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
En Route Architects perches linear concrete house on Greek island hillside
Pablo Pita’s geometric Forja House nestles amongst trees in Portuguese valley
Belvedere Tower is a top-heavy cross-shaped Dutch apartment block
Roar’s Nursery of the Future is a high-tech learning space for children in Dubai
Keeo4design builds spiralling viewpoint in a Czech hilltop vineyard
Office S&M’s “two-faced” Janus House extension is coated with spray-on rubber
Timber arches support wavy roof of Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines
Prefabricated modular library by Dot Architects built in just seven days
London townhouse updated with pared-back materials and patterns
Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos completes brutalist concrete sports centre in Portugal
Pared-back garden pavilions by Threefold Architects provide space for poolside relaxation
Walter Gropius designed school in Dessau to reflect the Bauhaus values
Chilean lakeside Split House is divided into spaces for children and adults
Dualchas Architects creates minimalist blackened-oak hideaway on Scotland’s Isle of Skye
Elizabeth de Portzamparc completes Musée de la Romanité alongside Roman amphitheatre
Interval Architects uses red brick for botanic art centre in a wetland park
MVRDV’s “mountainous” Future Towers provides low-cost accommodation in India
Jean-Paul Viguier completes high-security Banque de France building
Kyle House is a remote Scottish holiday home with a “monastically simple” interior
Berlin’s Bauhaus-Archiv designed by Walter Gropius for “a vivid encounter with the Bauhaus”
AGi Architects’ Rock House in Kuwait wrapped with “origami-like” stone facades
COBE’s wedge-shaped library references its modernist surroundings
