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…
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,…
Singapore’s tropical milieu has inspired several architects to design projects that take much advantage of the lush greenery and flora. Despite being located in a vibrant metropolis, these houses are often the antithesis of…
Designed by Apple in collaboration with Foster + Partners, Apple Marina Bay Sands Singapore officially opened to the public on September 10, creating a buzz far and wide. Partially inspired by Rome’s iconic Pantheon,…
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…
Heatherwick Studio, led by the enigmatic British designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed one of the most anticipated projects in Singapore – a 26-storey luxury tower located in the swish district 10, popularly known as Orchard…
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…