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Breaking the mould: soil as shutteringSubscription
Casting on sand or directly into earthen pits, architects are letting the logics of making generate their architecture, anchoring the work to the site and stretching the constraints of time
The Truffle in Costa da Morte, Spain by Ensamble StudioSubscription
Ensamble Studio’s small living space was cast over hay bales, then carved out by a munching cow
House and Restaurant in Yamaguchi, Japan by Junya Ishigami + AssociatesSubscription
Junya Ishigami + Associates carved the shuttering for their house and restaurant’s concrete colums out from the earth to create a cave-like labyrinth below ground level
Qaisariah Souq in Muharraq, Bahrain by Studio Anne HoltropSubscription
The moulds for the concrete walls of Qaisariah Souq’s rehabilitation were filled with sand at their edges, raggedly and inconstantly, before the concrete mix was poured in
Structures of Landscape in Yellowstone Park, USA by Ensamble StudioSubscription
Born from the landscape in which they sit, Ensamble Studio’s alien structures in Yellowstone Park complement the drama of the surrounding scenery
Green Corner Building in Muharraq, Bahrain by Studio Anne Holtrop Subscription
Sand is poured into the edges of these cast-concrete wall slabs, giving every wall element a unique imprint
Editorial: breaking new groundSubscription
Exploring earth in all its permutations becomes the focus of the February issue
Editorial: the right to inheritSubscription
Looking past the moment of completion, the AR explores what it means to preserve
Musical theatre: Nevill Holt Opera House, UK by Witherford Watson MannSubscription
New into Old 2019 Highly Commended: delicately nestled in an old stable yard, Witherford Watson Mann’s Nevill Holt Opera transforms an ordinary stone room into an exceptional house for music
Spinal tap: Cauce, ColombiaSubscription
Sebastián Monsalve is instrumental in the transformation of Medellín’s central spine into a vast public realm
