Events News2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Happenings2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Sign up for e-newsletter 30-day free access to FuturArc App 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...
