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
Timber-lined roof perches at an angle on top of Chilean seaside home
Concrete Maison Le Cap house features mirrored glazing to reflect the seaside scenery
Florian Busch scatters square windows across the concrete facades of a Tokyo office
Vidigal House by Contaminar has a V-shaped plan enclosing a triangular garden
Rippling aluminium fronts Bristol university laboratories by Sheppard Robson
Vietnam house by MM++ Architects features a palm-leaf roof and an open-air living space
Edges Apartments designed by Studio Toggle to resemble a pile of stacked blocks
Drum-like pavilion by GH3 creates a glowing presence in a Canadian city park
Folding green panels animate facade of Forest House restaurant by JYA-rchitects
Hernández Arquitectos’ minimal white monastery features a concrete-clad bell tower
Villa Wot is a brick cuboid punctured by different-sized windows
James Whitaker proposes cluster of shipping containers as an affordable workplace
Oficina d’Arquitectura’s Portuguese guest house is cut in two by a recessed entrance
University model-making workshop by Atelier ARS features walls that fold open
Shipping containers are suspended above shoppers inside Le Utthe boutique
Sameep Padora’s Lattice House is an Indian holiday home wrapped by wooden screens
Angular seaside tower by Gruff and MSA contains a viewing platform that moves underfoot
Cloud Capture is an imaginary flying machine for bringing rain to the desert
Gottlieb Paludan completes four contemporary brick additions to old industrial buildings
Daycare centre near Brussels features child-size furniture and a combined staircase and slide
JMY Architects combines living and retail spaces on a narrow site in Busan
Triangular void connects a two-storey timber extension to a Melbourne bungalow
