Author Archives: Reuben J Brown

The renovation of two rammed-earth houses in a small village is part of a broader initiative of rural rejuvenation

The remodelling of the lower floors of an Italian town hall into a café recalibrates the building’s relationship to the city

The transformation of an ordinary 1960s building into the HQ of an NGO is a mirror to the organisation’s progressive evolution

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The remains of a ‘blackhouse’ on The Isle of Raasay in the Inner Hebrides Credit: Reuben J Brown ‘You must stoop lower to enter,' the doorframe says, banging the top of your head should you not listen. Through the tiny window, the sea is roiling, lashing spray against the glass. The…

In a workshop for a secondary school in Ostend, the Belgian duo use simple strategic moves to solve complex spatial problems

The Bangalore-based practice imagines a public life for a private guest house, finding community benefit in a commercial brief

The London-based practice combines architecture with materials research and educational programmes to engender a transformation in architectural production

Amid Catalonia’s worsening droughts, Batlleiroig Arquitectura has reclaimed public spaces from cars while preserving precious water supplies

A new school in one of Tanzania’s former refugee settlements beats the heat for students and the public alike