Concrete architecture

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 10 October 22

By Jean Grogan Last updated 9 October 22

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By Lucy Peart Last updated 8 October 22

By Sara Sturges Last updated 8 October 22

Inspired by Andrea Palladio, the ‘Secular Retreat’ by Atelier Peter Zumthor with Mole Architects is a modern holiday home described by the RIBA House of the Year judges as a ‘powerful object in the landscape’

By Bethan Ryder Last updated 8 October 22

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 7 October 22

At the age of 93, Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens, a masterful builder in concrete, wood and glass, has passed away in Ghent

By Siska Lyssens Last updated 7 October 22

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 7 October 22

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 7 October 22

By David Lisbon Last updated 7 October 22

Architects Baerbel Mueller and Juergen Strohmayer craft a new raw concrete home for the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana, a gallery in sync with the local climate and entirely dedicated to African art

By Joana Lazarova Last updated 7 October 22

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 7 October 22

Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has become something of an Instagram pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. But as the building fell into a state of disrepair, the Metabolist landmark has long been in danger of demolition and the final decision is to be made by the building’s management society by vote

By Sanae Sato Last updated 7 October 22

Paulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 7 October 22

Pritzker Prize winning German architect Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021) passed away on 9 June 2021 at the age of 101. Here, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives, celebrating the geometric shapes of his 1968 Pilgrimage Church near Koln

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 7 October 22

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 7 October 22

In the 1960s, Walter Maria Förderer designed eight churches in Switzerland and Germany. Influenced by Le Corbusier, and even more so by the collages of Kurt Schwitters and Gothic architecture, Förderer designed cascades of concrete blocks and strange totemic objects that now form some of Europe’s most avant-garde religious buildings.

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 7 October 22

Canadian artist David Umemoto's new Folded Stone series – on view at Modern Shapes Gallery, Antwerp – uses Japanese kirigami to evoke postmodernist dreams

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 7 October 22

By Sara Sturges Last updated 6 October 22

By Adam Štěch Last updated 30 September 22

By Sara Sturges Last updated 30 September 22

Pezo von Ellrichshausen invites us inside Luna, the studio's base, a geometric concrete masterpiece in the Chilean countryside

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 September 22

Developer Molonglo and architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen are behind the Less pavilion at Dairy Road, Canberra

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 27 September 22