Like most beach destinations, Bali‘s hotels and resorts too emphasise luxury experiences that are far-removed from local communities. The latest Desa Potato Head Bali by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) aims to change this…
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Kengo Kuma-designed Ace Hotel set to open in Kyoto
Kengo Kuma has designed the soon-to-open Ace Hotel Kyoto. Located within a building, designed by Tetsuro Yoshida which formerly housed the Kyoto Central Telephone Company, as well as a newly built part, the 213-key…
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Asif Khan designs three mashrabiya-inspired entry portals to Dubai Pavilion for Expo 2020
British architect Asif Khan has designed three entrance portals for the upcoming Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE, which will launch in October. The portals are a futuristic adaptation of the traditional mashrabiya, an intricate…
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Jonathan Ashmore (above, left) is the founder and principal architect at Dubai- and London-based architectural practice ANARCHITECT. After completing his education and training in the UK, Ashmore moved to Dubai, UAE, where he established…
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OF Studio wins competition to design undulating desert landscape feature at Dubai Creek Harbour
UK-based OF Studio has won a competition by property developer Emaar to create a new “landmark structure” on a 6,300m² plot within the 5,600,000m² Dubai Creek Harbour waterfront development in the United Arab Emirates.…
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Look Architects designs Singapore public housing project highlighting surrounding landscape and community living
Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB), the agency responsible for the city-state’s widely-acclaimed public housing celebrated its 60th anniversary last week. A new project called the St George’s Towers by Look Architects is a testament…
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Studio Symbiosis to design Perfume Park and Museum in India’s Kannauj city
Studio Symbiosis has been commissioned to design the Perfume Park and Museum in Kannauj in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Known as the perfume capital of India, the project, led by Amit…