Articles by Jon Astbury

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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Charred timber performing arts centre built by Studio Seilern in parkland campus

December 28, 2018 Jon Astbury 0
Wellington College Performing Arts Centre by Studio Seilern Architects

Studio Seilern Architects’ performing arts centre is intended to look as if it is emerging from the woods at Wellington College in Berkshire, England. The circular GW Annenberg Centre was designed by Studio Seilern Architects on the campus of the independent day and boarding school, which sits within some 160 hectares of parkland. The form was inspired

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Studio Wok inserts home into stone barn in the Italian countryside

December 23, 2018 Jon Astbury 0
Country home in Chievo, Verona by Studio Wok

A neglected barn made from plaster-coated river pebbles on the outskirts of Verona has been transformed into a new country home by Milan-based Studio Wok. Part restoration and part modern insertion, Studio Wok described creating the county home in Chievo as a process of “subtraction” and “addition”. One of the studio’s first steps was to strip back the plaster

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Planter Box House by Formzero is a concrete home covered in edible plants

December 22, 2018 Jon Astbury 0
Planter Box House in Kuala Lumpur by Formzero

Large concrete boxes filled with edible plants form the facade of this house in Kuala Lumpur by locally based studio Formzero. Planter Box House is a three-storey house that celebrates sustainable living and self-sufficiency. Designed by Formzero for a retired couple who grow their own foods, the house provides planting space for more than 40 types of edible

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