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Hawkins\Brown and RRP Architects create “beacon for university life” in Belfast

November 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Red steelwork frames a large multi-purpose atrium at the heart of the One Elmwood student hub at Queen’s University Belfast, designed by studios Hawkins\Brown and RPP Architects. The 11,000-square-metre hub replaces a dilapidated building at the centre of the university’s campus and consolidates all non-faculty facilities into one space, including the student union, lounges, bars

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Llabb creates The Hermitage cabin overlooking Italian mountains

November 20, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Italian architecture studio Llabb has perched an off-grid wooden cabin for “contemplation and introspection” on the edge of a hill overlooking the Trebbia valley near Genoa. Surrounded by the dramatic landscape of the Apennine Mountains, The Hermitage is just 12 square metres in size and contains a single space designed to be anything from a

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Black larch shingles cover Schindel Studio in London by Archer + Braun

November 18, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Black-painted larch shingles cover the exterior of this artist’s studio in London, designed by local architecture practice Archer + Braun. Commissioned by landscape painter Amelia Humber for the garden of her home in Leytonstone, Schindel Studio nestles between mature trees, with a black finish intended to provide a “backdrop to the changing daylight and changing

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RSDA repurposes shipping containers to form home on Indian farm

November 14, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates has used shipping containers to create two residential units at either end of a farmland site in the Aravalli hills near Udaipur, India. The Container House was commissioned as a countryside escape for the client and his family, who wanted to leave the city during the coronavirus pandemic to feel closer to

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Stone ruins turned into Spanish holiday home by Atienza Maure Arquitectos

November 10, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

The stone walls of a 16th-century clergy house have been restored and contrasted with new, white concrete elements to create El Priorato, a holiday home in Burgos, Spain, designed by local practice Atienza Maure Arquitectos. The project has both restored and extended the original building, which had recently burnt down leaving only its stone arches

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Bovenbouw Architectuur creates grey-brick police station in Antwerp

November 10, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio Bovenbouw Architectuur has completed a police station in Antwerp with a robust grey-brick form designed to convey “approachability and security”. Located alongside a main road in the city’s western Linkeroever area, the station sits in a run of buildings that also includes the local fire station. “The building positions itself autonomously with respect

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Wood Marsh references “sinuous curves of nature” in Melbourne apartment block

November 7, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No. 6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne, with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. Located in the suburb of Prahran, No. 6 Sydney Street provides 15 apartments across six storeys that are oriented to overlook the natural landscape of the adjacent Orrong

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Mono Architekten creates gabled service station next to German heritage site

November 6, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Berlin studio Mono Architekten has created a service station in Thuringia, Germany, combining facilities for motorists with an exhibition space about a nearby bronze-age burial mound. Located off the Bundesautobahn 72 motorway to the east of Leipzig, the centre sits alongside a new educational trail that celebrates the Leubinger Fürstenhügel site, which is one of

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Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library

November 5, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. Built in 1905 in the Edwardian style, Lea Bridge Library in Waltham Forest backs onto a large green space called Friendship Gardens, which the new community

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THAD draws on contours of nearby mountains for national park visitor centre

November 4, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Spiralling tiled roofs informed by the contours of the surrounding mountains cover the Jiuzhai Valley Visitor Centre in Sichuan Province, China, designed by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University. Located at the entrance to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Jiuzhai Valley National Park, the centre provides a new exhibition space, visitor centre and

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