Samsung DVM S2: Ultimate Efficiency and Reliability

Brought to you by Samsung The radical new design of Samsung DVM S2 Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) air-conditioner incorporates a range of technologies that transfer heat much more efficiently. Not only does it consume much less energy,1 it also intelligently optimises its cooling performance to reduce any wasted energy.2 Faster cooling with artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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Architecture of refuge: Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response

In August 2017, escalations of extreme violence against their community—especially women and girls—forced around 700,000 Rohingya people to seek refuge in Bangladesh almost overnight. This unprecedented scale of displacement caused refuge settlements in the border areas of Ukhiya and Teknaf to explode in growth. It is presently the world’s largest collective refugee camps, with children […]

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Urban Sequoia NOW: Sequestering carbon through buildings

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At COP27’s Buildings Pavilion Auditorium, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) presented an update to their Urban Sequoia vision, introduced last year as a conceptual skyscraper that could absorb more carbon than it emits, akin to a living organism. The update, called Urban Sequoia NOW, brings the futuristic concept to be readily constructible today. RELATED: Commentary […]

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How a food kitchen reframes senior care in Singapore: GoodLife! Makan

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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Eating together brings everyone closer—and this proved to be a cherished social activity for stay-alone elderly residents in Singapore. The project Goodlife! Makan brings […]

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Enabling Village: An inclusive environment for integration

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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Disability is defined as anything that impairs—or rather, differentiates—a person’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. It may include physical, intellectual/developmental, and sensory differences. While […]

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Shenzhen Women & Children’s Centre

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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Since Shenzhen’s designation as a Special Economic Zone in the 1980s, the oft-dubbed “miracle city” has experienced a faster growth rate than almost any […]

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Lights, books and greenery at Tamagawa Takashimaya Grand Patio

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Amidst the barrage of virtual commerce, physical spaces have been offering increasingly personal and meaningful spatial experiences. This renovation of Tamagawa Takashimaya, a fifty-year-old shopping centre, transforms its spacious atrium into a cross between a library and an art gallery. It is designed as an intimate enclave that resembles a park in some places and […]

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ESPACE: A home that directs daylight

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This small two-storey, wood-frame house is tucked into a downtown residential neighbourhood in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The clients—a couple with minimalist taste and few superfluous possessions—wanted a private home on the compact lot, one that prioritised a spacious atmosphere over rooms that were physically large. The lot abuts the north side of a narrow road and […]

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SLF Primary and Secondary School: Encouraging independent learning

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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Shenzhen, the first Special Economic Zone in China, is often dubbed as the world’s ‘tech capital’ due to its rapid development of electronic manufacturing […]

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