Katie Last

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios wraps Dhaka school around courtyards

July 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Located in the capital Dhaka, the academy was created for the Muslim spiritual leader Aga Khan by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with local studio Shatotto Architecture. Aga Khan Academy Dhaka comprises a

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Balzar Arquitectos nestles copper-toned home into Valencian olive grove

July 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

Spanish studio Balzar Arquitectos has added a copper-toned family house named La Casa de los Olivos to an olive grove in Valencia, Spain. Aiming to blend into its site in the town of Quesa, the long and low-lying home has been finished with a red-hued lime mortar that mimics the surrounding soil. Balzar Arquitectos also

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Christ & Gantenbein adds concrete New Aare Bridge over Swiss river

June 28, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has added a sculptural concrete bridge across the Aare River in Aarau, Switzerland, with five arches of varying widths. Designed in collaboration with local engineering studios WMM Ingenieure and Henauer Gugler, New Aare Bridge connects the city centre to a forested area on the other side and incorporates lanes for

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Unknown Works brightens Victorian townhouse with dusty pink extension

June 26, 2023 Katie Last 0

A terraced landscape and dusty pink surfaces help to brighten Pigment House, a north London residence that has been renovated by local studio Unknown Works. Located in Hampstead, the four-storey residence sits on a steep hillside with a garden that originally sloped up on all sides, which Unknown Works said left the interior dark and

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Intersecting coloured blocks “celebrate creativity” in Chinese school

June 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Brightly coloured volumes and sweeping curves create a playful atmosphere in the Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, which Trace Architecture Office has added to the Chinese island of Hainan. Designed as part of a wider development alongside a kindergarten and student accommodation, the secondary school was created to encourage a retreat from traditional forms of

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Sukchulmok draws on children’s toys for photography studio in South Korea

June 21, 2023 Katie Last 0

Toy bricks and childhood creativity informed Seoul studio Sukchulmok’s design of Curving Block, a tent-like photography studio in South Korea. Located in Daejeon, the studio also provides a relaxation space for the client, which is a baby product company with headquarters surrounding the site. Aiming to reflect the work of the client, Sukchulmok took cues

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Brown & Brown uses reclaimed stone to create The Arbor House

June 6, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Brown & Brown has married stone salvaged from a dilapidated farmstead with timber and board-marked concrete to create The Arbor House in Scotland. Located in a conservation area in Aberdeen, the home nestles in a dipped area at the north of its site and comprises cantilevering volumes clad in timber battens. Brown &

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Undulating green roof helps Creek Cabin “live in harmony with the surrounding environment”

June 4, 2023 Katie Last 0

An undulating green roof and timber cladding help this Suffolk house by MAP Architecture and Jon Broome Architects, which was designed to Passivhaus standards, blend into the surrounding wetland. Named Creek Cabin, the home was built into a bank in the Suffolk Broads Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was designed to pay respect to

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Sculptural roof helps Taihang Xinyu Art Museum blend into mountainside

May 29, 2023 Katie Last 0

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China’s Henan Province. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River. Wang

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Sukchulmok adds curved brick forms to rooftop of Parconido Bakery Cafe

May 21, 2023 Katie Last 0

Curved forms and arched openings feature in this cafe, which Seoul studio Sukchulmok has added to an existing building in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province. Named Parconido Bakery Cafe, the cafe is made from red bricks and features playful curved shapes and rounded walls designed to create an illusion-like effect. “The space, created through one rule,

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