Built using local material and techniques, Cyrus Ardalan’s earth and glass house in Senegal is naturally cooled and ventilated – and has a beautiful coherence between the big picture and the smallest details
The new V&A East designed by Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey renders the gallery's silhouette as something distinctly different from its cultural neighbours
Goldstein Heather nearly doubles the size of a west London house with an extension that prioritises light, space and craftsmanship – delivering a radically different family living experience compared to its former incarnation
At Chesa Marchetta, Artfarm’s latest hotel project in the Swiss mountains, architect Luis Laplace performs a near-invisible intervention, while world-class art creates a provocative counterpoint
Workstead’s transformation of a SoHo loft turns daylight into a design language, allowing it to flow through spaces elegantly partitioned with glass and meticulously crafted joinery
In this three-storey Parisian home by French studio Hauvette & Madani, family life unfolds naturally amid leafy garden views, bespoke joinery and some playful touches
Shean Architects’ house in Ottowa is a lesson in restraint and observation, reflecting the studio’s long-standing philosophy of listening carefully to the land before shaping the form
Blurring the boundaries between classicism and modernity, Fondation Cartier's new exhibition space by Jean Nouvel explores territory that rests right in between the two
Wendover restores and extends a Victorian police station in north London, creating a series of rental apartments wrapped around an appealing cobbled courtyard
Atzur Arquitectura has given a once-fragmented Barcelona home a new coherence, uniting its fractured spaces with light, proportion and quiet material harmony
A brutalist landmark and the setting for the London Design Festival’s Material Matters show (17-20 September), Space House has been reborn as prime office space
Perched above the bustle of Covent Garden, this duplex penthouse has been realised with a considered approach to materials, and some extraordinary craftsmanship
With an eye on futureproofing as well as creating a house fit for today, Mulroy Architects remodels a classic north London Victorian terrace with a dramatic steel staircase and atrium
This new-build on a small London plot, designed by architect Graeme Williamson for himself and his family, blends brilliant space-planning with bold colour and an inventive use of materials
Seamlessly blending Brazilian art with Le Corbusier’s modernist architecture, a new exhibition in Paris charts a compelling cross-cultural dialogue – and a growing global fascination with Brazil’s artistic legacy
Studio Hagen Hall comprehensively refurbishes a late-1960s house in Hampstead, using its period-piece slatted pine original features as a material reference point
From factory, to live-work, to home: Arcola Studios skilfully converts a west London building that already had a strong design pedigree, leaving just enough of its former lives
