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
Wearable device could detect disease “when the nearest doctor is days away”
Bowstring Truss House turns a warehouse with a spectacular roof into a home
Timber-framed “bioclimatic” house with larch cladding by Tectoniques
New York loft conversion based on a 1960s modular Swiss house by Ali Tayar
Sunset Rock House on the edge of the ocean by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Mecanoo designs a pavilion with a spiral staircase underneath a garden in Warsaw
Colour Injector lamp by Taras Sgibnev
Recession “coming to an end” for British architects
De Burgemeester office with an angular wooden staircase by Studioninedots
Business Playground meeting room by Mathieu Lehanneur
Bio-surfaces containing “hacked” bacteria could clean your feet as you walk on them
Cassata primary school with lettering on its facade by Cadence
Floor tiles made of coloured snail poo by Lieske Schreuder
3D printing “can produce up to 150 prosthetic eyes per hour”
ON Headquarters with a pool of oil in the lobby by LSA Arquitectos and BLANCASMORAN
UNStudio wins competition to design 60-metre tower for Munich
Olafur Eliasson’s tears used to make human cheese
Sou Fujimoto designs masterplan featuring water cascading down towers of arches
“I’d love to design a brothel or a gas station” says Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld
Keperra House built around a sheltered deck by A-CH
Animal cells could be used to make “Frankenstein-esque hybrid organs”
Volvo Pure Tension Pavilion that charges an electric car by Synthesis Design + Architecture
