Interlocking cork-rendered extensions completed by Whittaker Parsons make use of recycled materials to transform and upgrade a four-storey Georgian townhouse in East London. The two interconnecting extensions are steeply sloping, with faceted pitches which are expressed internally, lined in FSC…
Architectural designer Caspar Schols’ modular timber cabin, known as ANNA Stay, has scooped the World Hotel Building of the Year 2022 Award at the recent World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Lisbon. During WAF, the largest global annual architecture event, ANNA…
Swedish architecture studio White Arkitekter has been selected to design the all-electric Velindre Cancer Centre in Wales, set to become the UK’s most sustainable hospital. Set to be built in Cardiff, the 32,000 square-metre hospital will be built from low-carbon…
Scottish-Ghanian architect Lesley Lokko has been recognised in King Charles III”s first New Year Honours list. The honoured architect was awarded an Office of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for her outstanding and sustained contribution to architecture and…
Emerging non-profit enterprise Common Knowledge is using a design blueprint to teach people how to build mobile tiny homes using sustainable materials. The Irish social enterprise has developed this new micro-home called Tigín, named after the Gaelic word for small…
Atelier L’Abri has completed the design and build of a new agrotourism complex set against the Mont-Tremblant National Park in Canada, comprising a Nordic farm, a café-bar, four-season micro-cabins, and an outdoor base camp. Set on a plot of almost…
Mjölk Architekti has transformed a 130-year-old cottage into a glass cabin, adding a modern extension on to the charming original building nestled in the Czech forest. The “glittering glass extension”, as the architects describe it, modernises the dwelling enshrouded by…
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A quirky two-storey family home in rural Dorest, known as The Red House by David Kohn Architects, has scooped the coveted RIBA House of the Year 2022 award. Built for an art collector and family, the new-build house is characterised…
Edward Williams Architects has unveiled a residential housing development, comprising of four, sustainable timber buildings constructed to be low carbon and all-electric. The all-Scandinavian-pine-clad scheme, known as the Chobham Road development, has been built on an underused carpark for developer…
A former dairy farm in Canberra is set to be regenerated by David Chipperfield Architects, Assemble, and Australian landscape architect Jane Irwin, with a masterplan for a new, interconnected residential neighbourhood. Aptly named Dairy Road, the project proposes the transformation…
With the release of its first book, research practice Material Cultures is fomenting change and championing a decarbonised built environment for a more sustainable future on Earth. Launched on 10th November 2022, Material Reform is a pocket guide featuring a…
Architect Grant Straghan of DeDraft has remodelled his 1930s family home in London with a rear extension clad in blue-green cement tiles. The monolithic rear extension has a sculptural quality, clad in tiles that frame the large oak and…
Lebanon-born Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the architect who will design the Serpentine Pavilion 2023, which will be unveiled in Kensington Gardens in June next year. Newly released images present the pavilion’s 22nd iteration, revealing a timber-ribbed structure titled…
During the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt, Stefano Boeri Architetti presented the Vertical Forest prototype, which represents a model for metropolitan reforestation. Comprising of two tapering towers at 190 and 150 metres high, the Vertical Forest concept integrates…
