Built at a cost of around $18 million, Arad’s split-level museum is a pair of geometric display spaces together with a “design lab” – studio space for working creatives. Outside, the building’s massive curved ribs cling to the core like bright red slabs of steel baleen in a riot of fluid modernity. The works are [...]

In her essay on the nature of modern architecture in Japan, Yuki Sumner writes of the inherent dubieties of Japan’s architectural spaces, with their little deviations and ambiguities, the subversions of the ‘normal’ that make for a richly compelling and highly individualistic built environment, from high-tech heroics to carefully crafted wooden pavilions. The Sumners have [...]

Located in the Bündner mountains close to Chur, the skewed concrete cube provides generous accommodation for two families, with an interlocking staircase that ensures each set of residents is largely unaware of the other’s presence. The new structure is set in the heart of one of Switzlerland’s most popular mountain playgrounds, close to Davos, Lenzerheide, [...]

In one room, you can activate the sounds of different instruments by stepping on sensors hidden in the floor. And in the ‘The Composer’ room, suspended above 14 music sampling stations is a dramatic installation of translucent plates that pulse with the rhythm of a rare Chopin score. The 17th century Ostrogski Palace has been [...]

The building has an exposed steel frame structure which is infilled with either oak framed panels or glass. The shallow curved roof forms are timber panelled on the interior and externally clad in terne coated stainless steel. This new house for a private client is set in extensive grounds in the Kent countryside. The house [...]