Architecture

French architecture studio Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master’s office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. Forming part of the Calais Port 2015 expansion plan, the 38-metre-tall tower comprises four stacked…

Architecture studio Polysmiths has redesigned a basement apartment in north London to feel like a “cabin in the woods”, surrounding its sunken living area with lush planting. Named Walden after the novel by naturalist Henry David Thoreau, the apartment in…

US studio The Miller Hull Partnership has completed the Health Sciences Education Building in Seattle, which features corrugated metal cladding and a warm interior that departs from the “hospital-like environments found in most university medical buildings”. The academic building marks…

Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. Known as the Primeriza House, the 2,750-square foot (256-square metre) residence was completed in…

House Rio is a minimal residence located in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter. This once simple structure had seen numerous additions throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, resulting in a disjointed architectural narrative. The new homeowners, a young couple,…

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has created a glass-clad skyscraper with an undulating facade and parapets on a sloped site in downtown Vancouver. Located on a sloping site near Vancouver’s waterfront, 320 Granville is a 30-storey skyscraper designed by…

Local studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has completed a house clad in limestone bricks and hemlock siding overlooking a nature preserve in Austin. The 3,447-square foot (320-square metre) house – known as the Greenbelt Residence – is located in…