“I suppose architecture was a natural progression of my passions: I love that you can create something from nothing and in the process, provide shelter, enable a place to be understood and appreciated.” Wendy Perring, founder and design director of PAD…
Whittaker Parsons has carefully crafted Corner Fold House, an 88 square-metre urban infill property on a vacant garden plot, forming a bookend to an existing terrace in South London. The logistically challenging site is nestled between an electricity substation and…
Emerging practice O’DonnellBrown Architects with White Arkitekter and Ekkist has won the Crichton Project competition, an ambitious £15 million Scottish cultural project which will be built of the earth from which it rises. The winning conceptual design has been unveiled…
To meet the needs of a growing family, Montreal-based firm Ménard Dworkind (MRDK) has reconfigured a 40-year-old house, maximising space by adding a roof extension and floor-to-ceiling windows to avoid expanding the overall footprint. The four-bedroom house, located on Montreal’s…
In a bid to deliver a new future-proof and climate-adaptive neighbourhood, Dutch design office VenhoevenCS has proposed a nature-inclusive apartment complex called ZOË Amsterdam. A brief from the municipality of Amsterdam called for a sustainable, green neighbourhood for the Sluisbuurt…
Showcasing an uncompromising approach to craftsmanship, Danish cabinet maker and joiner Malte Gormsen has added designs made in collaboration with Norm Architects to his curated furniture collection. Over several years, Malte Gormsen has worked with the Danish design studio to…
Haptic Architects and Oslo-based PIR2 have won a competition to design Tårnkvartalet, a new school and cultural centre on the site of Norway’s first airport. With plans still to be finalised, the Tårnkvartalet proposal involves a new 16,000m² civic landmark…
With a fluid architectural expression, the tranquil Spring Feast restaurant translates its encompassing natural waterscape into a dynamic spacial experience. The zen-like interiors, by the German-based multidisciplinary firm Ippolito Fleitz Group (IFG), are designed to feel gently embedded into the…
A sustainable new-build home has been built by Sketch Architects in the Surrey countryside, with a focus on modern materials and thermal efficiency. Set on a steeply sloping site in Farnham, the two-storey house replaces a disused bungalow and is…
Workplace industry pioneer Framery has partnered with innovative digital tech company Logitech to bring the latest connected video call technology into its soundproof office pods. Keeping up with the ever-evolving hybrid working world and combining their expertise, Framery and Logitech…
Norwegian architects Snøhetta have teamed up with local entrepreneur Tom Bjarte Norland to design the Bolder Star Lodges, four off-grid cabins that give guests a front row view of Norway’s spectacular Lysefjorden. Built to blend into the landscape, the four…
The Design Museum has announced Marco Campardo as the second recipient of The Ralph Saltzman Prize, an annual accolade to support and celebrate emerging designers. London-based Italian designer Marco Campardo is honoured with this award which highlights him as a…
The Building Centre presents its latest exhibition ‘Homegrown: Building a Post-carbon Future’, which calls for a new approach to building in order to combat climate change. Created in collaboration with not-for-profit organisation and emerging architecture studio Material Cultures, the exhibition…
Hand-built from rugged pine, the Big Branzino floating sauna lets guests jump on board to not only experience the luxury of Nordic wellness but to also enjoy drifting around the Stockholm archipelago. Designed by Thomas Sandell and Johan Strandlund from…
Architect Tsukasa Ono has applied a ‘regenerative’ approach to the architecture for a co-operative housing project called Sumu Yakushima in southern Japan. The setting is Yakushima island, a natural paradise which is home to ancient Japanese cedar trees, and the…
