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The Life Companion
Mel Yeo Designs Interiors imbued with thoughtfulness and authenticity to keep clients coming back over and over again.
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Issue 118
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Cut By A Different Cloth
Far from being yet another dense, hot and grey industrial estate, Singapore’s Sungei Kadut EcoDistrict promises to be a tapestry of green and blue interwoven with firms at the cutting edge of technology and heritage highlights.
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Apple Of Singapore's Eye
In conceptualising the latest retail store for the tech giant, foster + partners has added another design destination to the city.
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Eye To The Sky
Taking on the challenge of a neighbouring airport runway, a new facility brings design vivacity to Penang’s industrial landscape.
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Temple Of Learning
Occupying a site that was formerly part of a Toshiba factory, academic-ark is a new campus in Otemon Gakuin University in Ibaraki City, Osaka designed to foster a sense of community.
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A Good Night's Rest
As the hospitality industry digitalises, it is wont to pair up with system technology partners like jung.
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How Did 2020 Impact The Design And Architecture Industry?
How did 2020 impact the design and architecture industry? We present a collection of perspectives and are heartened to hear optimism is in the air for next year.
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PALACE Magazine
Shaping The Future
Design concepts for holistic wellbeing are at the centre of the latest design trends for luxury homes.
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Issue 26
PALACE Magazine
A Maestro's Touch
Meet one of the brightest design minds in architecture, interior and furniture design – Antonio Citterio
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Issue 26
Home & Decor Singapore
Six Senses Bhutan
The architecture and interior of this luxury hotel’s five lodges perfectly frame the country’s majestic landscape.
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November 2020
The PEAK Singapore
To Build A Restaurant
Designer Michael Goodman has a decade of restaurant operational experience that helps him produce emotional, compelling spaces.
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September 2020
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THE CONVERSATIONALIST
WEIZHANG LIN IS INSPIRED BY DIALOGUE, CRITIQUE AND EXPERIMENTATION TO CREATE PERFECTLY BALANCED SPACES THAT COMMUNICATE EMOTIONS.
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ARTISTIC HEIGHTS
JANDA BAIK PROVES YET AGAIN A FERTILE GROUND FOR INSPIRATIONAL DESIGN, HOSTING A RESIDENCE WHICH HAS A MELANGE OF QUALITIES THAT MAKES IT THE PERFECT HOME AND WORKPLACE FOR A MALAYSIAN ARTIST.
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ALTERNATIVE FORM
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE OF THIS HOUSE LED K2LD ARCHITECTS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING IN UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS.
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Mathematical Precision
It might seem random but every single feature of hourglass corral by DECA architecture is the result of careful calculation and a hypersensitivity to the site.
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A Geometric Statement
Sheathed in sustainable wood that evokes the likeness of a nest, the award-winning casa a by rem’a arquitectos uses voids to create private spaces that are compellingly open.
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Fashionable Living
An apartment in Beijing’s Lively Sanlitun is conceptualised by Cheng Chung design to evoke the roman spirit of Italian high Fashion brand Fendi.
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Illumination Of Space
Natural lighting is integral to the design of this semi-detached house by liang architecture studio, making it expansive and intimate at the same time.
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Visage Of Calm
A veil of bamboo cloaks this semi-detached house by wallflower architecture + design serving as a multifunctional skin.
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Interstitial Intervention
A series of traditional solutions applied in a contemporary way by Hyla Architects results in the verdant verandahs house concealed behind an artistic concrete brise soleil.
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Modernism Around Us
Singapore’s modern built heritage is more ubiquitous than we realise, visible in all parts of the island from the city centre to the public housing estates.
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JEWEL ON THE HILL
WITH ITS EXPRESSIVE SILHOUETTE, THE NEW EXTENSION OF THE BOH TEA CENTRE BRINGS IMAGINATION AND CHARACTER TO THE LARGEST TEA PLANTATION IN MALAYSIA.
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IRONCLAD RESTRAINT
DUBBED THE HOUSE OF HARMONY, RT+Q’S LATEST EXPLORATION OF THE BARN FORM BALANCES A VISUALLY-ROBUST MATERIAL PALETTE WITH REFINED DETAILS TO THE GREATEST EFFECT.
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Contemporising The Traditional
Once an abandoned siheyuan in Beijing, Qishe courtyard is now restored into a contemporary living space with curved walls and sleek rooms while retaining its unique, time-honoured features.
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Modernday Hotel, Ancient Site
The museum hotel Antakya, designed by Emre Arolat Architecture, floats above one of the 21st century’s most astounding archaeological finds.
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Scene In Balestier
A made-in-Singapore furniture brand with a focus on heritage and history was invited to design pieces for this co-living project in the suburbs.
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Poetic Sanctuary
A historical russian orthodox church in shanghai is resurrected as a poetry bookstore with a futuristic book display system that highlights the building’s heritage details.
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Sophisticated Camouflage
Hidden in plain sight by a multifaceted screen of triangular panels, this bioenergy plant in Ravenna Reinterprets the unconventional Razzle Dazzle military camouflage technique.
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Designing For A New Normal
Architects share their thoughts on how the built environment will evolve in a post-covid-19, pandemic-threatened world.
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Bathed In Nature
Bringing the outdoors in is a wellness megatrend identified by ceramic manufacturer villeroy & boch.
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