Jon Astbury

Archisbang converts Italian farm building into We Rural guesthouse

May 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Italian studio Archisbang has transformed a farmhouse outside Turin into a guesthouse, inserting rooms with polycarbonate windows and doors into its existing brick structure. Named We Rural, the guesthouse is located in the village of Poirino and offers a range of facilities for passersby, an events space and bedrooms for longer stays. Archisbang said it

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Peris+Toral Arquitectes uses stone for social housing block in Mallorca

May 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Walls of limestone and sandstone reference the traditional architecture of Mallorca at Living in Lime, a social housing block in Son Servera by Spanish studio Peris+Toral Arquitectes. Living in Lime contains 42 housing units designed by Peris+Toral Arquitectes to have minimal visual impact on the surrounding Mallorcan village. It is split into two low-lying blocks lined

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Doriza Design transforms stone building into “imperfect” holiday home in Crete

May 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Greek studio Doriza Design has converted a 19th-century stone building into Drakoni House, a holiday home in Crete with purposefully rough and imperfect details. Located in the village of Pano Pines, Drakoni House occupies a structure made of local stone and owned by the same family for six decades. It has been uninhabited since 1920.

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So Architecture adds textured “sanctuary” to cottage in Tasmania

May 23, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted ceiling clad in wooden slats features inside Harriet’s House, a cottage in Tasmania extended by local studio So Architecture. Located in the city of Launceston, the 50-square-metre addition replaces two dated extensions previously added to the rear of the Georgian-style dwelling. As the site of the cottage is overlooked on both sides, So Architecture

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Kiron Cheerla Architecture crowns home in India with lantern-like roof

May 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Indian studio Kiron Cheerla Architecture has completed Pott House, a home in Hyderabad topped by a lantern-like roof that draws light and natural ventilation into its interiors. Pott House occupies half of a garden plot characterised by loose black cotton soil, leading Kiron Cheerla Architecture to design a lightweight gridded structure with pile foundations. It

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Stepped villa in Menorca by Nomo Studio offers “an abundance of textures”

May 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A cluster of white-plaster volumes steps down a hillside to frame views of the Mediterranean Sea at Bundle House, a villa in Menorca by architecture practice Nomo Studio. In response to a sloping, awkwardly-shaped site, Nomo Studio divided the home into nine distinct blocks that are organised to create small pockets of outdoor space and a

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Rammed-earth wall fronts Parisian townhouse by Déchelette Architecture

May 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists’ studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. Located in the city’s 18th arrondissement, the 400-square-metre space combines living spaces for its owner and resident artists with the headquarters of the charity Greenline Foundation, which uses art to encourage the

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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades

May 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Students and researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have constructed a mobile home in Barcelona using wood from Collserola Natural Park. Called Moca, an abbreviation of Mobile Catalyst, the prototype two-person dwelling is mounted on a trailer and designed to be easily transported by car. It is built from cross-laminated timber (CLT)

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Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten designs Vertical Farm Beijing as a “beacon in the city”

May 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch practice Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten has completed Vertical Farm Beijing, an innovation centre for urban fruit and vegetable production housed in a faceted greenhouse. Created for horticultural company AgriGarden and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), the centre was designed to demonstrate to both students and the general public how food can be

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Smith Young Architects embraces “imperfection” at Vestige house in Cheshire

May 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Liverpool studio Smith Young Architects has completed Vestige, a house in northwest England with a brick base built from the remnants of a previous structure on the site. Named Vestige, the home overlooks a park in Cheshire and replaces an existing dwelling on the site, which the client had hoped to extend but couldn’t due

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