News about architects

PETALING JAYA (June 18): Another exciting year beckons for budding architects and interior designers as they embark on an experiential journey with the Asia Young Designers Awards (AYDA 2021) that has returned for the 14th year running with the theme FORWARD: Amplifying Empathy Through Design.

PETALING JAYA (May 21): While supporting the implementation of full Movement Control Order (MCO) for national security, Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) stressed that the public and private sectors need to work hand in hand to ensure business survival for long-term job security instead of one-off subsidies to individuals.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Econpile Holdings Bhd announced that today it has received a piling and foundation works award for a service apartment project along Jalan Raja Chulan for RM64.

Malaysian Institute of Architects president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail deems that in terms of working space planning, Malaysia is doing fine for now as there are more new buildings with airy green common spaces.

An open-plan office design that promotes social interaction and communication has been a popularly well-accepted trend for decades.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): On digitalisation of the construction industry, Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail hopes that the grant allocated would not be targeted only to help companies to acquire software and hardware, but also to develop a structured system that would promote the usage of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): Government’s role is crucial in supporting the rollout of new construction technologies in the country and regulation is also important for the industry players to adapt to new building methods, said Hong Kong-based Ho & Partners Architects (HPA) executive chairman Nicholas Lik Chi Ho.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.

Even if the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) ends, don’t expect construction works to resume and progress as per normal.

When buying a new property, people often consider the price, the condition of the property, the views it offers and so on, but seldom do they ask whether the property is ‘green’ or even energy-efficient.