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Creating places that stand the test of time
CAN a small change really make a big difference? “Yes,” replied Arkitek LLA director Laurence Loh regarding the impact of a building on its surrounding environment.
Rewriting the narrative
WHILE he is no architect, Ee Soon Wei is no stranger to the practice of adaptive reuse.
The case for adaptive reuse
STANDING at the corner of Leith Street in George Town, Penang is the iconic indigo blue-walled Cheong Fatt Tze Blue Mansion.
The homes of tomorrow
IMAGINE living in a neighbourhood that generates its own electricity, where public areas have 24-hour camera surveillance and residents are encouraged to get around by electric car-sharing services provided by the township.
Designing for wellness
WHAT do hospitals of the future look like? Drawing from his experience of designing the award-winning Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in Yishun, Singapore, Jerry Ong, senior vice-president of architecture of the healthcare division at Singapore-based CPG Consultants, envisions hospitals as “centres of wellness for everyone” instead of “repair shops to treat sick patients”.
Looming challenges in property development
TECHNOLOGY, low birth rates and an aging population are among the trends that will disrupt or affect the property development industry in the future, according to Varangkana Artkarasatapon, vice-president of business development and new business (high-rise) of Sansiri Public Company Ltd (Thailand) — one of Thailand’s most prominent luxury property developers.
Understanding people to predict trends
TA Global Bhd, as its name suggests, has a global presence as a property developer with projects in various countries including Malaysia, Australia and Canada.
Building with purpose
WHEN thinking about architectural design and ecosystems of the future, Japanese architect Paul Tange and his colleagues at Tange Associates constantly challenge themselves with this question —“How do we create a comfortable environment for people?” Even though technology, particularly green technology, has advanced greatly, more often than not, individual technologies or systems are isolated and are not connected to one another, Tange notes.
