Articles by Jon Astbury

Inside-out Anis office block in Nice is covered in outdoor work spaces

June 24, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
ANIS Office Building by Nicolas Laisné Architectes

Nicolas Laisné Architectes and Dimitri Roussel have turned a traditional office layout inside-out by putting staircases and workstations on the facade of an office in Nice. Called Anis, the office block was designed to improve workplace wellbeing by prioritising outdoor spaces and greenery. The new office sits in the Nice Meridia, the technology district of

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Geneto raises skinny house in Japan above pentagonal garage hole

June 23, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
YMT house by GENETO

Japanese architects Geneto has hollowed out a geometric void in the base of a four-metre-wide house in Osaka that doubles as a garage and communal space. YMT House, designed by Kyoto-based architecture and design studio Geneto, is raised above the ground to create free space beneath. The skinny house is on a narrow site surrounded

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Aluminium screens shield the interiors of Pitsou Kedem’s MA House

June 22, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
MA House by Pitsou Kedem

Pitsou Kedem Architects used patterned aluminium screens to create a ventilated outer skin for this house arranged around a courtyard in Bnei Ziom, Israel. Called MA House, the structure behind this perforated metal facade has been divided into three wings and sits on a site surrounded by greenery. Pitsou Kedem Architects borrowed a horse from

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Valbæk Brørup Architects designs barrel-vaulted cabin in Danish forest

June 21, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Vibo Tværveh cabin in Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark, by Valbæk Brørup Architects

A barrel-vault topped with corrugated steel forms the dramatic pine living space within this summer cabin near the town of Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark. Designed by Copenhagen studio Valbæk Brørup Architects the cabin, called Vibo Tværveh and reminiscent of an agricultural structure, is 200 metres from the coast and surrounded by forest. “We wanted to create a house with a

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Crossboundaries designs “mini village” for kindergarten in rural China

June 19, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Jiangsu Beisha Kindergarten by Crossboundaries

The Jiangsu Beisha Kindergarten in China has been conceived as a miniature village, with a cluster of house-like structures clustered around a square, connected via winding paths and raised walkways. Beijing and Frankfurt-based practice Crossboundaries has designed the kindergarten, in the village of Beisha in China’s Funing County, as part of a local government initiative to alleviate a

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TRIAS Architects raises timber Three Piece House on a red brick base

June 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Three Piece House but Studio TRIAS

A trio of timber-clad bungalows by TRIAS Architects form Three Piece House in Stockton, Australia, which is raised on a reclaimed brick base to protect it from the sea. Sydney-based TRIAS Architects designed Three Piece House for a family in New South Wales as a simple, single-storey dwelling close to the coast, where there are

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Kappland Arkitekter perches Cabin Stokkøya on rugged landscape of Norwegian island

June 16, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Cabin Stokkøya by Kappland Arkitekter

A wooden hillside cabin on the island of Stokkøya, Norway, by Kappland Arkitekter is spread over multiple levels expansive views out to the surrounding countryside. Cabin Stokkøya was designed to focus on two contrasting landscapes – out towards the sea to the west, and back at the dramatic green scenery to the east. Designed by

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Ian Moore Architects converts Sydney warehouse into light-filled home and laboratory

June 15, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Redfern Warehouse by Ian Moor Architects

Ian Moore Architects has converted an old industrial building in Sydney to create Redfern Warehouse, combining a four bedroom house, an equine genetics laboratory and a garage for classic cars. The brick exterior of the two-storey converted warehouse, located in the suburb of Redfern, remains largely untouched. But its interior has been expanded and reconfigured.

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Tehran apartment block by Fundamental Approach Architects features perforated brick screens

June 14, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Saadat Abad Residential Building redesign by Fundamental Approach Architects

Fundamental Approach Architects has transformed the facade of an eight-storey housing block in Tehran using angular screens of perforated brick. Iranian practice Fundamental Approach Architects, led by Moshen Kazemianfard, reconfigured the interiors of Saadat Abad Residential Building and designed a facade intended to relate better to its urban context. With two storeys sitting below ground

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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos builds walkable roof on top of glass house

June 13, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos builds glass-box Hoffman House with a walkable roof

An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed Hoffman House so that its residents can walk along the rooftop and admire the surrounding landscape. Hoffman House, reminiscent of Modernist projects such as Philip Johnson’s

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