A series of cylindrical skylights and brick turrets feature in this Bangladesh mausoleum, which architecture studio Sthapotik designed as a reference to traditional Islamic buildings. Named the Shah Muhammad Mohshin Khan Mausoleum, the turreted brick volume was designed as a Dargah, or shrine, to house the graves of a local religious leader's family. Sthapotik has created a mausoleum in Bangladesh "Meaning 'portal' in Persian, a Dargah is a home for the grave of a revered religious figure," said Sthapotik. "Metaphorically, the Dargah is the home for the earthly body," the studio continue ..read more

A series of shelters for doves were embedded in the laminated-cedar facade of Neal Schwartz's self-designed studio, which is an extension of his Sonoma home. Called Mourning Dovecote, the extension is attached to Schwartz's single-storey home in Sonoma, California. The extension features a striking angled roof Schwartz worked with his studio Schwartz and Architecture to create the addition, which the architect uses as a home studio. The project is an ode to the many dovecotes prevalent across the Sonoma countryside – structures designed to provide shelter for pigeons and doves that are o ..read more

Leckie Studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting. The building's steep roofline is strategically oriented for skylights that frame different views of the surrounding mountains. Leckie Studio designed the remote getaway in Canada's Pemberton Valley The remote structure is located in the Pemberton Valley, roughly three hours away from Vancouve ..read more

Leckie Studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting. The building's steep roofline is strategically oriented for skylights that frame different views of the surrounding mountains. Leckie Studio designed the remote getaway in Canada's Pemberton Valley The remote structure is located in the Pemberton Valley, roughly three hours away from Vancouve ..read more

Diez + Muller Arquitectos has extended the corporate offices of an industrial company in Ecuador with a sinuous concrete structure. The new office building was designed for Novopan, the largest particle-board manufacturer in Ecuador. Initially, the client commissioned local studio Diez + Muller Arquitectos for a five-storey building on a parking lot across a street from the factory in Quito. The office building extends alongside the factory "Upon arriving at the site, we identified an opportunity by finding an elongated and irregularly shaped slope next to the existing factory, whic ..read more

Promotion: the Rooflight Company's range of skylights includes a design developed especially for buildings that are listed or located in conservation areas. The Conservation Rooflight has a traditional feel that takes its cues from Victorian cast-iron-framed glazing, so it looks appropriate when installed on heritage properties. The design also incorporates the latest technologies, ensuring it meets modern standards of thermal efficiency. The Conservation Rooflight is designed for use on heritage properties The Rooflight Company believes that its Conservation Rooflight provides the best ..read more

Davies Toews Architecture has overhauled a factory building in Ridgewood, Queens to serve as a mixed-use commercial and arts space. The single-storey building, which used to contain a knitting factory, has been repurposed into a commercial space called CodyWyckoff by local studio Davies Toews Architecture. Davies Toews repurposed the building in Queens CodyWyckoff was named after the intersection at which it is located, at the corner of Cody and Wyckoff Avenues in Queens, New York City. "Tapping into that legacy of industry, architecture firm Davies Toews has channelled the property's seamles ..read more

US studio Fuse Architects added cedar cladding, expanded the windows and brightened the interiors of the Plover House on the coast of California. The weekend home is located in Pajaro Dunes, a resort community that lies just south of Santa Cruz. The community sits along the shoreline of Monterey Bay. Fuse Architects set out to brighten the interior The three-bedroom house was designed for a Silicon Valley couple and their three children. "Their desire was to have a vacation home, as well as a place to host friends for beach gatherings and to explore all the benefits of the seaside community ..read more

Estudio Santa Rita has completed a compact and efficient building with colourful storage units and a saw-tooth roof that houses the offices and workshops of a creative couple in Mérida, Mexico. Estudios MF is for a couple, a fashion designer and a painter, who commissioned Estudio Santa Rita to design and build their workspace. The overlapping yet distinct requirements of the artist's vocations meant each needed their own studio space. Estudio Santa Rita completed Estudios MF for a creative couple The tight footprint of the plot led local architecture outfit Estudio Santa Rita to design a nar ..read more

A Montreal home with a trapeze net, a warehouse conversion in London and an Indian home with a monolithic marble facade are among the residences in this lookbook, which feature atriums as a central aspect of their design. Atriums – large spaces, surrounded by a building, that are either open-air or feature skylights – were originally used in Roman homes, where they functioned more like a courtyard. Modern atriums typically feature in larger buildings and are cavernous spaces that stretch up for stories. For residential architecture, architects who want to include atrium spaces have to scale d ..read more