Architecture

Brooklyn architecture studio Peterson Rich Office has adapted an early-1900s Detroit church into The Shepherd arts centre, inserting contemporary art galleries into its nave and transept. Peterson Rich Office’s (PRO) conversion of the original Romanesque-style Good Shepherd Church was based…

Estudio Carroll has completed a boutique hotel coated in pink chukum and set in an artificial wetland in Puerto Escondido, Mexico with a shape informed by “the female form”. The 620-square metre Xique Boutique Hotel was completed in November 2023…

Spanish architecture studios SelgasCano and Diego Cano used multi-coloured tubes made from recycled aluminium to clad a house on a steep site in Los Angeles. Set on a steep hill in Mount Washington, a suburb northeast of Los Angeles, the…

A cloud atlas is a visual depiction of various types of clouds accompanied by their classification and nomenclature. Cloud atlases were primarily developed starting in the 19th century and utilised for training weather forecasters and meteorologists. The 1930’s International Atlas…

Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. Collectively named the Hermit Space, the three venues are each designed with a…

An angular roof wrapped in translucent red-mesh panels crowns this Y-shaped pavilion in Sydney, designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects. Located on the disused lawn of a bowls club in Hurlstone Memorial Reserve, the timber-clad structure is designed as a…

Australian studio Lahznimmo Architects has completed Powerhouse Castle Hill in northwest Sydney, a shed-like storage facility wrapped in corrugated aluminium and concrete. Owned by the Powerhouse Museum group, the 9000-square-metre facility is intended as a public-facing storehouse containing a mix…