The Barbican Centre has taken one of Britain’s most recognisable brutalist environments beyond its concrete walls. In collaboration with Made.com, the Barbican Shop has launched a 23-piece homeware collection that translates architectural details from the Barbican Estate into furniture, lighting, textiles and accessories. The collection looks closely at the visual language of the estate: rigid…
On Norway’s Atlantic coast, architecture begins with what the forest has already given up. Cabin Sande, designed by Stavanger-based studio Helen & Hard, uses 18 uprooted spruce trees as the structural and spatial framework of a compact retreat overlooking the sea. Located on a protected rocky headland in Randaberg, the 112-square-metre cabin occupies the footprint…
In Vals, Switzerland, Villa Vals designed by SeARCH, Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller Architects takes an unusually discreet approach to building in the landscape. Rather than claiming a visible presence on the mountainside, the house is carved into it, allowing the terrain to become an active part of its architecture. Set beneath the hillside, the…