Dear FuturArc readers, This edition is dedicated to the awarded submissions of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023 that presented sustainable ideas for a future that underscores cross-generational architecture, and in the same vein, it also explores other related stories of inclusive design. What constitutes inclusive design or designing for all? The answer is at once complex […]
Read More… from Green Awards: Cross-Generational Architecture
In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2024: Architecture for Life After, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! In land-scarce Singapore, there are limited burial options for the deceased. Ground burials in a public cemetery are generally reserved for those […]
Read More… from Garden of Peace at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery Complex
Singapore is fostering its clean energy sector as part of its climate action. Among key investments in the country-state’s clean technology (cleantech) areas include high-value manufacturing, engineering and biofuels, research and development (R&D) and regional headquarters activities.1 JTC CleanTech Three (CT3) is an example of a multi-tenant development to support the sector. It comprises eight […]
Read More… from A ‘gateway’ for clean technologies: JTC Cleantech Three by Architects 61 Pte Ltd
Rapid development in an urban context often removes the traditional features that belonged to the area. In order to honour the village structures that once stood on its site, the Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers will have a modern interpretation of traditional architecture at the heart of the mixed-use development. Located at the last empty site […]
Read More… from Recreating lost heritage at Chengdu’s Jiaozi Courtyard Towers by MVRDV
In view of carbon reduction targets, new industrial complexes need to focus on sustainability and efficiency. This is the spirit that underlies the design of Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley Headquarters, with a winning proposal by the joint team from Aedas, Shenzhen Capol International & Associates and MLA+B.V. The design is located in […]
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Waterworks is a mixed-use development in downtown Toronto that rehabilitates, conserves and expands an industrial heritage site by integrating diverse programmes—not only supporting and intensifying the life of its residents, but also the urban experience of the greater community. The programmes include food-focused retail, a fully serviced YMCA community centre, social wellness facilities, family-oriented dwellings […]
Read More… from Waterworks: An industrial heritage complex as community catalyst
Built in 1932, this building was once Kuala Lumpur’s tallest, designed by Booty Edwards & Partners (now BEP Akitek). It has taken on multiple roles—most known as being the headquarters for the Lee Rubber Company in the 1930s and also housing a tin smelting company during this period, to serving as the Japanese Secret Police […]
Read More… from Else Kuala Lumpur: Transforming a 90-year-old landmark
This project comprised a renovation of two existing buildings with two different architectural styles: a streetside café and a portion of a neoclassical wedding hall. Instead of demolishing them, the architects retained the structure, floor plates and the hall. The contrasting buildings were linked together by fluid, curved roofs made of the same material, representing […]
Read More… from A climate-suited junction: MAY Café and Bakery
Above the Sydney Harbour in Australia, a 34-hectare parkland called the Domain sprawls out on the eastern fringe of the city’s central business district. In 1958, the construction of a freeway through the Domain separated two long-standing establishments: the city’s Royal Botanic Garden (built in the 1810s) and the adjacent Art Gallery of New South […]
As of 2021, China’s countryside houses about 36 per cent of its population. The process of rural-urban migration as a result of economic reform since the late 1970s has seen a drastic decline of the agricultural livelihood that once fostered Chinese civilisation. While urbanisation has brought vast wealth to the country and lifted millions out […]
Read More… from Reimagining Heritage: Architectural Regeneration in Rural China
Lao Tze said, “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” What happens when you meet the guru of conservation and heritage to discuss the topic close to his heart? You gain some wisdom by removing common misconceptions of a subject thought to be old and staid. Far from […]
Over my nearly 20 years of living in Singapore, the city has changed almost beyond recognition. I moved here as a teenager, when Sentosa had a few ramshackle beach bars and Orchard Road had a huge green space where ION now sits. Of course, change is the only constant in Singapore and other Southeast Asian […]
Read More… from Pioneers of Tropical Living: Singapore’s ‘Middle-aged’ Condos
