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Can landscape and the built environment merge seamlessly as one, especially in dense cities? Eco-puncture is a concept that should be explored and defined in the design of our cities—the break down of concrete barriers within the urban fabric. Green developments should not be confined to stand-alone entities as they also have an impact on […]
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BJ: You have been a practitioner and advocate for ecological architecture from the time you started your practice in 1991, which incidentally was the year India opened up to globalisation and had a huge impact on the architecture scenario in the country. Were you conscious of this shift while setting up your practice then? CV: It […]
Located about 20 minutes away from central Colombo in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, this project is the office and residence of architect Palinda Kannangara. The studio dwelling is located close to the main road along the urban fringe, and situated beside a marsh, a riparian corridor and high-rises. Designed like a fortification, it is protected from heat – by specially designed double screens to limit western and southern exposure – and street noise. The building provides occupants with expansive views of the adjoining marsh and fringe woodlands. It plays with volumes to create many areas for living, work and leisure. […]
A safe, learning place for the next generation—that is the aim of the architects in designing this school located in Miyakojima, about 2,000 kilometres to the south-west of Tokyo, Japan. Surrounded by the sea, this area has a subtropical oceanic climate with frequently occurring typhoons. Thus, it is vital for the renovated building to have […]
A safe, learning place for the next generation—that is the aim of the architects in designing this school located in Miyakojima, about 2,000 kilometres to the south-west of Tokyo, Japan. Surrounded by the sea, this area has a subtropical oceanic climate with frequently occurring typhoons. Thus, it is vital for the renovated building to have […]
With interest in books and reading declining in the past years, the illiteracy and school dropout rates in Indonesia remain high. The microlibrary at Taman Bima is the first realised prototype of a series of small libraries that the architects intend to build in different areas throughout Indonesia. Their mission is to rekindle interest in […]
What is the architecture of happiness? This issue, we look at Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao’s project, the National Happiness Centre in Bhutan, and his treatise on the subject. He explains architectural form as a geometric juxtaposition of circle and square, representing man-made and natural, and suggests that the balance between the two is a pathway to […]
BeckryFluor industrial coatings are best suited for roofing, cladding and aluminium façades. This range of fluorocarbon coatings comprises Kynar 500 or Hylar 5000 brands of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVdF) resin with selected inorganic pigmentation that is proprietarily formulated by Beckers Group. It provides a distinctive finish and long-lasting protection for building envelopes. […]
Pentair Aquatic Systems manufactures and provides cutting-edge pool equipment and accessories that are suitable for both residential and commercial projects. LED lights from Pentair are significantly more energy efficient than traditional incandescent and halogen pool lights. […]
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INTRODUCTION According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Southeast Asia will be responsible for 40 percent of global energy demand increase by 2030. Total energy demand in the region is expected to double by 2035, making energy development planning of increasing importance1. There is renewed public and private interest in the Mekong Basin, where over […]
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The brief was to build a two-storey, four-bedroom house in a 23 perch-plot, which already accommodates an old two-storey house (to be retained and rented out once the new house has been completed). Hence, the new construction had to be confined to the remainder of the site, which is a narrow, rectangular plot of land […]
