Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico
An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by…
Redeveloped Toi Tauranga Art Gallery now open: I’m quite overwhelmed with what we have achieved’
The problem with the Tauranga Art Gallery was that it faced the wrong way. The building originally belonged…
Plastic Box store is “a brutalist art gallery disguised as a supermarket”
Architecture practice Minimal Studio has unveiled Plastic Box, a supermarket in Mallorca with a minimalist exposed-concrete interior and…
Mecozzi Verdini connects villa to concrete annexe using red walkway
A red-steel walkway links this 1960s villa in Italy‘s Marche region to a concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso,…
Elemental Shores in the Asia-Pacific: Concrete Recasts the Beach House
MimMim Villa / On Architects Inc.. Image © Yoon, Joonhwan Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
The Silent Pavilion: Carlo Scarpa and the Giardino delle Sculture at the Venice Biennale
Giardino delle Sculture / Carlo Scarpa. Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra [Flickr under license CC BY-NC 2.0] Share Share…
Adjaye Associates-designed Princeton University Art Museum opens
The concrete-clad Princeton University Art Museum has opened in New Jersey, USA, the first major project designed by…
Rául Sánchez creates”play of contrasts” at House in Cala Tamarit
Spanish studio Rául Sánchez Architects has taken advantage of a sloping site in Tarragona to create a concrete home with…
Pinzauer transforms Hampstead home with concrete-framed pavilion
An exposed concrete-framed extension frames views across a garden and sunken studio at this Victorian townhouse in Hampstead,…
New model reveals the hidden structure of everyday materials
Mixed materials, such as concrete, are composed of different components that are scattered randomly. Determining where each part…
US scientists use ‘Battleship’ model to plan nuclear waste storage
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new mathematical model that could improve the evaluation of potential storage…
The Architect as a Scientist: New Materials Emerging Between Science and Design
White Tower / Studio Benjamin Dillenburger + Michael Hansmeyer. Image © Girts Apskalns Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail…