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ARCity Office transforms disused power plant into Shajing Village Hall

October 9, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio ARCity Office has used black steel and glass to transform the concrete shell of a former power plant into a community hub in Shenzhen, China. Shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2022, the Shajing Village Hall aims to renew the purpose of the area’s traditional ancestral halls, many of which

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Archi-Union works with students to create rammed-earth community centre

October 7, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A sweeping, tiled roof informed by the surrounding mountain ranges tops the Yong’an Community Hub in China, which has been designed by students from Tongji University in Shenzhen with architecture studio Archi-Union. Referencing local structures and involving residents in its construction process, the rammed-earth, courtyard-style building provides a gathering space and residence for the Yong’an village’s more isolated

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Henley Halebrown completes “hybrid building” in Hackney with red concrete loggia

October 6, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Henley Halebrown has used a palette of reddish-brown concrete and bricks to visually tie together a school and housing in this mixed-use scheme in Hackney, which is one of six projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Located on the busy Kingsland Road at the edge of the De Beauvoir conservation area,

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Gables and chimneys inform Magdalene College library by Niall McLaughlin Architects

October 3, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Niall McLaughlin Architects referenced the brick and timber architecture of the University of Cambridge’s historic Magdalene College in the design of its Stirling Prize-shortlisted New Library. London-based Niall McLaughlin Architects won the project via an invited competition in 2014 to provide new facilities alongside the college’s Grade I listed Pepys Library. With the brief calling

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Neri&Hu incorporates historic wooden structure into copper-clad tea rooms

October 2, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

An ornate wooden structure dating back to the Qing dynasty has been encased in a copper-clad shell to create The Relic Shelter, a teahouse in Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu. The Relic Shelter was designed by the Shanghai-based studio to draw attention to the threat that modern developments pose to traditional architecture and treats the historic

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Officeu Architects unites cork-clad housing blocks in Belgium with communal living areas

October 1, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Two cork-clad apartment blocks flank a renovated 18th-century building at the De Sijs co-housing project in Leuven, Belgium, designed by local studio Officeu Architects. Located on a street corner at the edge of Leuven’s historic town centre, the project combines 12 apartments and shared facilities around a central garden. The project, which is shortlisted in

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Fala Atelier nestles “very tiny palazzo” in garden of Porto home

September 28, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Portuguese practice Fala Atelier has completed a garden apartment for a home in Porto topped by a “concrete crown” inlaid with marble geometry. Called Very Tiny Palazzo, the 40-square-metre annexe provides a studio or guest room nestled in a lush garden, which it overlooks through fully-glazed elevations. Small, simply finished and largely transparent, the structure is

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Z’scape adds grassy amphitheatre and wild garden to hotel in rural China

September 26, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A winding wooden path leads to a natural amphitheatre created by rippling mounds of grass at this garden in Lijiang, China, which was designed by landscape studio Z’scape and has been shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2022. Located at the Linjiang Hilla Vintage Hotel complex, the Wilderness Garden and Amphitheatre extends an existing landscape designed

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Nori Architects adds cedar-log columns to renovated Japanese office

September 24, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Japanese studio Nori Architects has used whole cedar logs, earth plaster and waste materials to retrofit the 30-year-old concrete framed Good Cycle Building in Nagoya prefecture Shortlisted in the rebirth project category of Dezeen awards 2022, the renovation was completed for construction company Asanuma Corporation as a flagship office that would demonstrate their commitment to

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RAW Architecture celebrates bamboo’s versatility at home and community centre in Indonesia

September 23, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Image of the waved roof line at Piyandeling Artisan House

Indonesian studio RAW Architecture used bamboo for the structure, interior walls, decorative carvings and door handles, at this home and community space in West Java. Located in the village of Mekarwangi, Piyandeling Artisan House, which has been shortlisted in the rural house category of Dezeen Awards 2022, combines a three-bedroom home with an open-air meeting hall and facilities for

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