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More Architecture perches Floating Hotel among Chinese mountains

May 7, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio More Architecture used a large zigzagging roof to shelter Floating Hotel, which is dramatically positioned among the bamboo forests and mountains of Dachangping, China. Located in the rural Anji region, the hotel contains 18 rooms that More Architecture said are designed to provide guests with an “immersive relationship with nature”. Floating Hotel is

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Loader Monteith and Studio SJM create woodland school in Scotland

May 4, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Scottish practices Loader Monteith and Studio SJM have completed The Harmeny Learning Hub outside Edinburgh, which is clad in larch to blend in with its woodland surroundings. The teaching space is located on the 35-acre estate of the charity Harmeny Education Trust, which provides specialist education for children who have experienced severe trauma. Loader Monteith and

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Parisian office blocks transformed into Ilot Saint-Germain social housing

May 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Concrete loggias overlook a courtyard at this social housing block in Paris, which French studios Francois Brugel Architectes Associes, H2o Architectes and Antoine Regnault Architecture have converted from offices. Named Ilot Saint-Germain, the housing is located in two interconnected blocks previously owned by the Ministry of the Armed Forces in the city’s seventh arrondissement. To

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Mamout adds “smallest possible extension” to townhouse in Brussels

May 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio Mamout has extended a townhouse in Brussels, adding a small garden room built from a prefabricated shell of pastel green-coloured steel. Aiming to improve the connection between the home and its garden, Mamout drew on the form of an existing bow window on the rear facade to create a glazed seating area for the existing

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A6A creates “haven in the middle of the city” for its Bordeaux studio

May 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. Named L’Atelier, the L-shaped block was originally formed of a street-facing garage, a central garden and a large shed to the rear. Drawn to the spatial organisation and finishes of the

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Valbæk Brørup Architects completes “simple and calm” brick villa outside Copenhagen

April 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. Located on a gently sloping site in the city’s northern suburbs and named after the street on which it sits, Kildeskovsvej has a deliberately simple form

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KWK Promes transforms slaughterhouse into art gallery with rotating walls

April 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio KWK Promes has converted a slaughterhouse in the Czech Republic into Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, with exhibition spaces lined with rotating concrete walls. Located in Ostrava, the original heritage-protected slaughterhouse building dates back to the 19th century, but after decades of disuse, it had become dilapidated and partially collapsed. Tasked with adapting the

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Mae Architects completes “21st-century almshouse” in Southwark

April 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard. According to Mae Architects, Harriet Hardy House is

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Mawi Garage by Dhaniē & Sal is an “homage” to utilitarian automobiles

April 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Indonesian architecture practice Dhaniē & Sal has completed Mawi Garage in South Tangerang, creating a steel structure that references the engineering of the cars and motorcycles inside. The client, a car collector, tasked the local practice with renovating an existing 488-square-metre shed that housed his extensive fleet, as well as extending it to add a

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House of Greens by 4site Architects offers “a garden experience in every space”

April 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore, designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore’s history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the “garden city” of India. “As a tribute to Bangalore,

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