Indonesia’s Progress Towards Carbon Goals: COP26 and the Carbon Tax Reform

Top-down policy plays a key role in bringing systemic changes needed for international collaboration to weather the climate crisis. However, the path from vision to policy formulation and implementation is hardly straightforward. Despite the President of Indonesia signing the global pledge to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030 at the 26th iteration of the […]

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ARCHIDEX 2021: Fast Forward Live Talks Present Solutions for Greener City Living

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As part of ARCHIDEX 2021’s Fast Forward live talks, held from 4–6 November 2021, speakers shared their designs and reflections on the ongoing health crisis and how to make adjustments for a post-pandemic world. The crucial role of urban green spaces was emphasised, not just from an environmental perspective, but also for the mental health […]

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Archifest 2021 Emphasises the Need for Multidisciplinary Design

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The annual festival of architecture and design returned throughout the month of October with the theme of Design Evidence. Razvan Ghilic-Micu, festival director of Archifest 2021, said: “Design Evidence is an invitation to debate, discover and redefine what architecture could be. Archifest is curated by architects for everyone to enjoy—whether you are a designer or […]

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Butterworth Digital Library

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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting previously published projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the brief and to submit your entries for FAP! The original structure was a 20-year-old abandoned building that used to be a market and a badminton court, […]

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Year-End 2021: Now & Then

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Dear FuturArc Readers, “Thoughts are the architects of our circumstances.” I read this some time ago from a spiritual text. Thoughts do have a way of flowing out into our words and deeds. As such, they have a powerful impact on how we see the world and how we construct our realities. Thoughts move us […]

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Conversion of Chai Wan Factory Estate to Public Rental Housing

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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting previously published projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the brief and to submit your entries for FAP! An adaptive reuse of heritage The historical Chai Wan Factory Estate (CWFE), which was granted Grade II Historic […]

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276 Office by A+ Architects

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Binh Duong, a province adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City as Vietnam’s economic and cultural capital, is being developed to hold industrial estates. Sitting in this context is the site of 276 Office, which serves a company that provides water and waste treatment solutions for industries. They wanted a workplace that emphasises the environmental focus […]

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