The renovation of Sutton House in Sutton, Québec by Pelletier de Fontenay does not just preserve history – it transmutes it through its use of white cementitious coating, turning what was once a disparate collection… Read More »White Mineral Finishes Unite Three Centuries of Architecture
Architecture studio Cimbre has designed a single-storey house in rural Portugal to provides “a sense of both seclusion and openness”. Named House in Serra, the 180-square-metre home in the Arrábida Natural Park of Serra do… Read More »Cimbre adds concrete home to secluded site in Portuguese national park
London-based designer Tatjana von Stein often draws on art deco in her work. For our Art Deco Centenary series, she talks about why the early 20th-century style is still so influential and how she uses… Read More »Art deco “has a sense of drama and glamour, exuberance and decadence” says Tatjana von Stein
Chinese smartphone company Infinix has unveiled a concept for a tri-fold phone that packs down to the size of a credit card and can be used as a clip-on camera. Displayed as a prototype at… Read More »Infinix’s mini triple-folding phone compacts to size of a credit card
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