Articles by Francesca Tesler

In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace’s project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. Counterspace’s Folded Skies installation comprises a series of large iridescent mirrors. Each mirror features a different colour gradient, which was created using pigments found in dust produced by

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In the first of a series of exclusive video interviews with Sumayya Vally, the Serpentine Pavillion 2021 architect says her studio Counterspace was founded out of a desire to create the kind of architecture she felt was missing from her formal education. Vally, who at 30 was the youngest architect to receive the annual Serpentine

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This one-minute video shows how a local construction company is using waste coffee husks to build affordable and eco-friendly housing for communities in Colombia. Woodpecker WPC creates sustainable, low-income housing using recycled coffee waste. Husks and other waste from the coffee production process are turned into prefabricated blocks used for construction, which can then be

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