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
Glass triangles animate facade of Wingårdh’s auditorium for Karolinska Institutet
Clare Cousins’ Melbourne office is divided up with colour-coordinated details
Chameleon House by Petr Hajek Architekti features rooms that point in different directions
Concrete education centre by Petr Hájek is sunken into a park landscape
Sloped decking creates waterfront slides at Faaborg Harbour Bath
Format Elf Architekten adds blackened timber cottages to a rural German resort
Architecture for London creates light-filled London extension using polished materials
Pavilion made from 53,780 plastic bottles among AIA Small Projects winners
Biomega launches KiBiSi-designed NYC city bike
Waste House by BBM is “UK’s first permanent building made from rubbish”
Cave-like apertures frame climbing walls at NL Architects’ Spordtgebouw sports centre
Nash Baker’s Bourne Lane house takes cues from old English barns
Zoomfactor Architectes updates a city hall with a spiralling staircase
Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy
Victorian house renovation by Clare Cousins features a courtyard dining room
Red mesh shades the interior of a farm visitor centre by Vector Architects
Playpen for dogs installed within Soichi Yamasaki’s S Residence
Flamingo Shanghai offices by Neri&Hu feature raw concrete and angular meeting rooms
Yen Chen Chang’s knitted sensors control everyday electronic products
Glass globes and wavy wooden walls feature in Azerbaijan’s Milan Expo pavilion
Primary school by C+S Architects features a colourful facade with contrasting window details
The Body by Kirsi Enkovaara can be twisted and folded to create endless seating shapes
