Atelier Tao+C lines walls of capsule hotel with bamboo bookshelves
Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. More
Prayer hall sits inside a cluster of rock-shaped buildings
CEBRA has completed a cave-like prayer centre in Abu Dhabi housed in a landscape of jagged, rock-like forms. More
Nudes designs wooden book pavilion to encourage reading in Mumbai
Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. More
Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. More
Golden mesh shades a sports pavilion in Sydney
Golden polycarbonate mesh stretches across the canopy of this pavilion in Marsden Park, Sydney, designed by architecture practice CHROFI . More
Russell Jones inserts small black home into Victorian outbuilding in London
London-based architect Russell Jones has designed a house in Tottenham clad in corrugated cellulose sheets, which peeks up from behind the brick wall of a former Victorian outbuilding. More
ALL designs faceted facade to create a play of light across Bodø City Hall
The faceted, limestone-clad facades of this town hall in Bodø, Norway, have been designed to capture the dramatic changes in light and shadow that are characteristic within the Arctic Circle. More
Concrete grid forms student housing block in Paris by Atelier Villemard et Associé
Atelier Villemard et Associés used a structural grid of exposed concrete to define the exterior and interior of this student housing block on the outskirts of Paris. More
House clad in burnt larch perches on a rocky site in the Scottish Highlands
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects used planks of burnt larch to clad a cross-laminated timber house in the Scottish Highlands. More
Branches disguise a secluded hideaway next to a Norwegian lake
Architecture practice Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter and architect Mariana de Delás have hidden a hut next to a secluded lake in Norway with a layer of birch branches. More
Michael and Patty Hopkins took high-tech architecture to historical settings
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Michael and Patty Hopkins, who designed one of the movement's most pragmatic buildings – Hopkins House – and went on to develop historicist high-tech architecture. More
Spiral lookout tower gives views of the mountains in Shenzhen
A spiral staircase twists 810 degrees to form a viewpoint designed by architecture studio Doarchi to look out over the mountains close to Shenzhen. More
CROX designs aluminium-clad museum based on the sound of an instrument
The curvaceous, aluminium-clad form of Liyang Museum in China was designed by architecture practice CROX to represent the sound made by a traditional musical instrument. More
Prison clad in perforated weathering steel has pastel-coloured sports court
Local Architecture Network has built a minimum security prison with a perforated metal facade of weathering steel in Nanterre that has a sports court in pastel hues. More
LLLab uses red brick and slate for retreat close to the Great Wall of China
Chinese architecture studio LLLab has designed a hotel on the outskirts of Beijing as a village-style complex of buildings made from local brick and slate. More
Sunken steel-clad Brexit Bunker built in garden of London house
Rise Design Studio has sunk a weathered steel-clad extension in the garden of a London house as a sanctuary from the UK's Brexit-dominated political climate. More
Reading nook and a hidden room added in London house extension
Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. More
Planted terraces overlook the sea at the Grand Park Hotel by 3LHD
The Grand Park Hotel in Rovinj, Croatia, is topped with a series of planted terraces that step down towards the Adriatic Sea. More
FREAKS wraps French warehouse conversion in corrugated steel
Architecture studio FREAKS has clad an old printing warehouse in France shiny corrugated metal cladding and converted it into a research centre for lighting company Sammode. More
Studio Ben Allen designs artichoke-shaped garden room
Green shingles cover the exterior of this octagonal, flatpack garden room in south west London, designed by Studio Ben Allen. More