The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) have launched “Charmingly Changi”, an ideas competition calling for creative ideas from the public to enhance the rustic charm of Changi Point, the easternmost part…
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Wooyoo Architecture designs chapel in Taiwanese forest featuring an arched roof and sustainably sourced materials
The Fushan Chapel designed by Wooyoo Architecture is based on the faith of Christians at the present time. The cross structure of the building not only architecturally supports the church, but it also implicitly…
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Architecture Office design
Dehsar Works redesigns former warehouse in Dhaka into a playful office with bright red loft space for communications firm
The Blues Communications, an events and strategic communications company based in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, enlisted architectural practice Dehsar Works to create design its head office that could accommodate 30 to 40 workstations on a…
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Design Furniture design Industrial design Interiors Interviews
Four Singapore design studios share how they found global acclaim and new markets, with a little help from DesignSingapore Council
Creative pursuits and business savvy are not mutually exclusive yet most designers fail to achieve the large-scale success they had set their sights on. Focused on the creative and production aspects, such as conceptualising,…
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Architecture Office design
Studio Kota designs a notary office outside of Jakarta inspired by Jenga blocks and a checkerboard
The project by Studio Kota is a three-storey notary office building located in a low-density neighbourhood in Bumi Serpong Damai (commonly known as BSD), a satellite city on the outskirts of Jakarta. The plot…
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Adaptive reuse Art Culture
A.Lerman Architects turns former printing press into a modern art gallery in Tel Aviv while retaining its gritty character
Tel Aviv-based practice, A.Lerman Architects, led by architect Asaf Lerman, and specialising in public projects, especially regeneration work, has designed the Contemporary by Golconda art gallery run by well-known art expert Dr Ronald Fuhrer…
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Adaptive reuse Architecture Residential design Rural architecture
SUPERFUTUREDESIGN* and ASZarchitetti reinvent former Tuscan farmhouse into modern residence with framed views of surrounding rolling hills
Italy- and UAE-based multidisciplinary design studio SUPERFUTUREDESIGN* and parent practice ASZarchitetti recently collaborated to rejuvenate a farmhouse in southern Tuscany, and update it in a contemporary manner with all the mod-cons, yet retaining its…