Articles by Alyn Griffiths

White Arkitekter’s pared-back bathhouse reinterprets Sweden’s traditional “gingerbread” architecture

May 4, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

White Arkitekter has completed a bathhouse on the southern coast of Sweden, featuring a timber-clad structure perched on slender legs that extend outwards towards the rear to optimise sea views. The Scandinavian studio designed the bathhouse for a group of local sea-bathing enthusiasts from the coastal town of Karlshamn, who raised funds to commission the project. The Kallbadshus, or cold

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Gimeno + Guitart creates chevron-patterned concrete for church of Santa Maria Assumpta

May 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Gimeno + Guitart has completed a church and parish centre in Tarragona, Spain, featuring concrete walls patterned with angular etchings. The church of Santa Maria Assumpta is situated in the city’s Bonavista neighbourhood on a plot adjacent to a plaza. It comprises a robust concrete polyhedron flanked by a translucent metallic volume. Madrid-based architects Daniel Gimeno

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Neri&Hu’s Suzhou Chapel combines textured brick base with ethereal white cube

May 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Perforated metal surfaces form a white “veil” around the main hall of this chapel designed by Neri&Hu for a hotel complex near the Chinese city of Suzhou. Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu’s Shanghai studio designed Suzhou Chapel for a site within the Sangha resort, which is described as “a life learning and wellness community on the shores

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Cantilevered concrete volumes provide river and mountain views at Guesthouse Rivendell

May 2, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Angled concrete surfaces collide to form the facades of this guesthouse by South Korean studio IDMM Architects, which features sections that thrust out towards the nearby Bukhan River. IDMM Architects designed Guesthouse Rivendell for the mother of a local entrepreneur and positioned it on a plot that looks directly onto the river to the east.

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Alma-nac slots angular openings into timber-clad gables of House in the Woods

April 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Triangular windows are set beneath the pitched roofs of this house in England’s South Downs National Park, which London studio Alma-nac designed to sit discreetly in its wooded setting. Alma-nac was asked to design the house for a plot within an area of outstanding natural beauty in the county of Hampshire, where it replaces a bungalow

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Tents create guest bedrooms with panoramic views at Peggy Deamer’s New Zealand retreat

April 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The main living areas of this compact holiday home near New Zealand’s Kaipara Harbour are arranged perpendicular to a platform that provides space for three tents used to accommodate guests. Yale School of Architecture professor Peggy Deamer often works in nearby Auckland and wanted to build herself a simple and affordable rural retreat that was

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“Feather-like” screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects

April 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. Tainan Tung-Men Holiness Church was designed by local studio MAYU Architects for a site surrounded by residential buildings in the city on Taiwan’s southwest coast. The architects

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Pitsou Kedem adds white plaster and black iron surfaces to vaulted Jaffa apartment

April 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem has updated an apartment in the ancient port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, adding arched windows and door frames that echo the form of the traditional vaulted ceilings. The building is located in the oldest part of the Israeli city and Pitsou Kedem’s studio was tasked with refurbishing its interior to create spaces

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Eduardo Souto de Moura transforms Portuguese farming village into luxury retreat

April 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has helped to revive a former farming village in the Alentejo region as a high-end hotel, featuring whitewashed interiors and original vaulted ceilings. The monte, or village, is located at the heart of the 780-hectare São Lourenço do Barrocal estate, which has been owned by the same family for over

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Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun

April 28, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Paris studio Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix has completed a concrete extension to a traditional farmhouse in France’s Provence region, featuring very few openings in its faceted facades. Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix was tasked with extending a house in the commune of Uzès that had previously been used by a couple as their second home. The brief to create enough space to accommodate the

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