The World Cities Summit (WCS) 2021 held the first part of its virtual event. Most of the topics discussed revolved around building resilience in cities and tackling disruptions and crises.
Here, FuturArc zooms in on the fundamental need for cities to take a long-term view to ensure that developments are no longer just sustainable, but also restorative and equitable.
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“The Living Cities Forum acknowledges that we are hosting this event in Melbourne on the lands of the Eastern Kulin Nations, upon whose ancestral lands our forum is staged. We also acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the various lands on which every viewer watches, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people participating. We pay […]
BCI Asia Philippines held a virtual ceremony over two days to recognise BCI Asia Top Ten architecture firms and property developers in the country for 2020 and 2021, as well as FuturArc Green Leadership Award (FGLA) 2020 recipient. The FGLA merit award went to … […]
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Brought to you by Samsung With increasingly more time spent indoors, there is a growing need for better indoor air quality. The Samsung WindFree air-conditioner offers various features to address these growing needs for higher quality air. An air-conditioner and air purifier in one single unit The Samsung WindFree air-conditioner comes with an optional Purifying […]
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Japanese maestro Kengo Kuma has created a multisensory 3D installation called Bamboo (竹) Ring :|| Weaving a Symphony of Lightness and Form, a collaboration with smart device manufacturer OPPO, which was designed in line with the theme of Creative Connections by combining architecture with music, design innovation and user experience. This project is an evolution […]
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“We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it,” quotes the moderator of the Opening Plenary of the International Built Environment Week (IBEW). Since the built environment sector accounts for almost 40 per cent of global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, […]
The pedagogue who invented kindergartens as a form of early education, Friedrich Froebel, envisioned the institution as a garden. Derived from the German words kinder and garten, it signifies both a garden for children—a location where they can observe and interact with nature—and also a garden of children, where they themselves can grow and develop. […]
There is a popular quote by Mies van der Rohe: “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.” However, according to IMK Architects, it was not enough to only arrange an artful configuration of bricks: for the design of Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Centre (SUHRC) in Lavale Village, Pune City, India, they wanted […]
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For the Singapore Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai, which is set to be held from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, architect WOHA alongside landscape architect Salad Dressing has created a lush garden that surrounds and suffuses a three-storey building. The Pavilion is designed to have a light environmental impact and a self-sufficient ecosystem […]
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