A self-build project in London and a level-access home for retirees in Sussex are among the “breathtaking pieces of architecture” vying for Royal Institute of British Architect’s House of the Year 2024. The six-strong shortlist also includes a courtyard house in Cornwall, a residence in Sussex tailored to its ageing clients and a home in
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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of “landmark architecture” built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series, its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era. Published by Phaidon, the encyclopedic book features 450 modernist buildings across all continents, many created by the
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Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, a recipient of the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal, has passed away at the age of 98. Rykwert, also a well-known critic and writer known for seminal books such as The Idea of a Town, died on 18 October 2024. Born in Warsaw in 1926, Rykwert began his career as an
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A wood-clad acute-care facility modelled on a town forms part of University Children’s Hospital, which Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed in Zurich. Forming a part of Kinderspital, Switzerland’s largest hospital complex for children and adolescents, the 96,200-square-metre project by Herzog & de Meuron also includes a standalone building for research and
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Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Ten years in the making, the building takes the form of a 55- by 55-metre cube, elevated on a podium of public amenities including an entrance to the London Underground. While
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British studio Foster + Partners has added a vaulted timber hall to Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain, which features an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. Located in Oyón, the building functions as the 160-year-old estate’s visitor centre and was designed to improve the connection between its vineyard and cellars. The extension was commissioned by
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Danish architecture studio BIG is expanding a former Aldi supermarket in North Jutland, Denmark, to create a museum with a folded roof that emulates a sheet of paper. Named Museum for Paper Art, the building is being developed by BIG in collaboration with psaligrapher Bit Vejle to celebrate the history of paper art in Denmark.
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Our latest lookbook collects eight houses from around the world that feature kitchens with tactile brick floors, including a mid-century home in the USA and a coastal dwelling in Denmark. Widely used for their durability and low maintenance, bricks are a long-time favourite material across the fields of architecture, interiors and design. They are most
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The revamp of a 1960s estate and a stepped brick terrace on an infill site feature on the 2024 shortlist for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Neave Brown Award for Housing. A neighbourhood with 235 socially rented homes also features on the four-strong shortlist, alongside apartments tailored to older residents on a vacant brownfield
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US studio Steven Holl Architects has completed Meander, a housing project in Helsinki, Finland, with a snaking form that frames gardens and maximises outward views. Completed with local studio ARK-house Arkkitehdit and property developer Newil&Bau, the 7,500-square-metre project comprises 115 unique apartments with a concrete structure and lined with wood and glazing. The 180-metre-long form
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