vernacular
Events
London meets Mexico City as this year’s Serpentine Pavilion is announced
Mexican architecture studio LANZA atelier has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2026, which will open to the public in London’s Kensington Gardens on 6th June.
Events
Stories Indesign: Piers Taylor and the Glenn Murcutt Symposium
Piers Taylor joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss overlaps with Glenn Murcutt and Francis Kéré, his renowned ‘Studio in the Woods,’ and the sheer desire to make things with whatever might be at hand.
Events
“We have much to learn from sheds”
A recent exhibition at the Robin Boyd Foundation in Melbourne invited visitors to think deeply about sheds and what this under-appreciated building typology can teach us about construction and living today.
Ideas
New book explores life and work of Didi Contractor
A Call to Return draws on conversations with students and admirers in the last decade of Didi Contractor’s life to offer an inspiring insight into this radical architectural outsider.
Project
The Atlas Hotel Is Fitting In And Growing Over
The Atlas Hotel is Vo Trong Nghia Architects’ thoughtful response to the increasing commercialisation of the Vietnamese town of Hoi An. This restive respite nestles comfortably into a dense urban grid and stirs consciousness of our relationship with nature.