Caruso St John's design for Laboratorium opens this week, a functional training space aimed at Calisthenics workouts using minimal equipment.
The design provides a single open space alongside communal facilities defined by simple timber screens in a range of colours. Central to the studio is a custom-made stainless steel apparatus of floor to ceiling posts and horizontal beams.
The gym is located at 38 Binzstrasse, in a space shared with the practice’s Zurich office.
Photos © Bill Schulz
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Anniversary
Celebrating 25 Years of The New Art Gallery Walsall
Guided tour and talk
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22nd October 2025
Opened in 2000, the New Art Gallery Walsall has become an important cultural venue for the region. Designed by Caruso St John Architects, the building is recognised for its distinctive design and as the home of the renowned Garman Ryan Collection.
The St Pancras Campus in Camden is being opened up to the public as part of this year’s Open House Festival. Guided tours will take place on Saturday the 12th of September between 10am and 5pm.
Award
Architecture Book of the Year
Caruso St John, Collected Works, Volume 2
London, United Kingdom
10th December 2024
The second volume of Caruso st John's Collected Works has received a commendation in the 2024 Architecture Book of the Year awards. Read the judges' report below.
Studio Caruso at ETH Zurich has designed the latest exhibition for gta exhibitions, the first comprehensive retrospective of OMARA Mara Oláh to be staged in Switzerland.
A feature-length documentary on the history and renovation of the Royale Belge building will be premiered in the building's auditorium.
The ZSC Lions have been crowned champions of the Swiss National Hockey League after defeating rivals Lausanne HC in front of a home crowd at the Swiss Life Arena.
Caruso St John have previously collaborated with the artist Rachel Whiteread, together with Marcus Taylor, on proposals for the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Park Gardens.
Recently, Rachel Whiteread made a cast in concrete of the steel staircase designed by the practice at the Gagosian Gallery, Kings Cross. The gallery in Kings Cross opened in 2004, and closed last year after moving to Mayfair.
Royale Belge has won plaudits at the annual MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes. The project was shortlisted in two categories at the MIPIM Awards, Best Conversion and Best Mixed-use, and triumphed in both.
Exhibition
Caruso St John with Gary Hume
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025
17th June – 17th August 2025
At this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Caruso St John are showing a design for a small pavilion, together with a self-portrait by Gary Hume. The project is the result of a dialogue with the artist, where the pavilion was designed to show the painting.
Caruso St John have designed an exhibition of sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, Bruce Nauman and Pablo Picasso for Gagosian's Grosvenor Hill gallery.
To coincide with the Flanders Architecture Institute's exhibition As Found, director Dennis Pohl will chair a panel discussion on experimental approaches to the transformation of existing buildings in Belgium and the UK. The discussion will feature Peter St John and Johan Anrys of 51N4E in conversation with exhibition co-curator Hülya Ertas. Register for tickets here