Architects Joel Wong (left) and Amanda Gunawan (right) set up their Singapore- and Los Angeles-based young practice, Only Way Is Up (OWIU) Design Studio, to enable them to be more hands-on with their trade,…
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Architecture Building Materials Installation Interviews
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Architecture Building Materials Exhibition
Guangdong exhibition centre by Wutopia Lab conjures images of hovering aluminium mountains created in concentric circles
When architect Yu Ting, founder of the Shanghai-based practice Wutopia Lab visited Mt Luofu in Canton, the rising mist blocked his view as he walked through the field, shares the architect. With the heavy…
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Architecture Hotel design Interiors Travel
Studio Lotus designs luxury hotel interiors in Indian Himalayas using traditional materials and references
Studio Lotus, in collaboration with Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates (PSDA), has designed the 90-key Taj Theog, a luxury resort that sits on a cliff on the periphery of Theog, a remote Himalayan town in…
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Architecture Hotel design Travel
Tradition meets big city buzz in Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok’s artistic contemporary interiors by P49Deesign
There is a new entrant on the vibrant Bangkok hotel scene. The 362-key Kimpton Maa-Lai – it includes 131 serviced residences – is shaking things up in the Thai capital that has seen two…
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Architecture Residential design
Tokyo house and coffeeshop by Ryu Mitarai & Associates Architects features single curved staircase that winds upwards through four storeys
This four-storey housing project called Stir by Ryu Mitarai & Associates is located in a narrow Tokyo alley with an overhead railway track where trains run past every minute. In addition, the site is…
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Architecture Residential design
Inly Studio designs curved double-walled house in Chiang Mai to preserve residents’ privacy
Following the most important aspect of the client’s brief that centered on privacy, architecture practice Inly Studio came up with an architectural language that respected spatial boundaries for a house in northern Thailand’s Chiang…
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Architecture Education Sustainable design
Architect Ali Arshad Associates designs education campus in Pakistan featuring orthogonal form with courtyard and perforated brick facade
The learning institute, Salim Habib Education Complex, designed by Ali Arshad Associates aligns with the vision of the client, The Salim Habib Education Foundation (TSHEF), a non-profit organisation that aims to provide quality education…