Neri&Hu reveals design for monumental red concrete factory for Chinese furniture brand
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has revealed its design for Chinese furniture brand Camerich's factory in Jiaxing, China. More
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Daniel Statham Studio creates fully automated Future Car Park
Architecture firm Daniel Statham Studio has designed a vertical car park in central Hangzhou, China, where cars are stacked using a fully automated lift system. More
Conservatoire of Music and Dance by PPA Architectures features pleated metal sunscreen
French studio PPA Architectures has designed a specialist facility dedicated to music and dance with a pleated white metal facade on the outskirts of Toulouse, France. More
Neri&Hu clads Piaget's Hong Kong boutique in ceramic tiles and bronze
Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a storefront for Swiss watchmaker and jeweller Piaget in Hong Kong, using handmade ceramic tiles that reference the heritage of both the brand and the site. More
Ten buildings animated by expressive brick facades
Buildings embellished by decorative brick facades are the focus of this roundup, which includes houses, a winery and a mausoleum. More
Morris Adjmi uses domed brick on facade to evoke historic New York
US architect Morris Adjmi took cues from tenements that once housed Italian immigrants to create a new mixed-use building with a decorative brickwork facade. More
Moussafir Architectes retrofits 1970s Paris office with movable PVC curtains
Movable curtains of translucent PVC mesh cover the facade of this block of offices and flats in Paris, which has been converted from a 1970s concrete structure by local practice Moussafir Architectes. More
"Chameleon-like" facade material could help to heat and cool buildings
Researchers from the University of Chicago have invented a cladding material that changes colour to help with heating or cooling and could be retrofitted to improve buildings' energy efficiency. More
Rieder looks to ancient Rome to reduce cement content in concrete facade panels
Promotion: Austrian cladding company Rieder is developing facade panels with reduced cement content – informed by the buildings of ancient Rome – which it has used across its headquarters with the aim of becoming "climate positive" by 2030. More
"Perfect setting for a quasi-religious sect" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Denizen Works' house with "a sense of drama" that overlooks a Scottish loch. More
"How on earth does this work in section?" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Wood Marsh's sinuous, curved Melbourne apartment block. More
Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton
French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. More
Kriskadecor makes aluminium chains into expressive facade cladding solution
Promotion: Kriskadecor's colourful and customisable aluminium chain facade cladding solution can be used to transform the facades of buildings without impeding ventilation. More
David Hotson collaborates with Fiandre to cover Armenian church in porcelain slabs printed with 1.5 million motifs
Promotion: Fiandre Architectural Surfaces porcelain slabs, digitally printed with 1.5 million icons, cover the facade of an Armenian church in Texas designed by New York-based architect David Hotson. More
Buro Happold and Cookfox Architects develop living facade for birds and insects
British engineering company Buro Happold and American architecture studio CookFox Architects have developed a prototype for a terracotta facade system that can house small wildlife, insects, birds and plants. More
UK government introduces restrictions for timber in mid-rise buildings' external walls
Timber wall systems will need to pass a large-scale fire safety test before they can be used on medium-rise residential blocks in England under building regulations being introduced by the UK government. More
Lapitec is a high-performance architectural material made from natural minerals
Promotion: used across facades and architectural interventions Lapitec is a sintered stone architectural material that is developed to have a superior performance to stone and porcelain. More
Henning Larsen creates gridded facade for Minneapolis Public Service Building
Global firm Henning Larsen Architects prioritised openness and connectivity to create a Minnesota government building that is part of a "new coalition of civic architecture across the United States". More
MVRDV creates jade-coloured Bulgari storefront from recycled champagne bottles
Architecture studio MVRDV took cues from the glamour of art deco architecture when creating the jade-coloured facade of the Bulgari Shanghai store. More
Hayley Eichenbaum captures the "punchy absurdity" of Route 66 roadside architecture
Photographer Hayley Eichenbaum has created a series of images documenting the roadside architecture of America's Route 66 that takes its cues from the often uncanny appearance of film stills. More