Atelier Oslo wraps House on an Island in gridded timber facade
A prefabricated timber facade envelops the concrete split-level interiors of this cabin, which Atelier Oslo has slotted onto an outcrop in Skåtøy, Norway. More
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Pedevilla Architects lines cookery school with perforated timber panels
Wooden surfaces perforated with a pattern of intersecting circles decorate this cookery school and showroom at a spa in South Tyrol. More
Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More
Daylight filters in through the roof and walls of Bangladeshi mosque by Marina Tabassum
A colonnade, a group of light wells and perforated brickwork allow light and air to reach the prayer hall of this mosque in Dhaka, which is one of winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016. More
Vo Trong Nghia uses perforated blocks to create decorative facade for Panasonic showroom
Light filters gently through the perforated terracotta facade of this showroom for electronics company Panasonic, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. More
Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
Irregularly shaped perforations in the pale green facades of this new university research institute in Portugal are inspired by the tubular molecules that form solar panels. More
J House by Pitsou Kedem features a raised roof, latticed walls and a bridge entrance
A bridge forms the entrance of this house near Tel Aviv by architect Pitsou Kedem, which also features a perforated facade referencing the traditional regional latticework (+ slideshow). More
Perforated screens cover Barcelona marina buildings by SCOB Architecture and Landscape
SCOB Architecture and Landscape has built a restaurant and an office block in Barcelona's Port Vell Marina, and covered both buildings with perforated white screens (+ slideshow). More
Hiroyuki Moriyama completes Tokyo apartment building with a perforated skin
Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More
Perforated brick screens act as curtains for Tehran housing by CAAT Studio
Angled screens of perforated brick provide ventilation and shade for this housing block in Tehran by CAAT Studio, providing its residents with relief from the city's hot and dry climate (+ slideshow). More
Perforated shutters create geometric facade for Pitsou Kedem's house in Tel Aviv
Bands of shutters featuring a geometric perforated pattern appear to form seamless surfaces that extend across the facade of this house in Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More
Anders Berensson proposes wooden skyscraper with decorative facade for Stockholm
Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled conceptual plans for Stockholm's tallest building – a 133-metre wooden skyscraper covered in numbers, which would be erected on top of a 1960s car park in the city centre. More
FHHH Friends creates "rough and ready" concrete tea-fermentation facility in South Korea
This tea-fermentation facility by South Korean office FHHH Friends features a combination of opaque and perforated concrete walls, which also screen a cafe, restaurant and a house (+ slideshow). More
Perforations create dappled lighting inside Coffey Architects' Science Museum research centre
Coffey Architects has added a library with a perforated facade to London's Science Museum, as part of a major redevelopment that will also include galleries by Muf, Wilkinson Eyre and the late Zaha Hadid. More
Jean Nouvel's Cyprus tower has plants bursting through its walls
French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel has built a tower block in Nicosia, Cyprus, featuring perforated walls and wide balconies that are both bestrewn with plants (+ slideshow). More
Monadnock's Abstract Tower features patterned walls of red and green brickwork
Rotterdam studio Monadnock used a variety of brickwork techniques to create the patterned facade of this viewing tower, designed to offer a new landmark for the small Dutch town of Nieuw-Bergen. More
Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More
Brick grates set into the walls of a Bangkok house hide a series of outdoor spaces
Sections of perforated brickwork set into the walls of this Bangkok residence by local architect Jun Sekino allow light to filter into terraces while screening residents from the street (+ slideshow). More
Perforated screens cast graphic shadow patterns over concrete house by Pitsou Kedem
Weathered steel screens cast chequerboard patterns of sunlight and shadow across the internal surfaces of this house near Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). More
Archium's Urban Hive tower has a perforated facade modelled on honeycomb
Hundreds of circular apertures perforate the reinforced concrete walls of this office tower in Seoul by Korean studio Archium, designed to recreate the structural strength of honeycomb (+ slideshow). More