Patterned modules of glued laminated timber will make up the diagrid structure of Gelephu International Airport, which architecture studio BIG is designing in southern Bhutan. Set to open in 2029, the 68,000-square-metre terminal in the… Read More »Decorative carvings to embellish glulam structure of BIG’s Bhutan airport
A playful chicken coop cloaked with timber shingles is set to be built at the Grizedale Arts centre in the Lake District, UK. Named Heir and a Spare, the hen-shaped structure by writer Phineas Harper, cabinet… Read More »Giant hen-shaped chicken coop set to be built at Lake District arts centre
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris‘ Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro station, which is topped with a transparent roof to allow light to enter from above. Dominique Perrault Architecture… Read More »Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as “inverted skyscraper”
Local studio A-nrd has transformed a former London bank into the latest outpost of Italian restaurant chain Lina Stores, contrasting its historic architecture with contemporary elements. Located in Shoreditch, London, the two-storey space is divided… Read More »A-nrd converts former bank into Lina Stores Shoreditch and Bar Lina
An angular exterior informed by diamonds will wrap the Arctic Arena football stadium in Bodø, Norway, designed by Oslo-based studio Nordic Office of Architecture. Designed as the home stadium of Norwegian football club FK Bodø/Glimt, Nordic… Read More »Nordic Office of Architecture designs faceted Arctic Arena for Norwegian football club
Thick walls of rammed-earth and large, exposed terraces show contrasts between “shelter and openness” at this coastal guesthouse in Mexico, which has been completed by architecture studio PPAA. Located in the town of Todos Santos… Read More »PPAA designs rammed-earth guesthouse in Mexico to “blend seamlessly with the terrain”