A curvy three-tiered roof tops the red brick and tile walls of Clay Rise, a house designed and built by the founders of British studio Templeton Ford in southeast England for their own family. Archite
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Sampling transforms industrial site in Latvia into colourful residential complex
Colourful metalwork contrasts with the worn bricks of this former industrial courtyard in Riga, Latvia, which has been converted into a residential complex by local studio Sampling. Named Augustine’s
Pretty Plastic clads timber laboratory building in upcycled plastic tiles
Dutch manufacturer Pretty Plastic has created the facade for Plus Ultra III, the first timber laboratory building in the Netherlands, using tiles made from recycled post-consumer plastic waste. Locate
Bureau de Change enlivens Trace apartment block with pink waste-based panels
Architecture studio Bureau de Change has updated a 1980s apartment block in London, revitalising its facade with pink concrete panels made from demolition waste. Named Trace, the building in Euston w
Felt updates mid-century bungalow in Ghent with blue-tiled tower
Belgian architecture studio Felt has renovated a mid-century home in Ghent, adding an entrance space and staircase within a “compact tower” clad in blue ceramic tiles. The renovation, named Daniël, r
Sloping earthen roof tops waiting area for Japanese tea room by Kurosawa Kawara-Ten
Local studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has completed a waiting area for the Sekiyuan tea room in Chiba, Japan, sheltering it with a textured roof of mortar and soil that will be gradually overgrown with mos
Terracotta tones define community centre in Finland by Nervin Architecture
A terracotta-toned palette of concrete, brickwork and tiles nods to Lappeenranta’s distinctive 1980s civic architecture at Sammontalo, a mixed-use community building in Finland by local studio Nervin
Atelier Matteo Arnone creates symmetrical home for two DJs
Italian practice Atelier Matteo Arnone has completed House for Two Musicians, a minimal, symmetrical home with a pair of recording studios on the site of an old winery in Portugal. Surrounded by viney
ZAO/standardarchitecture snakes concrete art gallery around courtyard in China
Chinese studio ZAO/standardarchitecture has created the Xiao Feng Art Museum in Hangzhou, housing galleries within an angular concrete form that loops around a central courtyard. Located at the foot o
Soaring metal roof tops rural Japanese office by Permanent
A dramatically pitched roof with undulating eaves tops Office in Hashima, a workspace set among rice fields in Japan, recently completed by architecture studio Permanent. Located in Hashima, the offic