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Bak Gordon inserts green-tiled concrete house on sloping street in Lisbon
3 min · · Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has designed two concrete structures separated by a courtyard for a house on a narrow plot in Lisbon. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
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Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town's Steenberg mountains
3 min · · Cape Town-based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa's southernmost city. · Shared by 67, including Rick Powell
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Cupa Pizarras creates cladding that "utilises the beauty of natural slate"
2 min · · Architectural cladding brand Cupa Pizarras has produced a slate cladding system named Cupaclad, which aims to showcase the material's aesthetic quality. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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Casa S is an amoeba-shaped home on the coast of Chile
3 min · · A concrete podium topped with a sculptural, glazed volume forms Casa S, a cliffside Chilean house by Gubbins Polidura Arquitectos and Más Arquitectos. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
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Kolman Boye builds "house of offcuts" on Norway's south coast
4 min · · Kolman Boye Architects has completed a weekend retreat in Lillesand, Norway, with a facade made from offcuts of wooden flooring material. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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Fabric builds timber and polycarbonate shed that doubles as light sculpture
2 min · · Timber slats that mimic the surrounding treeline wrap around a shed in New Zealand that was designed by Fabric to transform into a light sculpture at night. · Shared by 10, including Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Rick Powell
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Adjaye Associates unveils Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi
4 min · · The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex designed by architect David Adjaye that contains a church, a synagogue and a mosque, has opened in Abu Dhabi. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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PPAA submerges bedrooms of Mexican house into stony terrain
3 min · · Local architecture studio PPAA has completed the Echegaray house in the State of Mexico, which features bedrooms looking out to the rocky excavated ground. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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Perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico City
2 min · · Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has designed a housing complex in Mexico City, which features coloured concrete facades pierced with circular perforations. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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AutoCamp opens desert glamping site near Joshua Tree National Park
4 min · · A clubhouse informed by Quonset huts features at an AutoCamp luxury campground in California designed by American firms HKS and Narrative Design Studio. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
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Quzhou Stadium is part of the world's "largest earth-sheltered buildings"
3 min · · Chinese architecture studio MAD Architects has completed Quzhou Stadium, a sinuous concrete stadium where the majority of the facilities are located below the ground. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
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Partisans designs Toronto high-rise informed by architectural "revision clouds"
3 min · · Canadian architecture studio Partisans has designed a residential tower that takes its shape from natural clouds and revision clouds. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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How to Build a Home that Lasts a Thousand Years
4 min · · Tradition in the building arts explained the long way around, in three easy to remember rules. · Shared by 284
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Foster + Partners unveils "striking yet simple"stadium for Qatar World Cup final
3 min · · UK studio Foster + Partners has revealed images of its golden Lusail Stadium in Qatar, which will host the final of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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MVRDV's angular Valley skyscraper opens in Amsterdam
2 min · · A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley designed by Dutch studio MVRDV has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
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Beton Brut is a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in Ahmedabad
· Jutting concrete volumes provide shade to openings and planted terraces at this monolithic concrete house in Ahmedabad, India, designed by local firm The Grid Architects. · Shared by 16, including Alf Rehn, Rick Powell