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
Colonnades frame landscaped courtyards at Buddhist retreat in rural England
Nordic’s Villa Vatnan is a hilltop house with a view over a Norwegian city
ArchiBlox creates garden roof for house overlooking a beach in Australia
Red pyramidal rooms form Henning Stummel’s London home
Concrete apartments slot into cliff overlooking Porto’s Dom Luís I Bridge
MF+ Arquitetos creates modernist-inspired house with walled garden in Brazil
Spiralling walkway surrounds courtyard at Portuguese home by António Costa Lima
Giant bookcase forms centrepiece of Shanghai sales office by Team_Bldg
Woods Bagot’s zinc-clad apartments echo industrial context in Melbourne
Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
Óscar Miguel Ares Álvares creates “abstract and hard” care home inspired by arid surroundings
Rolf Bruggink and Niek Wagemans use salvaged materials to convert coach house into home
Extra-tall windows connect Studio Octopi’s Slot House with its patio garden
Cun-Design converts Beijing house into film studio with weathering steel and glass extensions
Shutter-covered towers give bedrooms sea views at Lebanese housing complex
Frameless glazing and concrete canopy shelter pool-side lounge by Steven Vandenborre
Sculpted concrete facade directs daylight into Smart Design Studio’s house for an art collector
Walters & Cohen combines fluted stone and glass at London’s American School
Brick screens are set into framework of concrete columns and beams at Casa Grid
Circular windows and pyramidal skylights add playful geometry to Indonesian home
Modernist-inspired house in Tel Aviv features glazed walls and cantilevered upper storey
Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre
