Oeiras House
Jason Sayer2025-03-03T17:23:05+00:00In Oeiras, Portugal, a house by OODA addresses the challenges of an irregular topography with an elegant architectural response, embedding into the landscape and enhancing natural light and privacy.
House in an Olive Grove
Jason Sayer2024-11-04T10:41:01+00:00Piers Taylor’s holiday home for his family in Corfu takes root within its rugged terrain, paying homage to the area's local building practices.
Pilgrim’s journey
AT Editor2024-09-02T13:52:21+01:00A geometric white-concrete pavilion by Álvaro Siza forms a striking addition to the Monastery of Leça do Balio near Porto.
MPavilion 10, by Tadao Ando
AT Editor2023-12-08T11:38:53+00:00Designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando, the concrete pavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens opens to the public.
UCL East Marshgate
AT Editor2023-09-26T11:07:21+01:00Stanton Williams’ landmark building for University College London prioritises collaboration, engagement and sociability.
Still standing: The Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport, 1961
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T16:02:02+00:00The enigmatic concrete spaceship that stands at the centre of Los Angeles International Airport stands as a monument to misplaced optimism, missed opportunities and swinging sixties glamour.
Rock in a hard place: Studio Gang’s American Museum of Natural History extension
Jason Sayer2023-11-20T16:11:22+00:00Jeanne Gang’s sculpted design for the Richard Gilder Centre for Science, Education and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History has opened in New York.
Still standing: The Museu de Art São Paulo (MASP) 1968
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-06-22T14:57:12+01:00Designed by a lifelong communist for a wealthy media magnate, Lina Bo Bardi’s uncompromising art museum is full of contradictions – just like the Italian architect’s life.
Still standing: Schindler House, 1922
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:39:40+00:00Once the epicentre of Hollywood’s nascent artistic and architectural scene, Rudolph Schindler’s extraordinary home was a stepping stone to Los Angeles’ great leap into modernity.
A House for Artists
Peter Songi2023-09-12T12:43:16+01:00Apparata has designed 12 studio apartments for artists and their families in Barking, east London. Frances Holliss applauds the ingenuity and courage of a project that recognises the need for flexible, affordable accommodation.
Hipped House
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:16:56+00:00Oliver Leech Architects has extended an inter-war house in Epsom, Surrey, adding a hipped roof extension covered in custom-made tiles to accentuate the form of the original property.
Seabreeze
Jessica Mairs2022-11-22T12:17:06+00:00RX Architects has completed a pink pigmented concrete house on Camber Sands beach, which features a completely flush facade that stops sand build up.