Events News2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Happenings2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Sign up for e-newsletter 30-day free access to FuturArc App A community school and regenerated riverside... GLOBAL, SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE, 13 NOVEMBER 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] World Architecture Festival (WAF)’s ultimate accolades, including World Building of the Year and Landscape of the Year were announced on... Indonesian Architects Week @ Kuala Lumpur... MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR, 11 NOVEMBER 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] As the world’s largest archipelagic nation that is situated on the equator, Indonesia has a wealth of architectural forms that are... FOAID 2024: Creativity Worth Celebrating INDIA – 6 NOVEMBER 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] As the Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing (FOAID) 2024 draws near, excitement is building among architects, designers and other innovators... IGEM 2024 Sets the Stage for Global... MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR, 4 OCTOBER 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] The International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition and Conference Malaysia (IGEM) will return for its landmark 15th edition from... FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024: Winning Ideas for... INDONESIA – JAKARTA, 25 SEPTEMBER 2024 – In the final round of awarding for this cycle, the First Place champion, Third Place and Merit awarded teams from Indonesia received their prizes on... Landscapes for disaster resilience:... INDONESIA – BOGOR, 23 SEPTEMBER 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] In the disaster-prone geography of Indonesia, how can landscape architecture help communities become more resilient? This was the key topic... FuturArc Prize 2024: Malaysian Team Adds to... MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR, 21 AUGUST 2024 – A team from Malaysia was bestowed a Merit for their entry in FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024, which asked entrants to propose architectural solutions within... BCI Equinox HCMC 2024: Net Zero Energy and... VIETNAM – HO CHI MINH CITY, 8 AUGUST 2024 – On July 26, 2024, BCI Equinox Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was held with the theme of Net Zero Energy & Recycling at Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel.... What you’ll learn at International Built... SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE, 1 AUGUST 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] The sixth edition of the International Built Environment Week (IBEW) conference will return with the theme “Solving for Tomorrow, Today”... International Built Environment Week (IBEW)... SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE, 19 JULY 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] As built environment practitioners, a problem is always seen as a challenge waiting to be solved—how to make things better, approach... Malaysia awards leaders in sustainable built... – KUALA LUMPUR, 12 July 2024 – On 2 July 2024, FuturArc was media partner for the Malaysia Green Building Council (malaysiaGBC)’s Annual Dinner and Leadership in Sustainability Awards... FuturArc Prize 2024 Runner-up and Merit... SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE, 3 JULY 2024 – Two solo entrants of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024 from Singapore received their awards on Friday, 28 June 2024 at the BCI Asia Awards gala event, held at the... FuturArc Wins Honourable Mention at the SOPA... – HONG KONG, 21 JUNE 2024 – FuturArc is happy to announce that we have received an Honourable Mention at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2024 Awards for Editorial Excellence, a... Dr Tony Ip, Juror of FAP 2024, Delivers... HONG KONG – 13 JUNE 2024 – On Friday, 7 June 2024, FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024 juror Dr Tony Ip was invited to deliver a speech at BCI Asia Awards, a gala event held at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott... Calling all architecture students: Submit... ASIA – Are you an architecture student or recent graduate across all higher education levels (bachelors, masters, etc.)? If so, we want to showcase your Green, sustainable... FuturArc Prize 2024 Bestows the First Merit... VIETNAM – HO CHI MINH CITY, 4 JUNE 2024 – The international Green design competition, FuturArc Prize bestowed the first awards this cycle in Vietnam on Friday, 31 May 2024 at the BCI Asia Awards... Envisioning Architectural Solutions for... VIETNAM – HO CHI MINH CITY, 31 MAY 2024 – Following over 700 registrations from more than 20 countries, the international Green design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024 has announced its... Winning design announced for South Korea’s... SOUTH KOREA – 24 MAY 2024 – In line with global efforts to combat climate change, the Net Zero National Meteorological Center in Daejeon, South Korea is set to be the country’s first government... Mexico City conferred Lee Kuan Yew World City... SINGAPORE – 13 MAY 2024 – Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2024 for its ability to address many complex urban challenges and achieve... Scaling up Green building practices for a... HONG KONG – FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024 – Countries around the globe continue to experience unprecedented heat, with last month ranking as the hottest April on record.1 This marks 11 consecutive months of... Awards entry deadline extended for World... SINGAPORE – 29 APRIL 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] Calling all architects and designers: The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced an extension to their 2024 awards entry deadline! Entrants now... Net Zero Energy & Recycling: BCI Equinox... VIETNAM – HANOI, 18 APRIL 2024 – According to the World Bank, Vietnam is one of the 10 countries most affected by climate change and natural disasters globally. Its construction sector makes up... Who are the World Architecture Festival 2024... SINGAPORE – 16 APRIL 2024 – [MEDIA PARTNER] The 17th edition of World Architecture Festival (WAF) is still open for submissions from architects and designers worldwide until this Friday, 19 April... Enhancing blue-green connectivity: Eastern... SINGAPORE – 29 FEBRUARY 2024 – Singapore has a goal of enabling every household to live within a 10-minute walk of a park by 2030. In line with expanding and enhancing connectivity across the... Call for Projects: In-between Spaces |... ASIA – 19 FEBRUARY 2024 – To the general public, a ‘space’ is synonymous with emptiness. However, architects understand space to be a distinct creation—a container for activities, shaped... FuturArc Prize 2024: Thank you for... ASIA – 16 FEBRUARY 2024 – Did you enter your design ideas for FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024? If you did, we are excited to go through your entries! Thank you to everyone who took part in FAP... Community action is at the heart of Bangkok... Thailand – BANGKOK, 31 JANUARY 2024 – On Saturday, 27 January 2024, the seventh edition of Bangkok Design Week (BKKDW2024) was launched with the theme of Livable Space: The More People Act, the... Announcing the jurors of FuturArc Prize 2024:... ASIA – THURSDAY, 4 JANUARY 2024 – The juror panel for FuturArc Prize 2024 has been announced! This year’s competition with the theme of Architecture for Life After … asks entrants... Malaysia’s Green Building Index hits a 300... MALAYSIA – 21 DECEMBER 2023 – The Green Building Index (GBI) celebrated the achievement of certifying 300 million square feet of sustainable buildings across Malaysia last Tuesday, 12 December... A deeper look into FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024:... ASIA – WEDNESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2023 – The 2024 cycle of FAP, themed Architecture for Life After … is in full swing, with a little over a month left till the submission deadline on 9 February... Highlights of FuturArc Blue-Green Run’s... HONG KONG – 14 DECEMBER 2023 – The inaugural FuturArc Blue-Green Run is well underway, having kickstarted on 16 November and ending on 31 December 2023! Last week on Saturday 9 December,... An explorative high school where time is... SINGAPORE – FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2023 – On Friday 1 December 2023, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) concluded the annual festival with a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Marina Bay Sands,... What matters most to you: Insights from the... GLOBAL – In a world where sustainable built environment practices have been nothing short of a necessity, FuturArc strives to be your top source for Green architecture and design... Overcoming built environment challenges... SINGAPORE – WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2023 – Eleven conferences and six exhibitions spanning various aspects of the built environment industry comprised last week’s Architecture & Building... Empowering circular cities around the globe:... SINGAPORE – MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023 – With a little over seven years left before the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targeted to be achieved in 2030, leaders of international... Adapting towards climate resilience for... ASIA – FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2023 – On Thursday, 26 October 2023, around 300 stakeholders from the public sector and civil society gathered at the ninth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum (APHF) held... FuturArc Readership Survey 2023: Tell us what... GLOBAL – [...]Read More... from FuturArc Readership Survey 2023: Tell us what inspiring Green content you want to see! Opportunities for Green Transformation at... VIETNAM – HO CHI MINH CITY, 5 OCTOBER 2023 – According to Nguyen Tuong Van, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Construction, the number of Green buildings in the country has steadily increased... IGEM 2023 Aims to Lead the Way on Climate... MALAYSIA – [MEDIA PARTNER] 27 SEPTEMBER 2023 – Organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) and with the help of the Malaysian Green Technology and... FuturArc Blue-Green Run Kicks off at Equinox... HONG KONG – HONG KONG, 25 SEPTEMBER 2023 – Last Friday, 22 September 2023, BCI Equinox was held at Sky 100 from 5–9pm. FuturArc’s Blue-Green Run was launched in the evening, announcing the... What Green-related events are coming to your... HONG KONG – HONG KONG, 18 SEPTEMBER 2023 – Joining events in the field of sustainable architecture has the benefits of updating one’s knowledge of the latest advancements, as well as building... Transitioning to a sustainable built... GLOBAL – 11 SEPTEMBER 2023 – “We must take urgent action if we are to prevent our being evicted by an uninhabitable planet,” said Cristina Gamboa, CEO of World Green Building Council... International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies... GLOBAL – 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 – “Air pollution knows no borders, travelling thousands of kilometres, spreading contaminates with the wind. And the climate crisis is having devastating and growing... Net zero solutions for Vietnam highlighted at... VIETNAM – 28 AUGUST 2023 – On Thursday, 24 August 2023, the boutique exhibition event of BCI Equinox Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) 2023 was held with the theme of Net Zero & Energy Solutions.... Two revitalisation projects top the Singapore... SINGAPORE – 25 AUGUST 2024 – On Tuesday, 22 August 2023, the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) announced recipients of the SIA Architectural Design Awards (ADA) 2023, in recognition of... Elderly care ‘hacking’ and city park... SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE, 13 JULY 2023 – Yesterday evening on 12 July 2023 at the Istana, eight recipients were presented the President*s Design Award (P*DA) 2023 by President Halimah Yacob in... Win 2 latest editions of FuturArc in just 2... GLOBAL – 6 JULY 2023 – Get the chance to win 2 of FuturArc’s latest magazines*! This includes our latest issues 1Q 2023: Mobility & Transport and 2Q 2023: Old is Gold. Simply submit... FuturArc Prize 2023: Hong Kong’s Past... HONG KONG – 3 JULY 2023 – On Friday, 30 June 2023, a Third Place award of FuturArc Prize (FAP) was presented at the gala event of BCI Asia Awards in Kerry Hotel Hong Kong. Photo by BCI... FuturArc Prize 2023: Malaysia’s Merit... MALAYSIA – 3 JULY 2023 – On Friday, 23 June 2023, FuturArc Prize (FAP) presented a Merit award at the gala event of BCI Asia Awards for Malaysia, taking place at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala... FuturArc Prize 2023: Philippines Merit... PHILIPPINES – 20 JUNE 2023 – FuturArc Prize (FAP) once again bestowed an award in the Philippines for the first time since 2019! Last Friday, 16 June 2023, the awarding was held as part of the gala... How ‘digital twins’ can document... GLOBAL – 9 JUNE 2023 – Digital twin technologies have long captured the interest of heritage practitioners as a way to document historic sites, allowing researchers to preserve the wealth of... FuturArc Prize 2023: Winners awarded in... VIETNAM – 29 MAY 2023 – In the second round of awarding for the 2023 cycle, the winners and Merit recipients of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023 attended the gala event of BCI Asia Awards (BCIAA)... Entry deadline extended for World... GLOBAL – 22 MAY 2023 – [MEDIA PARTNER] The World Architecture Festival (WAF) and its sister awards programme, the Inside World Festival of Interiors (Inside) has extended the deadline for... Open Nature: Engaging waterways’ ecology... AUSTRALIA – 19 MAY 2023 – As part of Melbourne Design Week 2023, the programme called Open Nature from 20–25 May will engage participants with a series of activities focused on the health and... Exploring territorial, architectural and... HONG KONG – 17 MAY 2023 – At a moment when Hong Kong is being transformed by mega projects such as The Northern Metropolis and the East Lantau Metropolis, The Hong Kong Institute of Architects... FuturArc Prize 2023: First Place Winner and... INDONESIA – 15 MAY 2023 – Following hundreds of submissions from all around the globe, the international Green design competition of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023 finally revealed its winners and merit... BCI Equinox Hanoi 2023 Spotlights Net Zero... VIETNAM – 18 APRIL 2023 – Last week, architects and designers gathered at the event of BCI Equinox held on Friday, 14 April 2023 at the Novotel Hanoi Thai Ha to network in an exclusive setting... FuturArc visits Universiti Kebangsaan... MALAYSIA – 7 APRIL 2023 – On Friday, architecture students and lecturers of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi, Selangor, received a visit from the FuturArc team. The attendees... What it means to embrace equity for women in... GLOBAL – 8 MARCH 2023 – This year, International Women’s Day is carrying the tagline of Embrace Equity. Beyond equality, or giving the same opportunities for all, equity asks stakeholders to... How former industrial sites can be enlivened:... GLOBAL – Riverside Walkways on Laobaidu Wharf. Photo © Tian Fangfang 6 MARCH 2023 – China is a country that has experienced rapid urbanisation since the 1990s, with residential... World Wildlife Day: What is the built... GLOBAL – Photo by Emir Bozkurt from Pexels 3 MARCH 2023 – World Wildlife Day (WWD) is commemorated every year on March 3 as a United Nations International Day, with the aim to... Examining Taiwan’s agricultural landscapes TAIWAN – 24 FEBRUARY 2023 – For the entirety of civilisation, people have been shaping their building forms using the available knowledge and technologies with the aim to ‘tame’ the... FuturArc goes to Universiti Teknologi Mara! MALAYSIA – 22 FEBRUARY 2023 – Today, the FuturArc team visited the architecture department of Univeristi Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor as part of their open day event called Kanta:... Registration closed! Thank you for your... ASIA – 20 FEBRUARY 2023 – This year’s FuturArc Prize has just wrapped up last Friday, 17 February 2023. Hundreds of registrants from various countries submitted their proposals... Retrofitted SDE1 & 3 at National... SINGAPORE – 31 JANUARY 2023 – As part of a larger campus redevelopment to meet net zero carbon targets, National University of Singapore (NUS)’s renovated School of Design and Environment (SDE) 1... Up close with FuturArc Prize 2023: Campus... ASIA – 8 FEBRUARY 2023 – UPDATE: On Tuesday, 30 January 2023, our team conducted a virtual presentation via Teams to students of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT),... The way forward: A recap of COP27 commitments... GLOBAL – 22 NOVEMBER 2022 – The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded last week, but it was no easy feat—the... At G20, Indonesia signs a Joint Statement on... INDONESIA – 18 NOVEMBER 2022 – In the framework of holding the 2022 Group of Twenty (G20) summit, Indonesia’s Minister of Public Works and Housing (PUPR), Basuki Hadimuljono and South Korea’s... Green Architecture Seminar reflects on the... VIETNAM – 11 NOVEMBER 2022 – Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Green Architecture Club held the 15th edition of Green Architecture Seminar, discussing the 10-year journey of Green building industry... COP27 discusses loss and damages in face of... GLOBAL – 7 NOVEMBER 2022 – Expected to gather representatives from 196 countries, some 45,000 people and 120 world leaders, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations... World Green Building Council launches a guide... GLOBAL – 2 NOVEMBER 2022 – Changing climate patterns and increased severity/frequency of extreme weather events are affecting people around the world. As an example, Jorge Chapa, Head of Market... Strengthening climate leadership at Vietnam... VIETNAM – 19 OCTOBER 2022 – Vietnam’s commitments to reach net zero by 2050 at COP26 include transitioning from fossil fuel to clean energy sources; reducing greenhouse gas emissions and... FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational... ASIA – “Architecture is about people.” Francis Kéré The way our built environments are designed should keep pace or even foresee changes in societal compositions.... Four public schools in Jakarta revitalised as... INDONESIA – 5 OCTOBER 2022 – According to Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan, public schools make up the majority of building typologies owned by the Indonesian government. In the capital city alone,... World Architecture Day 2022: Can architects... GLOBAL – 3 OCTOBER 2022 – The first Monday in October is commemorated as World Architecture Day—established by the International Union of Architects to coincide every year with United... How Green infrastructure can be supported... MALAYSIA – 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 – Malaysia is committed to its target of becoming a net zero-carbon by 2050 to meet Paris agreement goals, and efforts to accelerate the Green economy growth are at... And the winner is … FuturArc Prize 2022... MALAYSIA – 26 AUGUST 2022 – The 2022 cycle of FuturArc Prize (FAP) saw the awarding of its First Place solo entrant, Chai Yi Yang from Malaysia at the event of BCI Asia Awards (BCIAA) on 26 August... FuturArc Prize 2022: Indonesian runner-up... INDONESIA – 23 AUGUST 2022 – Three teams from Indonesia received FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022 awards on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at the event of BCI Asia Awards, held at the Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place... Engaging Hong Kong’s built environment... HONG KONG – 18 AUGUST 2022 – On Friday 15 July 2022, BCI Central hosted Equinox Hong Kong as a platform for building and construction professionals to network and be inspired by discussions.... Finding common ground at the World Cities... GLOBAL, SINGAPORE – 11 AUGUST 2022 – On 1 August, 2022, the Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) World City Prize Lecture and Forum saw the presentations made by representatives of the LKY World City Prize 2020 Laureate,... Cork and other Green materials at Google... USA – 5 AUGUST 2022 – Cork is considered to be one of the most sustainable building materials. It is made from the bark of Quercus (cork oak) trees, notable for being the only kind of tree... Day to night: Rejuvenating Clarke Quay with a... SINGAPORE – 3 AUGUST 2022 – The riverside precinct of Clarke Quay in Singapore was historically a conduit for trade. Since the 1800s, warehouses along the waterfront saw a bustle of activity with... The importance of rehabilitating mangroves... INDONESIA – 26 JULY 2022 – Every year over the past two decades, Indonesia has been losing 13,000 hectares of mangroves, which is an amount larger than the city of Paris. A mangrove... Maldives is accelerating floating cities’... ASIA – 20 JULY 2022 – The nation of Maldives, comprising a chain-like archipelago of 26 low-lying coral islets in the Indian Ocean, is facing existential threat due to sea level rise. More... The cornerstone of Singapore’s built... SINGAPORE – 18 JULY 2022 – [MEDIA PARTNER] Be inspired, connected, and empowered at the International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2022 as a much-anticipated event for the built environment (BE)... Celebrate FuturArc Vol. 77 with our 7.7... GLOBAL – 7 JULY 2022 – Come celebrate 7.7 and the launch of our latest magazine, FuturArc Volume 77 with a giveaway! Get a chance to win a pair of movie tickets* by simply... FuturArc Prize 2022: Teams awarded at BCIAA... VIETNAM – 30 JUNE 2022 – Architecture students from Vietnam continue to set records for having the most winners for this cycle of FuturArc Prize (FAP). The teams received their awards at the... Bio-based construction: What can be done for... INDONESIA – 28 JUNE 2022 – It is a well-known statistic that the construction sector contributes to almost 40 per cent of all carbon emissions, and at least 11 per cent of emissions is attributed... ‘Mindshaping’ for the future of resilient... MALAYSIA – 28 JUNE 2022 – After two years of facing the health crisis with lockdowns, the field of architecture has had to weather through businesses disruptions and made adjustments in conducting... Malaysia promotes Green jobs through a new... MALAYSIA – 27 JUNE 2022 – The Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (MGTC) in, collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) has developed the Malaysian Green... FuturArc Prize 2022 Merit recipient awarded... SINGAPORE – 24 JUNE 2022 – On Friday evening at the Fairmont Singapore, the annual BCI Asia Awards (BCIAA) was held to acknowledge the nation’s Top 10 developers and architecture firms, as well... FuturArc Prize 2022 winners announced at BCI... PHILIPPINES – 21 JUNE 2022 – The winners and merit recipients of the student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation have been announced for the first time through a video played at... The ‘borrowed sceneries’ of neighbouring... JAPAN – The skyscrapers behind Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo stand adjacent, yet unrelated, to the Japanese architecture, becoming their new ‘borrowed landscape’. Photo by... Managing interlinkages and advancing SDGs in... GLOBAL – Moderator and speakers at the first session of IFLA’s Building Resilience: From Commitment to Climate Action 16 JUNE 2022 – As the climate crisis escalates with... BCI Equinox Kuala Lumpur addresses the... MALAYSIA – 3 JUNE 2022 – In Malaysia, construction industry players are seeking forecasts and strategies to navigate the endemic landscape. This was the underlying theme of presentations at the... Building for Everyone puts people back at the... GLOBAL – 8 JUNE 2022 — “Four billion people are vulnerable today to impacts of climate change, and the World Meteorological Organisation reports we have a 50 per cent chance of breaching... Encouraging Green commitments and investments... INDONESIA – 19–20 MAY 2022 – Returning after two years of being delayed due to the pandemic, the sixth BCI Equinox event in Indonesia was finally held at The Hall, Senayan City Mall in Jakarta on... BCI Equinox Ho Chi Minh City focuses on Net... VIETNAM – All photos courtesy of BCI Central 20 MAY 2022 – Sustainability proves to be an important objective for the architecture and construction industry in Vietnam, considering... Shaping sustainable living in Hong Kong... HONG KONG – 11 May 2022 – It’s no simple matter to build Green in one of the world’s densest urban environments, but there has been an increasing number of projects that applied... Coastal Protection Strategy Team launched to... SINGAPORE – Aerial view of Singapore’s bodies of water. Photo by Mark Stoop on Unsplash April 2022 – Considering its low-lying geography, Singapore is particularly... Renovating a heritage worship space to reach... INDONESIA – Istiqlal sits at the heart of Jakarta as Indonesia’s national mosque. Photo by mosquegrapher on UnsplashAll images screenshotted from the Istiqlal Mosque EDGE certificate handover... Indonesia’s capital city move leaves many... INDONESIA – 25 MARCH 2022 – The plan to move Indonesia’s capital city has been met with apprehension from the public at large, considering the abrupt speed with which it unfolded despite the... Green talks, Green actions: Green... MALAYSIA – Moderator and panellists at Aemulus Base. Images from the Green Architecture Symposium virtual event unless statedOpening address by Dato’ Seri Lee Kah Choon As companies... Reliving history through craftsmanship GLOBAL – Custom bricks developed by andyrahman architects and their craftspeople. All images screenshotted from the About Making: Tradition discussion Making is inseparable from the... FuturArc Prize 2022 is now closed for... ASIA – Thank you to everyone who has participated in FuturArc Prize 2022! Following the judging process, the winners and merit recipients will be notified individually via... Recognition of indigenous territories for... INDONESIA – Indigenous territories in Indonesia. All photos presented by Kasmita Widodo at Sustainability Week Asia. INDONESIA – There are an estimated 50–70 million indigenous... Utilising urban roofs for circular food... HONG KONG – HONG KONG — Food production in densely built-up cities is often outsourced to far-flung agricultural areas. However, such supply chains result in massive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... Budget allocation urged to improve housing... HONG KONG – Yu Chun, President of HKIHAn old district in Hong Kong. Photo by Jimmy Chan from Pexels On top of the ongoing health crisis, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)... FEX Penang: Navigating eco-solutions in... MALAYSIA – 15 JANUARY 2022: An audience of architects and designers enlivened their Saturday morning by attending FuturArc Exchange & Exhibitions (FEX), which was held at The Wembley A St Giles... BCIAA Vietnam 2022: Awarding of FAP Champion... VIETNAM – HO CHI MINH CITY – 19 January 2022: The first place winner of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2020 in the Student Category, alongside FuturArc Green Leadership Award (FGLA) 2020 recipients,... Announcing the jurors of FuturArc Prize... ASIA – The members of the FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation jury panel are well-known not only for their respective expertise, but also for their advocacy of creating a better... The FuturArc 4Q 2021 Digital Edition is now... GLOBAL – The latest issue, Year-End 2021: “Now & Then” is now available for our digital magazine subscribers to read anytime, anywhere from the convenience of the... Snap, Show & Sure-Win! – To celebrate the new year, we would like to give our readers a voucher*! SNAP, SHOW & SURE-WIN Simply complete the steps below, and wait for the voucher to arrive in your... Carbon Score Launched to Accelerate... MALAYSIA – MALAYSIA – 27 November 2021: Malaysia Green Building Council (malaysiaGBC), in conjunction with the World Green Building Council’s Advancing Net Zero project, has... Partnership signed to build the world’s... GLOBAL – The village harbour during daytime. Image by OCEANIX/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group November 2021: The ocean is under threat from land reclamation. As coastal cities struggle to... Closing the Loop of Food Waste: A Hawker... SINGAPORE – Associate Professor Tong Yen Wah, who leads the NUS team, is pictured next to the anaerobic digester at the East Coast Lagoon Food Village. 17 November 2021: The hawker... Build Better Now at COP26: the Urgent Role of... GLOBAL – The Enterprise Centre, UK. Image by Dennis Gilbert The built environment has a central role to play in supporting the world’s transition to a net zero carbon economy and... Building on Water for a Climate-Aware Future SINGAPORE – Three-storey floating school. Kunle Adeyemi at Archifest 2021. The vast majority of the world’s largest cities are located next to water and face challenges such as sea... Moving From Intuitive to Informed Design for... SINGAPORE – Moderator and speakers of the Archifest 2021 Conference on 13 October. On the second day of Archifest 2021’s conference event, three speakers presented their thought-... Archifest 2021 seeks Design Evidence from the... SINGAPORE – Sustainability and heritage are key issues to be considered amidst rapid development in Singapore, which are highlighted as the main themes of this year’s Archifest.... Architects, not Architecture Virtual World... GLOBAL, HONG KONG – After an amazing response to the first Virtual World Tour, during the peak of the pandemic in late 2020 early 2021, the event series Architects, not Architecture decided... Net Zero Commitment Updated to Address... GLOBAL – September 15, 2021 — The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is officially launching bold, new requirements for the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to address embodied... FuturArc Prize 2020 Professional Winner... SINGAPORE – 1 September 2021: At the BCI Asia Awards 2021 Singapore event today, the Singaporean winner of FuturArc Prize 2020 finally took home their award. The 2020 cycle for Asia’s leading... World Environment Day 2021 – 04 June 2021 – Across the globe, governments, communities and individuals honour to celebrate the United Nation’s World Environment Day, the most significant annual event for... FuturArc Prize 2020 Professional 2nd &... – 27 May 2021: At the BCI Asia Awards 2021 Jakarta event today, the Indonesian winners of FuturArc Prize 2020 finally took home their awards. The 2020 cycle for Asia’s leading Green... Reducing excessive consumption of... SINGAPORE – Environmental impact of disposables 10 April 2021 — Disposables, regardless of whether they are made of paper, plastics, or degradable materials, have some impact on the environment... Ho Chi Minh City is the newest member of the... VIETNAM – The newest member of the City Science Network is Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. As part of this collaboration, the MIT City Science team will work with the Architecture Research Center... SGBC announces new president & board for... SINGAPORE – Singapore, 30 March 2021 — The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) has announced the members of the 7th Board, who will lead the Council through the 2021–2023 term. Tang Kok... Earth Hour 2021 to unite millions around the... GLOBAL – Image courtesy of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) On Saturday, 27 March at 8:30 p.m. (your local time), Earth Hour will unite individuals, businesses and leaders from all over the world... Singapore now home to one of the... SINGAPORE – Singapore has completed the installation of one of the world’s largest floating solar farms on sea water in the Straits of Johor. With the successful building of the 5-MW-peak... Calls for submissions to reclaim the value... SINGAPORE – CAPTURING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PLASTIC WASTE The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance), an international non-profit organisation, today announced on 8 March 2021 the... Latest technologies for water efficiency and... SINGAPORE – PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, has curated a series of presentations and resources from government agencies and local technology providers in a one-stop online platform.... Push for Greener buildings and new support... SINGAPORE – 4 March 2021 — The Ministry of National Development announced several key initiatives during its Committee of Supply debate today. These initiatives will further accelerate the... China installed half of new global offshore... GLOBAL – 25 February 2021 — According to the latest data released by GWEC Market Intelligence, the global offshore wind industry had its second-best year ever in 2020. A total of 6 GW of new... Four new companies join WorldGBC’s Net Zero... GLOBAL – February 2021 — The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) welcomes four new additions to its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment: Siemens AG City Developments Limited... Swathes of Kranji woodland were cleared by... SINGAPORE – Large swathes of Kranji woodland along the rail corridor were mistakenly cleared while the authorities were in the midst of biodiversity impact assessments there. The National Parks... First Singapore real estate developer... SINGAPORE – February 2021 — City Developments Limited (CDL) is the first real estate developer in Southeast Asia to sign the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment by the World Green Building Council... Singapore’s fourth desalination plant,... SINGAPORE – 4 February 2021 — Water security in Singapore has been boosted with the opening of the country’s fourth desalination plant. The Keppel Marina East Desalination... French state convicted for failure to address... FRANCE – State found guilty of ‘non-respect of its engagements’ aimed at fighting global warming 3 February 2021 — A Paris court has convicted the French state of failing to address the... Built Environment and Property Prospect... SINGAPORE – Singapore, 18 January 2021 — The pandemic has caused much disruptions globally. Closer to home, while the built environment sector is facing unprecedented challenges amidst much... First movers of carbon emission reduction SINGAPORE – Singapore, 13 January 2021 — The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) honoured 12 organisations with the GreenDNA certification as champions of environmental stewardship in Singapore.... Philippines’ sustainable buildings... PHILIPPINES – World Green Building Council launched a series of mini-documentary style films on 11 November 2020, highlighting the impact of buildings on the environment and human health as well as the... A longstanding commitment to sustainability:... GLOBAL – Surbana Jurong Group, a global consultant in urban and infrastructure development, and Atelier Ten, a global environmental design consultancy headquartered in London that specialises in... Innovation in the sustainable building... GLOBAL – Produced by BBC StoryWorks, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) films explore how sustainable buildings can address climate, health and well-being as well as resource efficiency... Reusing landfill material SINGAPORE – NEA is leading the research and development (R&D) efforts to find solutions to extend the lifespan of Semakau Landfill beyond 2035 under the Closing the Waste Loop (CTWL) R&D... Japan will go carbon neutral by 2050 JAPAN – 26 October 2020 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed to build a carbon-neutral “Green society” by 2050, marking a paradigm shift for the world’s... World Architecture Day 2020 ASIA, GLOBAL – The theme for this year’s celebration is Toward a Better Urban Future. World Architecture Day is celebrated in concurrent with UN World Habitat Day, which carries a similar theme... WorldGBC launches report: Asia Pacific... GLOBAL – The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new report today focused on the Asia Pacific region that outlines the business and climate opportunities of tackling embodied carbon... Coming together for a low-carbon and... GLOBAL, SINGAPORE – International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2020 The annual IBEW will be a complimentary event this year, starting on 1 September 2020 through to 30 September 2020. Dr Ho Nyok Yong,... Singapore clinches Water Project of the Year... SINGAPORE – National water agency Public Utilities Board’s (PUB) Choa Chu Kang Waterworks (CCKWW) has been named Water Project of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2020, a year after its... Master plan for a sustainable urban district... MALAYSIA – The Penang State Government initiated an international design competition in January 2020 to transform Penang South Islands into a sustainable, global destination. Penang’s biodiversity... BCA’s Green Mark Award: 376 building... SINGAPORE – 19 August 2020 — More building owners are aiming for higher tier Green Mark Certifications (Green Mark Platinum and above), an indication of the industry’s awareness of the positive... Newater, Newoil, Newsand SINGAPORE – Moving on from Newater, Singapore has big plans for Newsand – a promising new construction material culled from incineration waste. More ambitiously, it wants to create Newoil... Mitigating climate change with... SINGAPORE – Singapore, 2 July 2020 — Carbon emissions make up 97 per cent of Singapore’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Paris Agreement, Singapore has pledged to, by 2030,... Construction Support Package to help firms... SINGAPORE – Singapore, 27 June 2020 – A new $1.36 billion Construction Support Package will be extended to firms in the construction sector to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19. As the... WGBC: Advancing Net Zero Status Report 2020 GLOBAL – On World Environment day, 5 June 2020, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) released the 2020 Advancing Net Zero Status Report, highlighting leadership action from GBCs and... Better solutions to help society cope with... SINGAPORE – Singapore’s design community rallies behind DBCS’s call to reimagine a better world with the Design for Good initiative: Six most promising projects selected for funding, project... COVID-19: Sustainable Development Goals that... GLOBAL – The pandemic has exposed that gains made to address poverty, hunger, good health and well-being may face serious setbacks, unless the global community also urgently addresses the global... Singapore’s largest... SINGAPORE – Over S$2.42 billion in total raised through sustainable finance in less than two years underscoring CapitaLand’s commitment to responsible growthRecords utilities cost avoidance of... Carbon emissions are falling sharply due to... GLOBAL – 3 April 2020 — CO2 emissions are crashing as the world winds down, but experts say the drop won’t last if governments don’t start moving to cleaner energy. It is... WHO Director-General’s opening remarks... GLOBAL – 2 April 2020 Good morning. I’d like to begin by thanking Member States for last week’s briefing. It was inspiring to hear from China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore... International trade for food security GLOBAL – 30 March 2020 — A joint statement Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures... Green buildings’s contribution in the... GLOBAL – 23 March 2020 — An analysis by China Green Building Council The Assessment Standard for Green Building (ASGB) (GB/T 50378-2019) applies new technologies and new concepts in the... SMEs with Singapore Green Labelling Scheme... SINGAPORE – 19 March 2020 — The HSBC SME Green Loan is the first-ever Green loan in Singapore to draw on existing eco-labelling certifications instead of the externally-reviewed bespoke Green... World Water Day: 39 iconic Singapore... SINGAPORE – 22 March 2020 — More than 35 iconic landmarks and bridges such as the Esplanade, Singapore Flyer, Gardens by the Bay and Helix Bridge lighted up in blue to commemorate World Water... COVID-19 could prompt new approach to urban... ASIA – 18 March 2020 — From food to tech, coronavirus to spur urban planning rethink in the Asia-Pacific region, home to some of the world’s most densely populated cities The... Sungei Kadut Eco-District to attract new... SINGAPORE – 6 February 2020 – To cater to the fast-changing needs of the manufacturing industry, plans are underway to ensure one of Singapore’s oldest industrial estate continues to remain agile... 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize GLOBAL – Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (photo courtesy of Alice Clancy) 03 March 2020 — Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin, Ireland, have been selected as the 2020... Sustainability scholarship for Southeast Asia... SINGAPORE – 11 March 2020 — Pomeroy Academy and The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), UK, today announced the launch of a new scholarship aimed at supporting... Ministry for National Development announced... SINGAPORE – 4 March 2020 — Singapore’s Ministry of National Development announced that the new HDB Green Towns programme aims to make HDB towns more environmentally friendly and liveable by 2030.... A Green and healthy base SINGAPORE – SGBC’s new office encapsulates the collaborative nature of the Singapore Green building industry 03 February 2020 — The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) officially opened... Pioneer signatories from Singapore in... SINGAPORE – Singapore, although somewhat protected by its equatorial location and its ‘City in a Garden’ policies, has been experiencing the twin crises of climate breakdown and loss of... UN Climate Change Conference COP25 GLOBAL – Changing the course of climate action and ambition 10 December 2019 – The high-level Segment of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 kicked off today, with urgent reminders that... Opening of Sky Green in Taichung, Taiwan TAIWAN – 29 November 2019, Taichung, Taiwan — WOHA announced the completion of their first project in Taichung, Taiwan. In 2012, WOHA was invited by the Taichung City Government and Feng Chia... HASSELL’s Panda Land Project wins big at... SINGAPORE – HASSELL’s Chengdu Panda Land Master Plan has been widely recognized at Singapore’s 2019 landscape architecture and planning awards, collecting three awards for this standout... Singapore’s Tuas Nexus Wins the Most... SINGAPORE – First-in-the-world development planned from ground up that integrates used water and solid waste treatment in a compact footprint 24 October 2019 – Singapore’s Tuas Nexus —... Pioneering RCx Project for Public Hospitals... HONG KONG – Being part of Government’s Climate Action Plan, retro-commissioning (RCx) is one of the key promulgated measures to reduce Hong Kong’s carbon emission. Aligning with Government’s... B.A.U.M. honours GROHE CEO Thomas Fuhr for... GERMANY – Düsseldorf, Germany, 4 Sep 2019 — The corporate network B.A.U.M. awarded Thomas Fuhr, CEO GROHE AG, with the 2019 Environmental and Sustainability Award for the category “Large... Transforming the way we build (IBEW 2019) SINGAPORE – 4 September 2019, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore — The inaugural International Built Environment Week (IBEW) welcomed more than 12,000 overseas and... WOHA designs the Singapore Pavilion for the... GLOBAL, SINGAPORE – Singapore-based architecture firm WOHA has been appointed to design the Singapore Pavilion for the 2020 World Expo, held in Dubai. The Singapore Pavilion is led by the Urban Redevelopment... César Pelli, architect who designed Petronas... USA – Pelli and his firm’s best-known work is Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers, twin 88-story skyscrapers linked by a 41st-floor sky bridge. Built in 1998 and standing at 452... World Sustainable Built Environment (WSBE)... GLOBAL – Gothenburg, Sweden, will be hosting BEYOND 2020, the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference, from 9 – 11 June 2020. The mission of this large event is to engage the global... World Green Building Council partners with... GLOBAL – WorldGBC also announces partnership with RESET on a Plant a Sensor campaign collecting crucial air quality data from across the world The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is... Environmental leaders in Thailand launch... Thailand – Pioneering grassroots campaign invites Asia’s eco-conscious warriors to shoot a 60-second video on the environment to win prizes and show to leading industry pros at PHIST 2019.... Phnom Penh Sustainable City Plan 2018-2030 CAMBODIA – Vision: By 2030, Phnom Penh will become a clean, Green and competitive city offering a safe and quality lifestyle to its residents. The Phnom Penh Sustainable City Plan provides a... Four dynamic built environment tradeshows to... SINGAPORE – New all-in-one platform combines sustainability, productivity, energy efficiency as well as smart city solutions and innovations in building and construction from across the globe.... BCI Media Group and SmartBuild Asia join... SINGAPORE – Industry leaders BCI Media Group and SmartBuild Asia join forces to fuel international growth and advance big data and artificial intelligence solutions throughout the construction... Building Professionals Expound on Green at... MALAYSIA – 18 June 2019, Kuala Lumpur — FuturArc Forum was created to expand the conversation on Green architecture and development beyond the printed FuturArc magazine, onto a more personal and... PUB to deploy Singapore’s first... SINGAPORE – PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, 6 June 2019 – National water agency PUB intends to deploy a 50 megawatt-peak (MWp) floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system on Tengeh Reservoir by... World Environment Day 2019 GLOBAL – The world turns the spotlight on air pollution. PRESS RELEASE – 05 June 2019, Hangzhou, China – Governments, industry, communities and individuals around the world today... Regional Built Environment Forum 2019 SINGAPORE – Two significant announcements have been made at the Regional Built Environment Forum (BEF) 2019 on Tuesday, 4 June 2019. 1. IMDA, Australian Government sign built environment MoU As... Architect IM Pei dies at age 102 USA – NEW YORK: IM Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times... Swedish 16-year-old climate activist brings... GLOBAL – Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg brought her class-boycott campaign to Paris on Friday, hoping to encourage more French students to hit the streets with demands for bold... International Construction Transformation... MALAYSIA – The recent International Construction Transformation Conference (ICTC) held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC) from 18 to 19 March 2019 shone the spotlight... Arata Isozaki Named 2019 Pritzker Prize... GLOBAL – Arata Isozaki, photo courtesy of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Arata Isozaki, distinguished Japanese architect, city planner and theorist, has been selected as the 2019 Laureate of... Kampung Admiralty by WOHA wins World Building... GLOBAL – 30 November 2018 – Kampung Admiralty, designed by WOHA, has won the prestigious World Building of the Year 2018 award at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Amsterdam.... International Built Environment Week SINGAPORE – 29 November 2018, Singapore – The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and its strategic partners, including 12 trade associations and chambers (TACs), will launch a new... Women in Green Building Leadership Award... GLOBAL – The Award recognises Ms Chan’s integral role in the early development of Green buildings in Hong Kong, and her involvement in industry initiatives like the Green Shop... A resilient Singapore SINGAPORE – A joint title between CLC and 100 Resilient Cities, A Resilient Singapore is a book that explores two key resilience changes: climate change and changing demographics, both of which have... Smart cities in Southeast Asia GLOBAL – Report by McKinsey Global Institute: How technology can deliver a better quality of life In a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, produced in collaboration with the... Recognition of global leadership: HKGBC... HONG KONG – HKGBC is delighted to announce that Director Ms Ada Fung Yin-suen, BBS, JP, is appointed to the Board of Directors of World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) for a two-year term from 1... GROHE’s first fully-owned Asia flagship... SINGAPORE – Designers and architects come together for a night of Pecha Kucha at GROHE ICONIC Tour (image courtesy of GROHE Asia Pacific). The iconic tour in Singapore took place for the... Oasia Downtown Hotel named “Best Tall... CHICAGO – Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat named 2018 Best Tall Building Worldwide, among 9 other awards The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) have announce the...