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. Openings, courtyards, cantilevers and glazing turn heavy walls
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 its volume to recede. Charred timber, stained wood
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 public presence. Material plays a decisive role in how these
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 spaces do much of the organising. The shift
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 the home. Designed by Propeller Design for Sunology, STOREY
Old Houses, New Architecture
Renovation gives a house the possibility of accommodating new ways of living without erasing the architecture that preceded them. Existing walls, structures, materials and spatial sequences become a framework
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 that were already there. The question is therefore not simply
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 these projects, that recognisable language is deliberately unsettled. Geometry, structure
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 built around those basics. None of them is
Philipp Broinger
In a world of change - demographic, digital and climatic - certainties we once took for granted are falling away. This makes places where people come together more important than ever. Such spaces must
Brick Houses Between Tradition and Innovation
Brick carries an unusual continuity in architecture: one of its oldest building materials remains capable of producing distinctly new spatial and constructive solutions. Its basic unit is familiar and repetitive, but the
Museums Revived
A museum does not have to start from an empty site. In these six projects, a museum is made or remade from what was already there: a chapel, a warehouse, a row of medieval