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Archermit creates “playground to pursue thrills” above Tibetan canyon

November 24, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

A glass-floored cantilevering viewpoint features at Nujiang River 72 Turns Canyon Scenic Area, a project by Chinese studio Archermit that transforms a perilous landscape in Tibet into a visitor destination. The viewpoint sits in an infamous stretch of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, or G318, known as The Devil’s Road due to its dangerous hairpin turns above

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Gaiss tops red home in Latvia with corrugated metal roof

November 22, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Red-painted timber walls and a white corrugated metal roof form the “bold and distinctive” exterior of House Comet, a family home in Riga, Latvia, designed by local architecture studio Gaiss. Named after its location on Komētas Iela, or Comet Street, in Riga’s suburbs, the 175-square-metre home is a contemporary take on a traditional Latvian barn,

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NBBJ clads University of Oxford science building in rippling stone panels

November 21, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Rippling stone panels based on the shape of a brainwave clad the Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford, completed by architecture studio NBBJ. Bringing together departments of biology and experimental psychology, the Life and Mind Building combines teaching spaces and lecture halls with research laboratories and offices. NBBJ designed the 25,000-square-metre building

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Courtyard acts as “spatial and emotional nucleus” of Indian house by Renesa

November 20, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Sweeping concrete and brick walls wrap a circular, water-filled courtyard at the heart of The Sanctum, a low-slung home in Punjab, India, designed by local architecture studio Renesa. Spread across a three-acre site in Amritsar, the 1,115-square-metre dwelling comprises a cluster of geometric volumes formed with red brick and concrete. The Sanctum’s circular courtyard and

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BLUE Architecture Studio converts historic Yangzhou district into sprawling hotel

November 19, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

A cluster of new and old buildings in the ancient centre of Yangzhou, China, has been stitched together into a hotel complex by local firms BLUE Architecture Studio and the Urban Architecture Lab at Southeast University. Named Jiangnan House Yangzhou Guangling, the project is one of several undertaken as part of an urban renewal program

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De Rosee Sa embraces “quietness and subtlety” for The Cornwall Retreat

November 18, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio De Rosee Sa has completed a house in Cornwall, UK, with barn-like volumes and natural materials that draw on the surrounding coastal landscape. Named The Cornwall Retreat, the home was created for a family of keen surfers on a cliff edge overlooking the sea on the county’s north coast. London and Lisbon-based De

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Wright & Wright adds “calm and confident” extension to University of Oxford library

November 18, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford’s Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted extension into its original Grade I-listed site. Named The Spencer Building, the 479-square-metre extension consolidates the library’s collection of rare manuscripts and books into a single home, while providing reading spaces and step-free access. The Spencer Building

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“Quiet but powerful” home in Melbourne references temple architecture

November 16, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Frameless expanses of glazing break up the monolithic, angular volumes of Temple House, a family home in Australia designed by local studio J Kidman Architecture with interior design practices Golden and Studio Tali Roth. Named Temple House, the single-storey home was designed by J Kidman Architecture for a family of five on a deep and

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Besley & Spresser clads Sydney Harbour pavilion with oyster shell terrazzo

November 15, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Bespoke terrazzo tiles made using the shells of local rock oysters clad this collonaded pavilion on Sydney’s waterfront, designed by local architecture studio Besley & Spresser. Named Pier Pavilion, the structure forms part of the regeneration of the western edge of Sydney’s harbour in Bangaroo, addressing a lack of non-commercial, sheltered public spaces in the

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Besley & Spresser clads Sydney Harbour pavilion with oyster shell terrazzo

November 15, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Bespoke terrazzo tiles made using the shells of local rock oysters clad this collonaded pavilion on Sydney’s waterfront, designed by local architecture studio Besley & Spresser. Named Pier Pavilion, the structure forms part of the regeneration of the western edge of Sydney’s harbour in Bangaroo, addressing a lack of non-commercial, sheltered public spaces in the

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