SUO elevates winding walkway in national park in Japan
Yashima Mountaintop Park is a "three-dimensional pathway" by architecture studio SUO that offers views over the mountainous landscape of Setonaikai National Park in Japan. More
Yellow Cloud Studio extends London home with internal courtyard
London architecture and design practice Yellow Cloud Studio has completed Courtyard House, the renovation of a Victorian terrace in Stoke Newington, creating bright living spaces that overlook an internal courtyard. More
ZMMA references landscape paintings for revamp of Gainsborough House in Suffolk
London practice ZMMA has transformed the home of artist Thomas Gainsborough in Sudbury, Suffolk, into a gallery and museum with a material palette of redbrick and flint informed by his landscape paintings. More
PDP London refurbishes art deco office block with jewel-like extensions in glass and steel
Local practice PDP London has renovated Eighty Strand, an art deco office building in London, restoring its original finishes and complementing them with glazed pavilions that reference the style's geometric forms. More
Apollo Architects & Associates designs Tokyo home that blurs indoor and outdoor spaces
Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. More
Oversized steel roof tops Sydney restaurant by Sam Crawford Architects
A large steel-framed roof shelters the Misc restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, which was designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe that was severely damaged by fire. More
Group of Architects insets mono-pitched theatre into bamboo forest in China
Chinese studio Group of Architects has completed the Yada Theatre near the city of Yixing, with ceramic and wood finishes that reference the region's bamboo forests and heritage of pottery production. More
Valentino Architects converts Maltese mill into family home
Local practice Valentino Architects has transformed a cluster of heritage-listed buildings in the village of Attard, Malta, into a family home called Mill House. More
Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France
French practice Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a 15-year project to renovate and open up the historic rue de Richelieu site of the National Library of France in Paris, incorporating new public routes and spaces. More
Dallas Pierce Quintero references industrial sheds for Forest Houses on London infill site
Architecture studio Dallas Pierce Quintero has completed a cluster of houses in London with sawtooth roofs and corrugated-metal cladding that nod to the site's former use as a builders' yard. More
Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards
Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. More
Rever & Drage complements rustic bolthole in Norway with a timber holiday cabin
A large, angular window cuts through the otherwise traditional form of this timber cabin in Norway, designed by local architecture studio Rever & Drage. More
Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli unites old and new at town library in Italy
Italian architecture studio Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed the Brixen Public Library in South Tyrol, uniting a cluster of old civic buildings with a contemporary, angular addition. More
House Be in Belgium was designed for "dwelling in and amongst nature"
Board-marked concrete and exposed brickwork have been used to give a "rough but refined" character to this home in the Belgian countryside, designed by local practice A2o architecten. More
3XN completes aluminium-clad hotel and office overlooking La Défense in Paris
Danish architecture practice 3XN has completed a blocky office building and hotel in the suburbs of Paris, with "distinct but complementary" faceted checkerboard facades of bronze-coloured and reflective aluminium. More
Neiheiser Argyros transforms Athens Art 1 Office with colourful accents and varied textures
Architecture studio Neiheiser Argyros has completed the renovation of a 40-year-old office building in Athens, transforming its concrete structure with a cluster of playful forms and colourful interiors. More
Tar-coated timber lines House Tjurpannan in Sweden by HelgessonGonzaga
Stockholm studio HelgessonGonzaga has completed a dark timber cabin in the coastal nature reserve Tjurpannan in west Sweden and coated it in tar to reference the nearby boathouses and jetties. More
Stempel & Tesar completes curved home overlooking a Czech forest
Austere concrete block walls conceal a timber-framed structure that fans out to overlook a garden and pond at House that Opens up to the Sun in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Stempel & Tesar. More
Förstberg Ling completes redbrick townhouse blocks in Sweden
Swedish studio Förstberg Ling has completed Twelve Houses in Malmö, a series of three townhouse blocks with gridded brick facades and an exposed cross-laminated timber structure. More
Sandellsandberg creates floating sauna for trips across Stockholm archipelago
Swedish studio Sandellsandberg has completed the Big Branzino, a floating sauna designed to drift against the changing backdrop of the Stockholm archipelago. More