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Young architects tasked to rethink Russia’s abandoned industrial sites in Kazan
For the second Russian Architecture Biennale for Young Architects, curator Sergei Tchoban, architect and founder of the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, looked out into Russia’s post-industrial landscape and challenged Russian architects under 35 to propose some new solutions for a former faucet factory and a grain elevator near Kazan
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The Kai Art Center opens in a renovated submarine factory in Tallinn
Tallinn-based KAOS Architects leads a sensitive restoration of an avant garde industrial building by the sea for the new Kai Art Center. Once a submarine-making warehouse for the Russian Tsar, the concrete building with 6m ceiling heights and gracefully arching roof was an ideal spot for the previously nomadic contemporary arts organisation.
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Finkernagel Ross completes decade-long refresh of German steel factory
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Groundbreaking: Italy’s Tetra Pak Hub is all about innovation
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BIG designs ‘world's most sustainable furniture factory' in Norway
BIG and Vestre reveal the new design for The Plus, an urban furniture manufacturer company's highly sustainable factory in the Norwegian forest
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Studio Saar’s modern industrial facility in India reimagines factory architecture
The new Secure factory in Sanand by Studio Saar brings industrial architecture to the 21st century
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Chongqing's new Industrial Museum bridges the Chinese city's past and future
Emerging architecture practice WallaceLiu has completed its latest project, the Chongqing Industrial Museum, which comprises the transformation of an abandoned factory in China into a cultural landmark for the growing city
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Battersea Power Station redesign heralds new era for London landmark
We tour the freshly redesigned Battersea Power Station, a legendary piece of London architecture and its growing, new urban hub
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Glenmorangie Distillery’s beacon of innovation in Tain
Architects Barthélémy Griño mastermind the revamp of the Glenmorangie Distillery in Tain, the headquarters of the whisky brand and its new research laboratory
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Raise your glass to the world's finest distillery architecture
Get spirited away with these architectural flights of fancy. From Scotland's Speyside to Utah, Dublin and the rolling hills of Hampshire, we travel and explore some of the best recent examples of distillery architecture
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Last chance to see: Robert Irwin ‘Light and Space’ at Kraftwerk Berlin
Robert Irwin’s major site-specific installation Light and Space is on view at Kraftwerk Berlin until 30 January 2022
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Modern hydroponics meet contemporary architecture in this new office in Mexico
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Money makers: tour the new Hyundai Card Factory in Seoul
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Sandy Rendel elegantly converts a barn into a simple house in the British countryside
A derelict barn with a corrugated iron roof in West Sussex, UK, has been converted into a comfortable, yet not ‘over domesticated’ house by Sandy Rendel Architects – and is surrounded by gardens designed by Piet Oudolf
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Minimalism and transparency rule at Luxottica’s Digital Factory in Milan
Luxottica's Digital Factory by Milan-based architects Park Associati is the latest addition to the city's via Tortona neighbourhood
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Urban house: Two architects make the most of this Auckland home’s industrial feel
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Snøhetta paints the Holmen Industrial Area in Norway with colour
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Oppenheim Architecture designs a Swiss water purification plant with a twist
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Waste warrior: Bjarke Ingels Group devise a new recycling plant for Copenhagen
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V.IB Architecture creates a bold industrial sculpture in Paris
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Inside Battersea Power Station’s first homes
The first residents have moved into Switch House West, Battersea Power Station’s first completed section
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Audemars Piguet factory completes in the Jura mountains
Kuník de Morsier architects is behind the brand new addition to the Audemars Piguet headquarters complex in Switzerland, the Manufacture des Saignoles
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BIG and Vestre plan the world’s most sustainable factory
Redefining eco-friendly architecture root and branch, BIG and Vestre aspire to create the world’s most sustainable furniture factory, called The Plus, in the middle of a Norwegian forest
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Architects Directory Alumni: Fabric Warehouse 2.0 by Fearon Hay
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, this summer, we're looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Award winning New Zealand architecture studio Fearon Hay, which featured in the 2001 Wallpaper* Architects Directory, has created Fabric Warehouse 2.0, an industrial building with bold, art installation-like features.
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Aidan Crawshaw transforms cowshed into modern library
A cowshed and farm storage building has been transformed into a modern library for a private book collection in Dorset, courtesy of Crawshaw Architects
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Wondrous Brewing Company celebrates new minimalist home in San Francisco
Wondrous Brewing Company's new headquarters by Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design makes its mark in San Francisco
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Tour & Taxis’ sustainable reimagining in Brussels
Tour & Taxis, a former mail facility in Brussels, is reimagined as an eco-led, mixed-use quarter by Belgian developer Extensa and an array of leading architects
