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
Studio Selva wraps Chilean surfers’ retreat in eucalyptus screens
Amin Taha Architects reconfigures London home around lightwells and a spiral staircase
Studio Weave installs hikers’ shelter on stilts beside a Bordeaux river
Fortunen completes toilet block with views of a Norwegian waterfall
ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf
Terracotta-tinged walls match the surrounding mountains in Bernardes Arquitetura’s Casa Terra
Stanton Williams completes renovation of beaux-arts museum in Nantes with stone and marble extension
COBE transforms Copenhagen grain silo into apartment block with faceted facades
Casey Hughes Architects adds twin-peaked extension to refurbished LA home
Sewage plant by Padilla Nicás Arquitectos features asymmetric pitched roofs
Skylights and slatted floors bring daylight into 2.5-metre-wide house in Japan
Patrick Norguet creates colourful communal spaces in latest Okko Hotel interior
Vertically sliding walls open Bergmeisterwolf’s Italian villa extension to the garden
Chequerboard facades front Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter’s affordable housing in Stockholm
Windows taper to reduce unwanted views from Seoul office and retail building
Innauer-Matt Architekten’s tiny Alpine chapel features a steep shingle-clad roof
Blacksheep bases experiential cooking library in Seoul on European factory interiors
Qingdao Cruise Terminal’s angular facade references boats’ sails
Studio De Materia submerges private rooms of House JRv2 into sloping terrain
Gardens separate rooms wrapped in brick, stone and wood at Mexican courthouse
Maka Arkitektur completes contemporary Swedish courtyard house
Diébédo Francis Kéré uses local materials for ring-shaped school in Burkina Faso
