Stories by Jon Astbury
IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art was the most significant building of 2008
LAN “deliberately exposes” mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
Schemata Architects clads Yawn Yard guesthouses in Japan with local timber
Malý Chmel divides Czech home across seven concrete floors
Public square renovation in Ukraine demonstrates “impetus for city life” amid ongoing conflict
Gridded steel frame envelops Indian home by 3dor Concepts
White fabric-like walls wrap Nyori house in Kerala by 3dor Concepts
PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using “plug-in architecture”
Bernardo Bader Architekten creates cuboidal primary school in rural Austria
Bedouin tents inform AlUla desert lookout points by Clover Studio
Open Practice Architecture and Kinder Design create “architecturally unique” home in London
Michael Henriksen uses exposed clay-block walls to extend own home in St Albans
RSHP and Estudio Lamela’s Madrid-Barajas airport was the most significant building of 2006
Glass walls immerse inhabitants of Chilean home in surrounding forest
Gianni Botsford Architects adds trapezoidal home to Norman Foster extension
Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
Philippe Starck creates “strange and surrealist” olive oil mill and museum
CF Møller Architects uses principles of “healing architecture” for Finnish psychiatric clinic
Brick cultural centre evokes “historic grain of Hertford’s town centre”
Hospital fronted by large winter garden opens in UK
Stempel & Tesar perches black-steel villa on hill overlooking Prague
Stone-clad blocks fill mixed-use Bordeaux district by LAN
