Singapore-based feted practice SCDA, led by architect Soo K. Chan, has designed The Banyan Tree Riverside Residences in the Thai capital. The 8,000m² luxury tower stands out as a distinctive architectural statement on the…
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Architecture Residential design
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Architecture Residential design
Lalith Gunadasa Architects reimagines vernacular Sri Lankan courtyard in modern house
This house designed by architect Lalith Gunadasa is located on Alakeshwara Road, a dense urban residential area in Ethul Kotte, Sri Jayawardenapura, the official administrative capital of Sri Lanks. The project was commissioned by…
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Weekly Round-Up: Newsmakers in the world of design and architecture
Museum of Covid-19. How much do you relate? A sneeze guard that takes cues from social distancing to reimagine airplane seating system A new design competition that lets designers be the changemakers They are…
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Interiors Residential design
Kyoto’s 2M26 converts century-old traditional nagaya house into multi-purpose home-office, atelier and event space
Kyoto-based founders of 2M26 multidisciplinary studio Mélanie Heresbach and Sébastien Renauld have designed and built a multi-functional property that serves as their home, office, woodworking atelier and event space. The architect-artist duo renovated a…
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Dubai’s X-Architects wins competition to design luxury desert resort in Saudi Arabia’s Empty Quarter
Following their competition win, Dubai-based X-Architects’ are set to design a 240,000m² Desert Hideaway Resort in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located in Rub’ Al Khali, also known as the Empty Quarter – the world’s…
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Architecture Landscape architecture Office design
The Bad Studio designs property sales office in India with geometric volumes that wrap around trapezoidal site
The Bad Studio has designed a sales office for a property developer on the outskirts of Bharuch city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Led by architects Boney Keriwala and Alak Parmar, the…
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Architecture Community architecture F&B
Trapezoidal De Stijl-inspired cafe in Jeju by Design Lab so S.O Architects offers panoramic views
This beach cafe called the Whale Island cafe on South Korea’s Jeju island was designed by architect SeoYun Jang of Design Lab so S.O Architects for a client who wanted to create a retreat…