Articles by Rheanna Hopkins

Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects has renovated and extended Waverley House in Sydney, reorganising the home around a timber staircase with nooks for sitting and relaxing. Sam Crawford Architects adapted the original 1950s bungalow for a young, growing family, aiming to create a “peaceful but playful” environment with strong connections to the surrounding landscape. “Our

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A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. Wataru Architects redesigned the 40-year-old building belonging to construction company Kitaoka Group into an open, light-filled office with a strong connection to the surrounding landscape and local community. “The project aims to redefine the

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG. Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof informed by the tiled eaves of traditional Chinese architecture. “Looks quite interesting when seen from a helicopter” Commenters were at

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a circular house designed by Fernanda Canales in a remote area outside Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Named House 720 Degrees, the circular house surrounds an open courtyard in the middle and was conceived to resemble a sundial. “Rigorous to the point of sterility” Readers were divided. “Really

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In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing details of Trump’s White House plans as the US president finishes demolishing the East Wing to construct a ballroom. Originally built in the 1940s, Trump’s demolition of the East Wing began on 20 October and was completed by 24 October, with plans in place for a neoclassical

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London-based architecture studio Manalo & White has converted a 19th-century church into a youth arts centre for Welsh-language theatre company Frân Wen in Bangor, north Wales. Called Nyth (meaning nest in Welsh), the centre was designed to be used by young people in the local community for rehearsals, performances, scriptwriting and technical disciplines. Originally built

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