Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse “like giant rocks” on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. Embedded into the landscape, the Cliff Cafe cantilevers out towards the sea and is topped by a concrete terrace and viewpoint. Alongside it is Tower House, a tall
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London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist’s studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. Occupying the former Rich Industrial Estate that was once the centre of Bermondsey’s 19th-century tannery trade, the three buildings by Coffey Architects are part of a wider masterplan for the
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Swedish practice White Arkitekter has completed the Exercisfältet Stormwater Pond in Uppsala, Sweden, providing water purification and flood protection while also creating a biodiverse landscape for local residents. The pond is located in Exercisfältet, a former military training area that has recently been subject to a large amount of development that has reduced water infiltration.
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A series of overlapping “petals” constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. The building is the latest to complete as part of a wider masterplan by Ibuku for Alchemy Bali – a wellness retreat and restaurant located near
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Australian studio Dean Dyson Architects has used an outer layer of perforated brickwork to create a sense of privacy and calm at this home in Melbourne, which turns inwards to overlook a central swimming pool. Named Cloud House, the five-bedroom home in the suburb of Malvern, occupies a long, narrow site that is surrounded by neighbouring
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Iranian practice KA Architecture Studio has completed the Jahad Metro Plaza in Tehran, creating a new “democratic open space” around the station that is sheltered by a cluster of barrel-vaulted forms. Located on a busy traffic intersection near central Tehran, the new entrance for the Meydan E-Jahad metro station forms part of a wider initiative to
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Elevated walkways connect the treehouse-like bedrooms of the Lost Lindenberg resort in Bali, Indonesia, which has been designed by local architects Alexis Dornier and Studio Jencquel. Located on a largely untouched, waterfront site, surrounded by dense jungle in Jembrana, the eight-bedroom resort was raised up to the level of the surrounding the tree canopy to create an
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Architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann balanced “studious conservation and bold intervention” for its redevelopment of the historic Courtauld Institute of Art in London. One of six projects shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023, the three-year project to update The Courtauld Gallery completed at the end of 2021 and marks the first phase of a
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Portuguese studio Risco has renovated the Beato Convent Events Centre, an events space housed within a former convent in Lisbon, sensitively updating its existing fabric and adding a series of contemporary additions. Dating back to the 15th century, the Convent of Beato António comprises a number of buildings dating from different eras, which have been
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Architecture studio Tolila+Gilliland used a palette of tactile materials to “engage the senses” at the Gilbert Raby Therapeutic Workshops in France. Located on the Gilbert Raby hospital campus in Meulan-en-Yvelines, the building was created to provide day care and creative workshop spaces for patients recovering from addiction. Basing the building’s design on the central notion
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