Foster + Partners shelters subterranean art gallery with pyramidal roofscape

Four peaks dressed in weathering steel cover the underground galleries at the Datong Art Museum, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has actually finished in northern China. The 32,000-square-metre art museum , which is now open in Datong, is created by Foster + Partners as an “metropolitan living-room” with centers for both artists and …

Daab Design clads French cabin with scorched pine wood

Planks of scorched wood clad the exterior of Pine Nut Cabane, a wooden retreat in the south of France designed by London studio Daab Design with cabin manufacturer Moustache Bois. The 35-square-metre cabin was created for a family who wanted a flexible space for their existing farmhouse that could serve as a painting studio, guest …