Alyn Griffiths
Alyn is a freelance writer and editor who contributes to some of the world’s leading architecture and design publications, including Dezeen, Blueprint, Icon, Wallpaper, Interior Design and CNN Style.
He is also the author of 21st Century Lighting Design, published by Bloomsbury in 2014, and former design editor at Port magazine.
Alyn studied product design at Glasgow School of Art before moving to London in 2008, where he lived for eight years. He is now based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stories by Alyn Griffiths
Piet Oudolf creates “ever-changing” garden for Vitra’s architecture park
Helen & Hard hangs Woodnest treehouses from pine trees above Norwegian fjord
Pilgrim’s House is a timber-clad hostel in the Basque countryside
AKDA’s brick-fronted Safdarjang Residence pays homage to Louis Kahn
Schemata Architects completes South Korean hotel where all furniture is for sale
Undulating bamboo canopy by LLLab evokes its mountainous surroundings
Nomo Studio carves curved patios and terraces into Menorcan holiday home
Key Operation clads Kannai Blade Residence with narrow concrete fins
OYO Architects positions spiral staircase at the heart of brick and concrete House Dede
Studio Ben Allen casts pigmented concrete to create colourful surfaces inside House Recast
The Seeds are a group of shingle-clad pods nestled in a Chinese forest
Steel-and-glass “greenhouse” envelops existing buildings at Paddenbroek Education Centre
Klein Dytham Architecture creates intricate wooden shop front for Cartier
Vaulted roof lights direct daylight into plywood-lined extension by Bradley Van Der Straeten
Twisting facade connects historic Stockholm building with red-brick office by 3XN
Jean Nouvel bisects city block with “street of 1,000 red jars” in Shanghai
Presicci + Pantanella D’Ettorre Architetti creates minimalist Tuscan farmhouse
Delugan Meissl completes Taiyuan Botanical Garden with giant domed greenhouses
Javier de las Heras Solé wraps Spanish music school in perforated metal skin
Paulo Merlini Architects perches gabled volumes on top of stone plinth at Casa Rio
Rede Architects and Moguang Studio turn abandoned factory into youth activity centre
Rear extension by Turner Architects contains “cloister-like” rooms built around a central courtyard
