Designing for the desert terrain is not only a matter of expertise and technical know-how from the point of view of the site topography, structural and building materials knowledge, but it requires an innate…
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Architecture Interviews Sustainable design
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Chris Lee of Serie Architects on the non-negotiable aspects of designing Asia’s first high-rise state courtrooms in Singapore, sustainability and competitions
What is common between Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre and the new State Courts towers (above; photo: Finbarr Fallon) in Singapore? While the former is a poetic rendition of a solitary cultural institution sitting along…
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Furniture design Interviews
Nathan Yong: We need to augment our Singapore design brand with better research and quality
Nathan Yong is one of the brightest Singapore design talents to have made an international mark. He won the President’s Design Award Designer of the Year 2008 for his outstanding contribution to Singapore’s design…
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Carlo Ratti Associati’s Singapore CapitaSpring project and Brasilia masterplan extension address environmental concerns through smart technology and IoT
It’s hard to keep pace with the multi-faceted Carlo Ratti, architect, engineer, academic at MIT, where he heads up the Senseable City Lab, as well as the founder of his Turin-based eponymous practice Carlo…
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Architecture Interviews
National Day Special: Michael Ngu of Architects61 on why Singapore is a sought after brand name among foreign architects and developers
Singaporean architect Michael Ngu (above; photo: Kevin Pang), Chief Executive Officer of award-winning firm Architects61, is the winner of the inaugural Goh Chok Tong Enable Award 2019, a recognition conferred upon exceptionally-talented individuals with…
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Architecture Exhibition Interviews
Philadelphia exhibition shines light on Japanese masters and their influence on American Mid-Century Modernism
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, a 17th-century-style Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park, has announced its major new exhibition Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia. The exhibition…
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Yarinda Bunnag and Roberto Requejo Belette of Imaginary Objects discuss why playgrounds are important for dense cities like Bangkok
Bangkok-based architecture practice Imaginary Objects was co-founded in 2018 by architects Yarinda Bunnag and Roberto Requejo Belette. Bangkok born and bred of mixed Swiss and Thai parentage, Ms Bunnag completed her architecture studies at…