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
Eduardo Souto de Moura transforms Portuguese farming village into luxury retreat
Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun
Floating steel staircase takes centre stage in granite house by Marcos Miguélez
Mountain landscapes inform peaked roof of NBBJ’s Nanjing exhibition centre
Tatiana Bilbao’s Ventura House “grows organically” out from a forested Mexico hillside
Balconies and courtyards puncture Japanese apartment building by Eureka and Maru Architecture
Housing development based on Hanging Gardens of Babylon proposed for Birmingham
Planted terraces are interspersed among living spaces at Vo Trong Nghia’s Binh House
NORD Architects’ Copenhagen hospice aims to provide “a unique place for the final journey”
Anahata’s pared-back house in western India features facade designed as “a piece of art”
DRDH and adVVT complete elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards
Angled walls and fissures break up mass of concrete office building by Vtria Architects
Berman Guedes Stretton upgrades Powell & Moya’s modernist University of Oxford buildings
vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway
Ennead Lab proposes electric car charging tower as “the future of roadside architecture”
ISSHO Architects uses timber frames to create typhoon-resistant house on a tropical island
Latticed framework incorporates seating around the edges of Shenzhen hotel and cultural centre
Maas Architecten merges a thatched cottage with a glass greenhouse
Cylindrical headquarters for motorcycling federation features dramatic sweeping staircase
Copenhagen’s Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics
House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path
Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old Salzburg tank station
