Foster + Partners has designed a museum of Roman antiquities for the city of Narbonne in the south of France. Alessandra Fanari enjoys the ambiguities of a sophisticated building where the distinction between architecture and exhibits is decidedly blurred.
Sou Fujimoto has completed the House of Music, a music museum and concert venue set beneath an undulating roof inspired by the tree canopy in Budapest's City Park.
Visuals have been revealed for the 21st edition of the annual Serpentine Pavilion competition, a drum-shaped structure titled Black Chapel that has been designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates with Adjaye Associates.
Greg Lomas of Foster Lomas reviews Kirkland Fraser Moor's Ashraya house, a low-carbon property tucked beneath an arching roof and covered in a blanket of greenery that melds it with its Chilterns Hills setting.
This year 45 projects have been named as finalists in the Civic Trust Awards, which recognises buildings that make a positive impact on local communities.
Elastico Farm has designed a lab building of interlocking pink concrete planes for the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Turin, Italy.
RX Architects has completed a pink pigmented concrete house on Camber Sands beach, which features a completely flush facade that stops sand build up.
Murado & Elvira Arquitectos has designed a long and narrow house in Madrid, with a footprint that is just 4 metres wide to accommodate a pool and garden on the narrow site.
El Fil Verd has completed a sustainable, cork-clad passive house on the edge of the Garraf Forest near Barcelona.
House on the Hill, a "meticulously considered" extension to a Georgian farmhouse in Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects, has been named RIBA House of the Year 2021.
Patel Taylor has designed 8-13 Casson Square, a residential tower at Southbank Place in Waterloo. Practice co-founder Pankaj Patel talks to client Guy Dare about Squire and Partner’s masterplan, crafted elevations and transforming one of London’s most prominent riverside sites into a high-density mixed-use neighbourhood and a desirable place to live.
Studioshaw has transformed a disused MOT centre in east London into a sustainable light-filled home.
