Concrete Houses Between Mass and Openness
Concrete gives a house weight, permanence and a strong physical presence, yet some of its most compelling uses emerge when that solidity is interrupted.
Black Houses in Green Landscapes
A black exterior does two apparently opposite things in a landscape: it sharpens the outline of a building against vegetation and, in shade, allows
Material Facades in Contemporary Housing
The facade is where a building meets the city. In collective housing, it has to negotiate repetition and individuality, enclosure and openness, technical performance and
Sociable Office Design
The row of desks is no longer the only way to plan an office. In these nine interiors, lounges, shared tables, galleries and reception
STOREY: Designing a Home Battery for the Interior
A home battery is usually defined by what it does. With STOREY, Propeller Design also considered how a highly technical object should live within
Old Houses, New Architecture
Renovation gives a house the possibility of accommodating new ways of living without erasing the architecture that preceded them.
Building Within the Existing City
Residential architecture within an established city is rarely an autonomous object. Its scale, façade order, material weight, entrances, courtyards and roofline are read against structures
Houses Beyond the Familiar
A house is usually recognised through a familiar set of elements: walls, roof, windows and an entrance arranged around domestic life. In
Community Spaces Made for Gathering
A place to gather needs surprisingly little: shade, somewhere to sit, a reason to stop. These seven community spaces, from Accra to Suzhou, are
