In this issue

Every single project feature in this issue is beautiful. There is nothing trivial about this sentiment, not when we are surrounded by so much ugliness, literally and metaphorically. Design has many important functions but remember that among the key ones is aesthetics. It pleases the senses and contributes to well-being; it is inspirational.

We wish we could open our window every morning and gaze at Star Art Gallery, the project featured on the cover. By Singapore-headquartered architecture firm MAPS, it takes its cues from the surrounding mountain ranges of Yunnan, China and constellations in the night sky.

We would love to work in an office that faces the 18 Robinson skyscraper by KPF. When taking a break, we can look up and admire its sculptural form, interrupted by a sky garden a quarter way up.

When we can travel for leisure, we will book a trip to Thailand to visit the Hyatt Regency Koh Samui by The Office of Bangkok Architect. The zen-like white box that makes up the lobby, with its quadrangular skylights, sets the stage for what promises to be a restorative holiday.

We hope that in the next three months, this issue serves as the light in the dark. The projects that were curated to fill the following pages is our way of saying that even as you have to consider the other myriad of elements that go into designing a space or building, beauty should never be neglected or compromised.

A Wonderland Of Tiles And Stone

Park + associates has upgraded hafary gallery to become a series of carefully curated spaces.

1 min

It's about you, not us

KHOO PENG BENG AND BELINDA HUANG OF ARC STUDIO ARCHITECTURE + URBANISM REFLECT ON HOW THEY HAVE EVOLVED AS PRACTITIONERS SINCE SETTING UP THEIR FIRM IN 1999.

3 mins

JOYS OF LIFE

BUSINESSMAN DENNIS WEE EXPOUNDS ON HOW DESIGN AND CARS ARE THE PASSIONS THAT FUEL HIM THESE DAYS.

2 mins

18 Robinson Designed By KPF Is An Eye-Catching Addition To Singapore

Seemingly sandwiched by a sky garden, 18 robinson designed by KPF is an eye-catching addition to Singapore’s high-density CBD.

4 mins

Beauty In Simplicity

Star Art Gallery by MAPS is a form-led project that takes its cues from its surrounds.

3 mins

The Newly Enhanced National Orchid Garden

The newly enhanced national orchid garden by CPG consultants offers the experience of walking through both the terrestrial and arboreal zones of a high-elevation montane forest.

6 mins

Contemporary Vacation Gallery

The Hyatt Regency Koh Samui by the office of Bangkok architects offers sublime views, while incorporating the indigenous natural features of this paradise isle.

3 mins

Garden In A Hotel

Instead of demolishing the parkroyal collection marina bay and rebuilding it, fdat conceptualised the hotel to welcome the outdoors in.

3 mins

Blu Kouzina Siglap

Nestled in Siglap, Blu Kouzina’s latest outlet, designed by irregular lines, has been getting rave reviews from netizens with the way it transports diners to the beautiful mediterranean country.

3 mins

Why You Should Treat Melvyn Law As Your Extended Arm In Your Next Project

Melvyn Law, director of Limelight Atelier, explains why you should treat him as your extended arm in your next project.

3 mins

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