In this issue

In BluPrint's latest issue, our rally cry is: Think Big, Design Small. Don't get us wrong; this is not an issue on tiny houses. Like the environmentalists' Think Global, Act Local, the motto Think Big, Design Small advocates embracing the concerns of the many and dreaming big—so big we want to make the world a better place. It means forsaking the non-essential, the pompous, and the profligate in order to minimize our demands on the environment.

We cast the net wide and gather projects by firms from across Southeast Asia: Formwerkz and RT+Q from Singapore; Fabian Tan and Jun Ong from Malaysia, andramatin and Tan Tik Lam from Indonesia; and LINO Architecture from the Philippines. We dissect long-held standards of proportion; walk through Ortigas with Roy Villarosa, Julia Nebrija, and Jed Gomez; and seize the day with ONG&ONG; Manila's Michael Cu Fua.

BluPrint Volume 4 2017 is available digitally via the Flip100 app and Magzter. Grab your print copy from bookstores and newsstands nationwide.

Time For Art

From Basel to Miami, the annual Audemars Piguet Art Commission supports contemporary artists for three years in a row.

2 mins

Art Lit

Malaysian architect and light artist Jun Ong blazes a trail across Southeast Asia.

3 mins

Humanizing The High-Rise

Most discussions on skyscrapers focus on their iconography, symbolism, and how they function as ‘objects’ within the city—and that’s a mistake.

4 mins

Primordial Delight

There is nothing token about passive cooling in Formwerkz partner Gwen Tan’s terrace house, which enjoys fresh air from end to end and bottom-up.

7 mins

Refined Restraint

Don Lino exercises discipline in crafting a tapestry of old stone onto a renewed contemporary home.

4 mins

Syncopated Spaces

Malaysian architect Fabian Tan varies ceiling heights in a narrow terrace house to make the interiors live and breathe, and connect areas to one another.

3 mins

Compact In The City

Tan Tik Lam’s problem-solving skills and a homeowner’s pragmatism meet in a 120-square-meter family house in a dense city neighborhood.

3 mins

Singular

Singapore firm RT+Q Architects carves out breathing spaces from the sides of a terrace house to make it feel like a breezy single-detached residence.

4 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.