectuur reconfigured and extended the concrete

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Lakeside pavilion by Galaxy Arch sits in “gentle dialogue” with surroundings

July 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Galaxy Arch has completed a pavilion in Suzhou Industrial Park that is modelled on an old wooden cabin and sheltered by a curved roof with large overhangs. Located alongside a grove of camphor trees, the pavilion is one of 11 on the banks of Jinji Lake, each designed to provide visitor services for

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Crystalline cafe tops Kristal Observation Tower in Slovenia by Korpnik Produkcija

July 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Slovenian studio Korpnik Produkcija has completed a concrete observation tower overlooking the spa town of Rogaška Slatina, topped by an angular glass cafe resembling a crystal. Designed by Celje-based Korpnik Produkcija with structural engineers Ponting, Kristal Observation Tower stands 106 metres tall and is currently the tallest building in Slovenia. The studio said it is

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Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group

July 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. Located on a built-up infill site in Tehran, regulations required that the block’s side elevations remained blank to avoid overlooking. Sites like these are common in the

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SSdH renovates “tectonic and functional” 1970s house in Melbourne

July 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian practice SSdH has completed Stewart House, the renovation of a home in Melbourne that preserves the brick-clad building’s original 1970s character. Located in the Brunswick suburb, the single-storey home has a brown-brick exterior and tiled roof typical of an era of rapid development in the area. Despite not being listed, SSdH saw the home

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FOG Architecture uses grain sacks for walls of mobile bakery in China

July 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Piles of grain sacks were used to create the walls of this mobile pop-up cafe and bakery in Hangzhou, China, which was designed by local studio FOG Architecture. Called the Cycle Cycle Mobile Bakehouse, the pavilion was designed following the lockdown of Shanghai during the Covid-19 pandemic as a means of exploring how food could

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