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Visionary Placemaker
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Visionary Placemaker

Clint Nagata sets a new bar for excellence in hospitality design

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Art At Work
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Art At Work

Once an old warehouse, the newly renovated White Jacket office is now a unique, soulful and vibrant space that celebrates local artists and culture

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Urban Retreat
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Urban Retreat

This apartment on the fringe of Orchard Road looks and feels like a luxurious sanctuary but with plenty of personal and bespoke touches

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Instinctive And Authentic Approach
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Instinctive And Authentic Approach

Narisa C Watananun is an independent creative visual consultant who gets inspiration from the sensory experience of a space. Her work involves artistic visual directions and interior styling for established lifestyle retail, hospitality, F&B brands and private residences

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Contemporary Meets Classical
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Contemporary Meets Classical

Traditional Chinese courtyard house gets a makeover to fit this family’s lifestyle needs

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Virtue Of Living
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Virtue Of Living

Lucentia Residences shed mundane modernity for an uplifting architecture of character, colour and serene communal living in a visionary Kuala Lumpur enclave

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Adopt And Adapt
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Adopt And Adapt

Social responsibility and sustainability inform the design and construction of Luxembourg’s new postal and telecommunications headquarters

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Integrating Flexibility
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Integrating Flexibility

This mixed-use commercial building in Ahmedabad, India, responds to the constraints of its environment and functional requirements

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kit of parts
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kit of parts

Designed by SANAA, Sydney Modern heralds a new chapter for the city’s art scene with a fragmented datum that integrates art, topography and the surrounding landscaping

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cultural experience
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cultural experience

New restaurant Yue Bai presents a contemporary expression of shi liao gastronomy and Chinese culture

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restorative retreat
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restorative retreat

Discover how Pritzker Prize laureate Shigeru Ban designed Shishi-Iwa House No.02, a unique wood and glass retreat built around nature in Karuizawa, Japan

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Promising Future
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Promising Future

The National Design Centre’s New Exhibition Spotlights 3D Printing Using Plastic Waste.

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Why Seoul Is Poised To Be The New Focal Point Of The Asian Art Market
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Why Seoul Is Poised To Be The New Focal Point Of The Asian Art Market

Why Seoul is poised to be the new focal point of the Asian art market.

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Home For The Masses Reinvented
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Home For The Masses Reinvented

Cubo offers stylish, low-cost and environmentally-friendly modular houses, inspired by bahay kubo or traditional bamboo huts found in the Philippines.

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Thoughttul Furniture
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Thoughttul Furniture

Kernel bridges Singaporean furniture making with Japanese craftsmanship.

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Keeping Paradise Beautiful
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Keeping Paradise Beautiful

Alexis Dornier, the name behind some of Bali’s most stunning architecture shares his approach to modern, tropical design that pushes the boundaries of sustainable architecture.

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Family Home With Just The Right Amount Of Privacy And Connectivity
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Family Home With Just The Right Amount Of Privacy And Connectivity

Strategically placed see-through elements give this Bangkok family home just the right amount of privacy and connectivity.

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Keep Calm And Drink Tea
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Keep Calm And Drink Tea

A Chiang Mai heritage estate gets new life as a teahouse and tea retail space.

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Pride Of The People
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Pride Of The People

In its context-responsive design, the new TNB Platinum headquarters eschews the corporate tower archetype for ground-scaping offices of and for its working community.

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Contemporary Interpretation Of Traditional Architecture
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Contemporary Interpretation Of Traditional Architecture

Inspired by the iconic Beijing Palace Museum in the Forbidden City, the new Hong Kong Palace Museum was designed to house and display priceless national treasures.

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World's First 'Upcycled' High-Rise
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World's First 'Upcycled' High-Rise

The latest addition to the Sydney skyline, Quay Quarter Tower was designed to revitalise the business district.

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Minimalist Home With Character
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Minimalist Home With Character

With is neutral colour palette and pared-down design, this family home in Bangkok was designed with tranquillity in mind. Yet it still manages to impress with a few standout elements.

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one with nature
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one with nature

At Ulaman Eco Luxury Resort, avant garde architecture converges with nature to show us what designing beautifully for a sustainable future can look like.

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Reducing Food Waste
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Reducing Food Waste

How do we know when food is truly expired? Official expiration dates can be wildly misleading, causing food to be eaten past its expiry date or thrown away while still perfectly edible.

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AI-Drawn Reality
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AI-Drawn Reality

Prolific Filipino designer AJ Dimarucot has been creating AI-aided images of disparate subjects.

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Uncovering Hidden Stories
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Uncovering Hidden Stories

Filipino designer Ito Kish is running the 6th edition of his successful appointment-only retail event at 1120 JP Rizal Avenue in Makati City, Philippines.

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Design Democracy Now!
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Design Democracy Now!

Our objective in the first Case Study Villa is to develop a system that will make an architecturally designed home accessible to a wider audience

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The Perfect Ensemble
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The Perfect Ensemble

A great design comprises many parts that support one another to make up a unified whole

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Capturing Community Energy
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Capturing Community Energy

The award-winning project Running Taoyuan in terms of its elements, key components, objectives, and outcome

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How Development Projects Will Be Introduced To Markets In The Future!
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How Development Projects Will Be Introduced To Markets In The Future!

A VR- and AR-rich experience centre in Athens shows how development projects will be introduced to markets in the future

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