Articles by Jon Astbury

Haworth Tompkins restores and reorders Bristol Old Vic Theatre

January 15, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Bristol's Old Vic Theatre by Haworth Tompkins

Haworth Tompkins has restored Bristol’s Grade I-listed Old Vic theatre – the oldest continuously working theatre in the English speaking world – to create “a public room for the city”. The architecture studio has replaced a large side extension designed by British architect Peter Moro, which was added to the Georgian theatre in 1972, with a

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Henning Larsen completes The Wave housing with rollercoaster-like roofs in Denmark

January 14, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
The Wave apartments by Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen has completed The Wave, a residential project on the Vejle Fjord in Denmark, according to the original vision of the practice’s late founder. The opening of the building marks the end of an 11-year construction process, which began in 2006. For years just two of the project’s five residential towers stood complete, after the 2008

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Eastabrook Architects adds corrugated metal extension to Cotswolds cottage

January 14, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Corrugated metal extension by Eastabrook Architects

Gloucestershire-based Eastabrook Architects has completed an extension to a 19th century stone cottage in Upper Swell, a village in the Cotswolds, UK. Built for a director of the practice who has lived in the cottage for 20 years, the extension provides much-needed additional space for a larger kitchen and dining area, as well as an

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Golden Triangle antiques shop in Chang Mai is “modern retail theatre”

January 6, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
The Golden Triangle antiques store in Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Golden Triangle antiques store in Chiang Mai, Thailand

A complex of open-air galleries decorated like film sets designed by Techinphat Khachonphurithanakul form the new outpost of antique furniture shop The Golden Triangle in Chiang Mai. Architect Techinphat Khachonphurithanakul designed the shop for Douglas Van Tress and Chauwarin Tuntisakm the owners of The Golden Triangle antiques shops. The duo, who founded The Golden Triangle in Chicago in 1989,

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CAAT Studio’s home for a stone-seller in Iran is a celebration of travertine

January 3, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Mahallat residential building by CAAT Studio

Tehran-based practice CAAT Studio has completed a house for a local stone seller in the city of Mahallat, Iran, with a facade made from local travertine. The house is a total celebration of the stone, built from what the studio call “stone bricks”, stepped to create a series of waves that move across the facade.

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Okana Centre for Change is a bamboo centre for a rural Kenyan community

December 29, 2018 Jon Astbury 0
Aerial view of the Okana Centre for Change in Kenya, by Laura Katharina Straehle and Ellen Rouwendal

TU Delft students Laura Katharina Strähle and Ellen Rouwendal designed this community centre in the rural community of Okana, close to Lake Victoria in Kenya, which was named Small Building of the Year at Dezeen Awards. Strähle and Rouwendal designed the Okana Centre for Change as a prototype for creating low-tech high quality structures in east Africa. The project was triggered

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