Giant concrete roof shelters home in Indonesia by Andramatin
Architecture studio Andramatin has used a large, overhanging concrete roof to protect the glass-walled IH Residence in Bandung, Indonesia, from heavy rainfall and direct sunlight. More
FORM/Kouichi Kimura creates geometric hair salon and home in Japan
Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has completed Landscape House, a stack of intersecting cuboid forms in Shiga that combines the client's home with their hair salon business. More
Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office. More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke design "humane prison" in Greenland's capital
New photos show Danish studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke's Corten-clad prison overlooking a fjord in Greenland's capital Nuuk. More
Architecture
Architecture
Moss designs home for microbrewery by customising a prefab rural barn
Chicago-based architecture and design firm Moss has completed a Corten-clad microbrewery in Buchanan, Michigan, created by modifying a prefabricated barn structure. More
Office interiors
Office interiors
Perkins&Will designs interiors with "sense of connectivity" for healthcare office in Texas
Architecture firm Perkins&Will has completed an office interior in Dallas, Texas for healthcare provider Signify, centred around a large steel staircase and tiered wooden platform for meetings. More
Olson Kundig completes Noah's ark-informed children's museum in Berlin
A doughnut-shaped timber "ark" filled with animal sculptures sits at the centre of the recently opened ANOHA children's museum at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. More
Studio Puisto completes wellness centre that steps down towards a lake
Studio Puisto has designed a lakeside wellness centre in the town of Ähtäri, Finland, incorporating a large area of stepped wooden seating and jetties that aim to reconnect the local community with the waterfront. More
Chicago's Swiss Consulate interior is a nod to 1960s modernism
Swiss firm HHF and Chicago-based studio Kwong Von Glinow have collaborated on the interiors of the Swiss Consulate located in Chicago's landmark John Hancock Center. More
KOS+A designs waterfront Hamptons home for watching the sunset
New York practice Kevin O'Sullivan + Associates has completed a waterfront house in the Hamptons with balconies for looking out at the sunset. More
René Pérez Gómez designs concrete retreat in Mexican forest
Mexican architect René Pérez Gómez has completed Casa Amapa, a pared-back concrete house nestled in the Primavera forest near Guadalajara in Mexico. More
Fraher & Findlay creates "ghostly" row of terraces by mimicking neighbouring buildings
Stepped "gingerbread" gables and textured white brickwork animate the facade of Ghost Houses, a development of three slim terraced homes in Nunhead, London by Fraher & Findlay. More
Graux & Baeyens adds bright living areas to Belgian chalet
Belgian practice Graux & Baeyens Architecten has renovated and extended a 1960s chalet in Destelbergen, adding a new series of light-filled living spaces raised atop a concrete plinth. More
Mole Architects designs seaside home to look like an ad hoc cluster of buildings
UK studio Mole Architects has created a house named Freeholders within three contrasting volumes on the coast at Wells-next-the-Sea, UK. More
Tiago Sousa inserts brick house into stone ruin in Portugal
Portuguese architect Tiago Sousa has renovated the remains of a traditional house in the village of Romarigães by inserting a brick volume into an existing stone shell. More
Aluminium "wizard hat" tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo
A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle. More
Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel uses air-raid shelter as foundation for red daycare centre
A bold colour palette of red and green enlivens a new daycare centre in Stuttgart that has been built on top of an abandoned air-raid shelter. More
MIA Design Studio creates pavilion designed to look like a giant pile of straw
Architecture office MIA Design Studio has used a delicate lattice of timber battens and metal mesh to create this pavilion for architectural events in Thủ Đức in Vietnam. More
Sky Yards Hotel by Domain Architects has deep balconies that frame mountain views
The balconies of Sky Yards Hotel in Xiuwu County, China, are designed to focus views upwards, framing the sky and mountains instead of the construction sites below. More
Sunken concrete floor expands Victorian terrace house in London
DGN Studio has extended and renovated a Victorian semi-detached terraced house in East London, introducing a sunken concrete floor to maximise the ground floor ceiling height. More