Designed to resemble a shiplike tower clad in painted aluminium, the carpark in Seoul designed by IROJE KHM Architects – led by HyoMan Kim, and assisted by SeungHee Song and JiYeon Kim – resembles…
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Architecture Residential designAtelier Riri designs modern Jakarta house with twin active and passive cooling approach
Located in Serpong, a satellite town of Jakarta, the 318m² house designed by Atelier Riri sits on a 437m² plot of land in a hook facing a public park on the west side, while…
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Architecture HealthcareWTA designs emergency quarantine facilities in Philippines to build hospital capacity in fight against Covid-19
With hospitals around the world reaching their capacity, the architecture and design community is proposing new solutions to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Philippines-based WTA Architecture and Design practice was inspired by their pavilion developed…
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Architecture InterviewsSpotlight: Paul Rudolph’s postmodernist architectural icons continue to shine in Asia
American architect Paul Rudolph is one of the most celebrated figures of modernist architecture of the ’60s and ’70s. Evidently influenced by the works of fellow American architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies…
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Architecture Residential design Sustainable designSustainable house by Wallmakers in southern India mimics remote Himalayan cabin
Located in Trivandrum in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the 177m² house by Wallmakers architects, led by architect Vinu Daniel, the Shikhara house is set against the hilly backdrop of Trivandrum. Sited atop…
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Architecture Residential designDamith Premathilake Architects designs tropical modernist house in Colombo overlooking paddy fields
The Kalalgoda House by Damith Premathilake Architects is located in its namesake suburb in Colombo, adjoining a picturesque paddy field that provides a backdrop to bring the nature-friendly house aims to bring together nature…
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Architecture Fashion Interiors Retail designJun Aoki and Associates designs Louis Vuitton Osaka with glass sail facade inspired by its shipping commerce heritage
Underscoring Osaka’s Edo-era historic prominence as a trading hub and its reputation as the City of Water with interwinding rivers and canals, the latest Louis Vuitton Maison Osaka by Jun Aoki & Associates references…