Local landscape and vernacular shape Polish home6 July 2020BuildingsBlack barn typology turned to make artists’ home and workshopBlack barn typology turned to make artists’ home and workshopRegion: EuropeMore: DomolasPolandKropka StudioKrakowDesign construction & technologyHomeWorkshopMaterialsVernacularJan-Carlos KucharekInterrailWadowice
Aymaran vernacular22 February 2016BuildingsA new sort of building is popping up in La PazA new sort of building is popping up in La PazRegion: Rest of the worldMore: BoliviaFreddy MamaniAymaran buildingsLocal vernacularDesigning & building itPhotographyPublic realmLa Paz
Maich Swift house beds comfortably into the Gower’s AONB with updated vernacular20 January 2022BuildingsMaich Swift designs right down to detail at Rhossili bay houseMaich Swift designs right down to detail at Rhossili bay houseRegion: WalesMore: Maich Swift ArchitectsÚna Breathnach HIfearnáin-TaokaThe GowerAONBLocal vernacularCLTDesign construction & technologySustainable architecture
Dominica's ti kai houses are symbols of resistance and survival10 February 2023CultureA new book looks at the Caribbean island's vernacular timber structures, robust enough to survive hurricanesA new book looks at the Caribbean island's vernacular timber structures, robust enough to survive hurricanesRegion: Rest of the worldMore: BookDominicaCaribbeanVernacular architectureTimber constructionDesign construction & technologyConservation and heritageThanshu Vithanage
Mary Duggan refreshes new London vernacular with landscape-driven housing28 February 2023BuildingsParkland replaces streets and squares at Red Clover GardensParkland replaces streets and squares at Red Clover GardensRegion: LondonMore: Design construction & technologyMary Duggan ArchitectsChris FogesPlaces planning & communityCroydonVernacular architectureLandscape
Kenya's Startup Lions Campus is made of, for, and by its place28 September 2021BuildingsKéré Architecture’s desert training centre and workplace is vernacular in every senseKéré Architecture’s desert training centre and workplace is vernacular in every senseRegion: Rest of the worldMore: KenyaKéré ArchitectureCollegeWorkplaceSustainable architectureDesign construction & technologyCo-workingITStartup Lions CampusVernacularDesert
Basic instinct19 October 2017BuildingsNew, but as old as the hillsNew, but as old as the hillsRegion: ScotlandMore: HouseWhere people liveNorth AyrshireDesigning & building itVernacularAnn Nisbet Studio
Contour House, Baslow, Derbyshire27 April 2016BuildingsA subtle contemporary vernacularA subtle contemporary vernacularRegion: East MidlandsMore: BaslowSanei Hopkins ArchitectsRIBA Regional Awards 2015
Out of this world1 December 2013CultureHerbert Wright comes back down to earthHerbert Wright comes back down to earthRegion: Rest of the worldMore: Vernacular
McLean Quinlan makes it personal1 November 2021CultureSuccess is a family matterSuccess is a family matterRegion: United KingdomMore: McLean QuinlanDesign construction & technologyFamily firmVernacular architectureIsabelle Priest
‘We raided history, the modern and the vernacular and mixed them up’6 December 2021CulturePiers Gough on a lifetime of getting emotion and drama into architecturePiers Gough on a lifetime of getting emotion and drama into architectureRegion: United KingdomMore: CZWGPiers GoughPamela BuxtonPost modernismLondon DocklandsDesign construction & technology
Simon Square, Edinburgh3 June 2024BuildingsFraser/Livingstone’s sustainable housing revitalises the tenement vernacularFraser/Livingstone’s sustainable housing revitalises the tenement vernacularRegion: ScotlandMore: Fraser/Livingstone ArchitectsEdinburgh2024 RIAS Award