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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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Studio Moto creates sculptural concrete lookout point on Belgian coast

July 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian practice Studio Moto has completed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne, which rises and falls to echo the surrounding sand dunes. Named Westerpunt, the structure was built alongside an existing promenade that connects De Panne to Dunkirk and overlooks the North Sea. Informed by the idea that “the journey is

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Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan

July 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in Nishizaki, Japan, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Cochi Architects. Located in a newly developed residential area on a former landfill site in Okinawa, the clients wanted an “urban oasis” that would protected from overlooking by neighbouring buildings

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Tropical Space wraps kiln and workshop in perforated brick walls

July 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls surround the Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam, which contains a brick kiln and visitor centre by architectural studio Tropical Space. Located alongside a river in Dien Phuong, the workshop was constructed to complement Terra Cotta Studio, a cuboid brick structure designed by the studio in 2016 for artist Le Huc Da. For

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Studio Saar wraps cultural centre with perforated marble screens

July 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated screens of white marble filter light and air into the Third Space learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Saar. Created for non-profit organisation Dharohar, the centre was designed as a “third space” between home and school, providing local children and the wider community with a

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AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs

July 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area’s traditional wooden villas. Located in a former military garrison that is being converted into a residential area, AOR Architects designed the three-storey building to be a landmark

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SOA Architekti transforms former graveyard into public park in Czech Republic

July 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

An elevated, winding walkway guides visitors through Park of Memories, a former graveyard in Aš, Czech Republic, renovated by local studio SOA Architekti. Covering the site of a graveyard that was demolished in the 1970s, the landscape functions as a public park with a memorial, elevated walkways and repaired stone bridges and cellars. SOA Architekti

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Aretz Dürr Architektur creates “extremely simple” timber warehouse in Germany

July 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Oversized timber beams support cantilevering canopies on either side of Halle S 46, a warehouse in Germany by Cologne studio Aretz Dürr Architektur. Located near the town of Altenkirchen, the building provides storage for an ensemble of furniture workshops currently under development in the area. Aretz Dürr Architektur sought to create an expressive timber structure that

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CLOU Architects stacks blocks to form kindergarten in China

June 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Playful openings and colourful windows brighten the pixelated exterior of West Coast Kindergarten, completed by Chinese studio CLOU Architects near Hangzhou. To maximise space on a small plot, CLOU Architects organised the 4,900-square-metre kindergarten across a series of stacked white volumes, intended to resemble children’s building blocks. This arrangement also gives rise to a pixelated form

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MOFA Studios creates wave-like forms for Indian water sports centre

June 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The “dynamic nature of the sea” prompted the flowing, scaly forms of The National Institute of Water Sports in India, completed by architecture practice MOFA Studios. Located on a coastal site in Panaji, Goa, the 15,000-square-metre centre provides facilities for the institute, which holds courses in water sports and tourism management. It is formed of

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