Stories by Jessica Mairs
Europe’s biggest robotic car park opens below Scandinavia’s largest library
BVAU designs translucent bioclimatic skin for French social-security agency HQ
PLP Architecture gets go-ahead for second tallest skyscraper in London
SYAP’s House in Yokkaichi has a roof angled upwards like the lid of an open box
Bamboo playhouse by Eleena Jamil built on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s botanical gardens
B29 creates “James Bond super garage” in Switzerland for a royal client
Curvaceous concrete crematorium by Plan 01 offers “dignified and serene setting” for mourners
James Turrell and Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveil extension for ARoS art museum
Bell Phillips converts Victorian gas holder into circular park for King’s Cross
Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists
Coconut groves surround brick retirement home on a Thai beach by NPDA Studio
Estudio ALA completes terracotta chapel at a Mexican tequila factory
AAU Anastas completes Palestinian courthouse featuring stone walls and golden latticework
Architecture should not be comforting says Daniel Libeskind
Creationist theme park in Kentucky to feature giant wooden ark building
PLP Architecture unveils “genuinely affordable” co-living skyscraper for London
Site Specific Arquitectura converts Portuguese warehouse into monastery chapel
MVRDV unveils plans for sunken lagoon park in Taiwan
Foster + Partners’ Roman history museum begins construction in south of France
House in Nara by Keiichi Sugiyama boasts a raised cedar terrace
MAPA updates Chilean housing block with textured brick facade
Foster unveils winning masterplan for waterfront Cairo neighbourhood