Articles by Jon Astbury

Architecture practice Studio Onu has blended local craft and materials with an agricultural aesthetic to create this home on a working farm in Poland. Named Dom Las – meaning Forest House in Polish – Basel-based Studio Onu drew on the home’s location in Poland’s Kashubian region to create a simple dwelling that would feel “in

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British studio Ström Architects has completed a minimalist home in Cheltenham, UK, which references modernist Case Study Houses in California. Aptly named Case House, it is defined by pared-back finishes and forms, and layers of walls and gardens that buffer its light, airy interiors from the adjacent busy road. The client presented Ström Architects with

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Architecture studio Out of the Valley has created a sauna in Devon with blackened-wood cladding and a large square window overlooking the adjacent forest. Called Forest Sauna, the four-person structure aims to encourage UK residents to embrace the Scandinavian tradition of sauna bathing. The project joins the Out of the Valley’s existing range of cabins

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