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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

JAPAN – The skyscrapers behind Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo stand adjacent, yet unrelated, to the Japanese architecture, becoming their new ‘borrowed landscape’. Photo by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

GLOBAL – Custom bricks developed by andyrahman architects and their craftspeople. All images screenshotted from the About Making: Tradition discussion Making is inseparable from the...

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...

INDONESIA – Indigenous territories in Indonesia. All photos presented by Kasmita Widodo at Sustainability Week Asia. INDONESIA – There are an estimated 50–70 million indigenous...

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...

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)...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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MALAYSIA – MALAYSIA – 27 November 2021: Malaysia Green Building Council (malaysiaGBC), in conjunction with the World Green Building Council’s Advancing Net Zero project, has...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-...

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....

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...

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...

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...

– 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...

– 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

GLOBAL – February 2021 — The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) welcomes four new additions to its Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment: Siemens AGCity Developments LimitedCharter...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 – 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 —...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...