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
Caramel’s narrow CJ5 House in Vienna encloses a sunken courtyard garden
Renovated Spanish farmhouse by 2260mm conceals a new structure behind its walls
Balconies sit within angular openings at Atelier Zafari’s Berlin apartment block
Organic Skyscraper by Chartier-Corbasson would be built from office rubbish
Angular windows create glass shards across Plasma Studio’s Schäfer Roofscape
Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
Wooden slats create a sculptural ceiling inside Katsutoshi Sasaki’s Koro House
Soichi Yamasaki’s Japanese nursery features house-shaped windows and faceted ceilings
Nursery extension by h2o Architectes enveloped by a folded fabric sunshade
Concrete visitor centre by Iseppi/Kurath looms over an Alpine gorge
Salvaged Ring coffee house by a21studio is built from scrap wood
Wingårdhs completes prefabricated apartment block built entirely from wood
Saul E Méndez menswear store features doors and windows pulled out from the walls
Robert Dye Architects extends a London mews house by pushing out a wall
Wooden posts and beams frame displays at Tokyo shop by Fumihiko Sano
Serrated timber extension by 3+1 Architekti transforms stone barn into woodwork facility
Angular brick gables frame Kings College Library by Mitchell Taylor Workshop
Split-level house by Kit works with the slope of the garden
Knowspace builds brick artists’ studios and homes around a communal courtyard
Adam Richards Architects unites old and new at Ditchling art and craft museum
Mitchell Taylor Workshop pairs timber with aluminium at Berkshire music college
Faceted timber community centre completed by Gayet-Roger Architects
