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Arquitectura-G organises minimalist Spanish house around central courtyard

December 2, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish studio Arquitectura-G has completed Patio House, a minimalist white home in Costa Brava that opens onto a central courtyard through folding timber shutters. Partially sunken into a sloping site overlooking the small bay of Aiguablava, the single-storey home was designed by Arquitectura-G to have a “simple and clear” geometry, defined by a slim concrete

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Toro Arquitectos designs ring-shaped Ciales Kindergarten in Puerto Rico

December 1, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

An outdoor play area sits at the heart of this ring-shaped concrete kindergarten in Puerto Rico, designed by local studio Toro Arquitectos to create “a safe, engaging, and functional environment” for children. Ciales Kindergarten replaces a former funeral home, which was transformed by Toro Arquitectos and extended with a circular structure alongside it. The “unremarkable”

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Plastic Box store is “a brutalist art gallery disguised as a supermarket”

November 28, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture practice Minimal Studio has unveiled Plastic Box, a supermarket in Mallorca with a minimalist exposed-concrete interior and a ceiling of 1,200 plastic crates. The fully functioning store, located in Mallorca’s Port of Pollensa, was conceived by the studio as a “raw concrete envelope”. “We reduced the structure to its essence, removing all previous finishes

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Mecozzi Verdini connects Italian villa to concrete annexe using red-steel walkway

November 26, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

A red-steel walkway links this 1960s villa in Italy’s Marche region to a concrete-framed annexe called Annesso Rosso, completed by local architecture studio Mecozzi Verdini. Annesso Rosso, or Red Annexe, is named after the deep red colour of its painted steelwork and replaces a cluster of disused agricultural sheds at the back of the home

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Kia unveils new EV5 at educational academy surrounded by courtyards and water gardens

November 24, 2025 Amina Amber 0

Car brand Kia has presented its EV5 model at an educational complex in Gyeonggi province in the latest instalment of our video series pairing its electric vehicles with contemporary South Korean architecture. The EV5 model expands Kia’s electric line-up with a fully electric mid-sized SUV designed for everyday and family use. The EV5 introduces

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Courtyard acts as “spatial and emotional nucleus” of Indian house by Renesa

November 20, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Sweeping concrete and brick walls wrap a circular, water-filled courtyard at the heart of The Sanctum, a low-slung home in Punjab, India, designed by local architecture studio Renesa. Spread across a three-acre site in Amritsar, the 1,115-square-metre dwelling comprises a cluster of geometric volumes formed with red brick and concrete. The Sanctum’s circular courtyard and

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Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Dubai courtyard installation examines how “architecture evolved in the region”

November 11, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Emirati studio Some Kind of Practice presented a palm-clad pavilion with a central courtyard at this year’s Dubai Design Week, exploring how this architectural feature has been shaped by climate and communities over time. Titled When Does a Threshold Become a Courtyard?, the installation was positioned in the Dubai Design District and created by studio

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen installs Miel beekeepers pavilion in Yungay forest

November 7, 2025 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has built a concrete structure that looks like a temple, but is actually a shed for storing beekeeping equipment in central Chile. Miel was installed in a forest clearing in Yungay, Chile, on a 130-hectare rural site owned by studio founders Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. The 36-square-metre building

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Seven “immensely photogenic” features of UK’s under-threat cooling towers

November 5, 2025 Lizzie Crook 0

Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has selected seven photos from its latest book that reveal the sculptural yet little-known features of the UK’s under-threat cooling towers. Simply named Cooling Towers, the book explores the cultural significance of the concrete megastructures through the lens of art and design, photography and pop culture. It has been curated

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