In this issue

BluPrint is breaking down walls, all but inevitable at the dawn of cross-border practice. In this issue, we bring you inside stories of design and architecture projects around Asia. Design Systems crafts the total package—architecture, interiors, and branding strategy—of Hong Kong's enigmatic TUVE Hotel. Shanghai-based Neri&Hu; completes their first Philippine project, The Pig & Palm, inspired by the principal's hometown Cebu. Seshan Design references Mark Twain for an unconventional F&B pair in Kuala Lumpur, Huckleberry and Skullduggery. The spice trade and disco nights of Singapore's riverside roots inspire The Warehouse Hotel by Asylum and Zarch Collaboratives. Our First Principles section goes borderless too as we pepper the entire issue with design aphorisms. BluPrint Volume 3 2017 also includes projects by Arkinamix, Buensalido+Architects, Park+Associates, CRL Designs, Electrolychee, and Tad Ermitaño.

The Aphoristic Architect

If one accepts ours is a profession predicated on verities and truth more than skill and technique, it might be helpful for every architect to write a personal bible of strategic references and objectives.

1 min

Gillages

Tad Ermitaño concretizes design improv at the margins of society with his Muhon pieces for the Venice Architecture Biennale.

4 mins

Dulux Professional at Conex 2017

When you have your own Colour Prize at the World Architecture Festival (WAF), designers know you’re serious about paints and coatings.

1 min

A Tale of Ten Years

To narrate the shop’s story for their 10th anniversary, MOs Design taps Electrolychee—a duo with a decade of its own worth celebrating.

3 mins

Form Follows Void

Through a design development process developed by the firm, Buensalido+Architects shapes the Polygon House to fit its owners like a glove.

3 mins

A Temple for Tapas

Neri&Hu reference Fort San Pedro and the Queen City’s old churches for Pig & Palm, Cebu’s hippest bar and restaurant.

4 mins

Unboxing

CRL Designs decks out a decade-old home with more than a thousand art toys and sneakers.

5 mins

Bread and Bitters

Two unlikely sister establishments, a bakery-café and a cocktail bar, channel Paris and New York in Kuala Lumpur’s ritzy Damansara district.

4 mins

Gesamt Kunst Werk

Design Systems crafts a total design package—architecture, interior design, and branding strategy—to create the unforgettable TUVE Hotel in Hong Kong.

4 mins

Home Improvement

After conservation and some snooping for its collection, Casa Gorordo Museum reopens and invites us home.

5 mins

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BluPrint Magazine Description:

BluPrint is the definitive authority for Architecture and Design in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. It heralds the best and most relevant design projects, products, technologies, and solutions to continuously inspire the design community across market segments.