The last building designed by the late Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has reached completion at the Vitra Campus in Germany, with a snake-like form crafted from weathered steel. Named Doshi Retreat, the structure offers a space for solitude and contemplation at furniture brand Vitra’s iconic base in Weil am Rhein, on a plot adjacent to
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The first building to ever win the RIBA Stirling Prize, the 29-year-old Centenary Building at the University of Salford, is threatened with demolition. Completed in 1995 by British studio Hodder+Partners, the university building could be demolished as part of a major redevelopment of the surrounding area called Adelphi Village. The Centenary Building was labelled Britain’s
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Wood is the dominant material throughout Karaka Tower, a vertical house extension in Wellington, New Zealand, designed by local studio Arête Architects to evoke a treehouse. Located on a densely vegetated and sloped site, the tower-like structure comprises an art studio and bedroom, which connects to the main house via a polycarbonate corridor. Karaka Tower
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Following the completion of architect Piers Taylor’s remote House in Olive Grove in Greece, we’ve curated a collection of 10 tranquil houses hidden off the beaten track. From an isolated mountainside home to a secluded coastal retreat, the list captures the ways that architects are making habitable havens of the world’s quietest corners. Read on
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A self-build project in London and a level-access home for retirees in Sussex are among the “breathtaking pieces of architecture” vying for Royal Institute of British Architect’s House of the Year 2024. The six-strong shortlist also includes a courtyard house in Cornwall, a residence in Sussex tailored to its ageing clients and a home in
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Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces is a book of “landmark architecture” built around the world between the 1950s and 70s. For our mid-century modern series, its author Dominic Bradbury picks out eight lesser-known buildings that encapsulate the era. Published by Phaidon, the encyclopedic book features 450 modernist buildings across all continents, many created by the
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Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, a recipient of the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal, has passed away at the age of 98. Rykwert, also a well-known critic and writer known for seminal books such as The Idea of a Town, died on 18 October 2024. Born in Warsaw in 1926, Rykwert began his career as an
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A wood-clad acute-care facility modelled on a town forms part of University Children’s Hospital, which Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed in Zurich. Forming a part of Kinderspital, Switzerland’s largest hospital complex for children and adolescents, the 96,200-square-metre project by Herzog & de Meuron also includes a standalone building for research and
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Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Ten years in the making, the building takes the form of a 55- by 55-metre cube, elevated on a podium of public amenities including an entrance to the London Underground. While
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British studio Foster + Partners has added a vaulted timber hall to Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain, which features an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. Located in Oyón, the building functions as the 160-year-old estate’s visitor centre and was designed to improve the connection between its vineyard and cellars. The extension was commissioned by
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