A boutique staycation experience with a difference, Wild Escapes offers the first set of treehouses ever to be built on a UK vineyard. Owner and designer, Will Hardy took the opportunity to transform 1,000 acres of disused farmland into a…
Barcelona-based studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes has completed the largest timber-framed residential building in Spain. Built from 8,300 cubic metres of timber harvested from the forests of the Basque Country, the freestanding building comprises five wood-framed floors supported by a reinforced concrete…
A series of luxury timber-clad retreats have been envisioned by Cumulus Studio in response to a call for a new tourism experience in South Australia. Wellington Marina, as the new project is called, has been developed as part of the…
Acclaimed British-Ghanian architect David Adjaye has been named as the first recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award at the Créateurs Design Awards 2022. The Award is the first of its kind, in memory of the iconic French architect and designer…
Drawing on industrial forms and atmospheres, interior architects Holloway Li have created an experience-led showroom and co-working space for bathroom brand Coalbrook. Set within a former early 20th century-built pipe factory, now known as the Market Building, the showroom’s design embraces…
Snøhetta has revealed designs for a 16-metre-tall glass-enclosed sub-centre library in Beijing, setting a new benchmark in sustainability and future library design. Set in the Chinese capital, the enterprising Beijing library was chosen as the winning entry in an international competition…
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed the mesmerising House of Music museum in Budapest, topping it with an undulating canopy roof punctuated by trees. Built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, the largest and most ambitious urban cultural development…
American artist and urban planner Theaster Gates has revealed his vision for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, a circular, timber-built structure with community at its heart. Named Black Chapel, the 10.7 metre-tall wooden pavilion with an open oculus in its roof…
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Design and technology company AUAR has used robotics and automation to complete its first fully customisable, permanent dwelling unit. Built using robotically prefabricated and assembled timber blocks, AUAR’s modular system is the result of several experimentations with the focus on…
Cowper Griffith Architects has completed the timber-structured Carlton Marshes Visitor Centre on the Suffolk Broads, inspiring education on local wildlife and nature. Designed as the flagship building for The Suffolk Wildlife Trust, the centre is nestled in the Waveney Valley…
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh, designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA, has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. Prestige surrounds this biennial award which celebrates outstanding, international projects, with the jury looking for works that ‘demonstrate design excellence and social impact’.…
In tune with the rhythm of the building, design studio Magri Williams has completed a full-width rear extension formed of two pitched blocks to complement an original three-storey Victorian terraced house. Definition of the extension is created through its form…
Trace Architecture Office has completed the Aranya Theatre, a complex on an irregular-shaped coastal resort in China with a monumental coral stone amphitheatre. To manage the relationship between the theatre and the surrounding seaside, residential streets, and urban context, the…
Due to be constructed in Uganda this spring, the Kampala House project by Marc Thorpe Design will involve sustainable dwellings built from compressed earth. For this ecologically responsible housing development, Marc Thorpe Design partners with Stage Six and Échale International…
