Modern Homes

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos has created the 12 -metre-high Wedding Cake pavilion, which is clad in ceramic tiles, at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. Part sculpture, part architectural garden folly, Wedding Cake is an immersive sculpture “combining patisserie and architecture as…

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. Named Longquan Mountain Observatory, the building overlooks the city of Chengdu from the top of Longquan Mountain. It houses a…

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a prefabricated steel-framed home with a pyramidal copper roof overlooking a tidal saltmarsh on the Isle of Wight. Called Saltmarsh House, the home designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects was one of thirty…

A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area’s history of brick manufacturing. Located in a dense urban area in Kaohsiung, Veil House meets the…

A mono-pitch roof and raw material finishes characterise Horse House, an equestrian centre that architecture practice Wiercinski Studio has added to a stable in rural Poland. Located at a local stable in the village of Jaroszewo, the concrete structure references…

Dark-coloured concrete characterises Jae Haala, an angular holiday home that Java studio Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects has created in a forested valley in Indonesia. Designed by Wiyoga Nurdiansyah Architects in collaboration with architect Rizqui Muhammad Prastowo, the villa is intended as…

Architecture studio SOM has completed an office building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood clad in black-glazed terracotta that was designed to complement the surrounding neighbourhood. Called 28&7, the 12-storey-tall office building was designed to complement the nearby masonry-clad structures, while maintaining…

The shapes and colours of local masonry buildings informed this monolithic home near Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architecture firm McGonigle McGrath. Located just outside a small village in the Lagan Valley Regional Park, the dwelling, called Hill House,…

Rough textures and a blocky interior define Residential Barn in a Hamlet Zone, a home that Swiss studio BE Architektur has completed in a small agricultural town near Zurich. The timber-clad home is intended to pay homage to the town’s…

Architecture studio Morphogenesis has unveiled the Surat Diamond Bourse in India, which has surpassed the Pentagon to become the world’s largest office building. Set on the outskirts of the city of Surat, the 660,000-square-metre office building was designed as a “city within a…