• frame to folly transforms from carnival gateway to neighborhood teahouse in pittsburgh

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    modular pavilion shifts from carnival gateway to public furniture   Frame to Folly is a modular timber pavilion designed to be disassembled, transported, and reconfigured for different sites and community uses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s student-led Architectural Crafts Collective and Pittsburgh-based PARTlab (Laboratory for Radical Participatory Design), the project forms part of…

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  • Omar Gandhi designs house and studio with “striking silhouette” for Canadian furniture designer

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    Omar Gandhi Architects has collaborated with furniture maker Brodye Chappell to build a house and workshop with a corrugated metal facade on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Located in the agricultural area of Marshfield, just outside Charlottetown, the two-part property touches lightly on its surroundings. OGA has designed a house for furniture designer and builder Brodye Chappell…

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  • Amanda Harper and Dan Zeller named co-CEOs of Multistudio

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    Multistudio announced Amanda Harper and Dan Zeller as the new co-CEOs to succeed Anthony Rohr, who has led Multistudio since 2007. Zeller joined Multistudio 31 years ago, when it was then known as Gould Evans, as his first job out of college. Treading a separate path, 20 years ago, Harper answered a Craigslist ad and…

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  • Ten homes from the mid-century “time capsule” Studley Park

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    Riverside Modern is a book documenting the mid-century modern homes of Studley Park in Melbourne. In this roundup, its author Jake Taylor selects 10 standout residences from the architectural enclave. Published by Thames and Hudson, Riverside Modern was written by architect Taylor with his collaborator, the photographer Jack Lovel, to celebrate the architecturally distinct neighbourhood…

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  • Andy Matthews Studio designs Dulwich cricket pavilion to be antithesis of “off-the-shelf generic designs”

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    Architecture practice Andy Matthews Studio has unveiled a black, contemporary cricket pavilion on Dulwich Common, south London. Built for Streatham & Marlborough Cricket Club, the pavilion stands alongside Dulwich Common overlooking the club’s main pitch. The mono-pitch main form was designed to be a contemporary expression of a traditional cricket pavilion, while demonstrating the quality…

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  • inside ‘la voile’, norman foster’s former waterfront home on the french riviera

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    Norman Foster’s villa on the French Riviera lists for €29.5 million   Originally built in the 1950s and transformed between 1998 and 2002 under the direction of its former owner, architect Norman Foster, Villa La Voile occupies a waterfront hillside in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. The residence brings together sweeping steel arches, extensive glazing, and a retractable…

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  • renewed 1983 bathhouse in japan preserves tilework and curved interiors

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    MABI ARCHITECTS preserves former bathhouse’s curves and tiles   MABI ARCHITECTS renovates Enmeiyu, a public bathhouse designed by Yoshiji Takehara in 1983, into Shizunoyu Fukushima, a bathing facility exclusively for men. The project retains elements of the original architecture while introducing new functions and spaces for relaxation and socializing.   The renovation preserves the building’s…

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  • A New Book Preserves the Lost Interiors of Ebony and Jet’s Chicago Headquarters

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    For decades, Ebony and Jet were among the most important publications documenting Black American life and culture, making Johnson Publishing Company the era’s most influential Black-owned media corporation. Completed in 1972, its headquarters at 820 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago gave that cultural presence a physical form. More than 40 years later, photographer Barbara Karant…

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