Concrete architecture
-
Quiet contemplation: Vector Architects' beachside library in China makes the perfect reading retreat
By Frederika Fraser Last updated
-
Oliver du Puy designs therapeutic house in Melbourne
Suceeding in its aim to be a spiritual piece of architecture, the ‘Skinny House’ artfully exposes concrete and casts divine light. Yet, there’s nothing like a vitamin C-infused shower to cleanse you of your sins...
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
-
Mapping out concrete architecture in Los Angeles
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
-
Harvey Nichols debuts its new department-less store concept in Birmingham
By Katrina Israel Last updated
-
Accidental heroes: a Mexican concrete master mix
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
-
Belgian Brutalist: Van Wassenhove House by Juliaan Lampens opens its doors
By Siska Lyssens Last updated
-
Moatti-Rivière completes France’s first graphic design centre in Chaumont
By Jean Grogan Last updated
-
A concrete retreat in California designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects is equipped for climate change
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
-
Tense Architecture Network's concrete residence in Megara has all angles covered
By Lucy Peart Last updated
-
Peter Zumthor’s Devon villa shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year
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
-
The world is your oyster: Zaha Hadid's Salerno Terminal is inspired by the sea
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
-
KWK Promes wraps up a house with a concrete road in Poland
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
-
In memoriam: Juliaan Lampens (1926-2019)
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
-
Brutalist book club: colossal compendiums of concrete architecture
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
-
A new block of artist ateliers is set to bolster Berlin’s creative cachet
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
-
Concrete House: a monolithic lakeside home by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk in Norway
By David Lisbon Last updated
-
The new Nubuke Foundation gallery interacts with Accra’s climate
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
-
High drama: MX_SI reveals a bold new cultural centre in Granada
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
-
Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s São Paulo house for art dealer Eduardo Leme
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
-
Brutalism blossoms in Sydney with a new orthogonal concrete mosque
Sculptural concrete poetically channels space and light at Candalepas Associates’ new home for the Australian Islamic Mission. From the vaulted ceiling with funnel-shaped skylight, to the rounded wooden rings that gradual constrict towards an oculus, and the muqarnas that welcome in slim rays of sunlight, each architectural element breathes geometry and spirituality.
By Luke Halls Last updated
-
The architecture of Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021)
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
-
SeARCH and Christian Müller’s buried hillside Hole House is a holiday home with altitude
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
-
Walter Maria Förderer’s 1960s European churches remain avant-garde today
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
-
Concrete poetry: the architectural sculptures of David Umemoto
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
-
An architect’s home in Mexico City melds strong geometry with a warm interior
By Sara Sturges Last updated
-
Deeper underground: a new Czech museum is a Palaeolithic treasure trove
By Adam Štěch Last updated
-
Concrete curves: this free-flowing Belgian villa goes against the grain
By Sara Sturges Last updated