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Foster-designed Capella Resort to host historic Trump and Kim Jong-un summit

June 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Norman Foster’s snaking island resort in Singapore will provide the setting for the historic talks between US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next week. Taking place on 12 June 2018, the summit marks the first time that a North Korean leader has met with a sitting president of the United States.

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The Contemporary Home Of A Majestic Pre-War Rain Tree

May 1, 2018 HD Staff 0

This example of contemporary architecture, designed by ONG & ONG, stands within a vast lush green garden in Singapore. A colossal pre-war rain tree flourishes in its landscaped grounds with such magnificence that much of the architecture is designed around enjoying its presence, as well as other smaller and different species of tree. Whilst being […]

Students from Singapore and Kyoto design objects inspired by each other’s cities

April 19, 2018 Natashah Hitti 0

Two groups of students from Singapore and Kyoto exchanged photographs of their contrasting cities, before using them as a reference point to design 17 objects representative of the location’s character. The Exchanged Forms project was established by two professors from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) to bring

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Heatherwick Studio and KPF to design new terminal for Singapore’s Changi Airport

April 13, 2018 India Block 0

Architects Heatherwick Studio and Kohn Pedersen Fox have been appointed to design a new wing at Singapore’s Changi Airport, which will aim to challenge the “sterility and soullessness” of terminal design. The new terminal will add a passenger capacity of 50 million to one of the busiest airports in the world. There are no renders of the

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The Forever House By Wallflower Architecture + Design

April 9, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Marc Tey Photography Wallflower Architecture + Design have designed a modern house in Singapore, for a family that wanted to create their forever home. The house, which sits 13 feet (4m) above street level, has a slate covered terraced garden on either side of the garage and entryway. Photography by Marc […]

Honeycomb-patterned towers by Büro Ole Scheeren frame gardens in Singapore

March 6, 2018 India Block 0

A pair of skyscrapers with concave, honeycomb-patterned facades bracket planted plazas at Büro Ole Scheeren’s Duo development in Singapore, Malaysia. The architecture firm headed up by German architect Ole Scheeren designed the pair of glass skyscrapers to frame interlocking public spaces in the city-state’s Kampong Glam neighbourhood. At 186 metres, the tallest of the towers is entirely residential, comprising 660 apartments

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BIG and Carlo Ratti design Singapore tower with trees bursting through facade

February 12, 2018 India Block 0

Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati have started building a 280-metre-high skyscraper in Singapore, which will feature a four-storey vertical park complete with treetop cocoons. The tower, at 88 Market Street in the city-state’s financial district, will contain 29 floors of office space and 299 apartments, along with gardens spread through the building. BIG and CRA’s design shows the

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Terraced gardens echoing paddy fields fill centre of Singapore’s Marina One

November 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Snaking wooden walkways traverse a terraced garden planted with 700 trees at the heart of this tower development in Singapore’s Marina Bay by Ingenhoven Architects and landscape firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman. The Marina One development was designed by German studio Ingenhoven Architects and local firm A61 as a plant-covered “mountain”, comprising four high-rise blocks

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Dover Street Market set to open in Singapore

July 28, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons is opening the fourth branch of its Dover Street Market store in an old Singaporean army barrack. Dover Street Market Singapore is located in a building that forms part of the COMO Dempsey complex – a “lifestyle destination” filled with design-focussed shops and restaurants. The new store officially opens tomorrow,

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A Suspended Net Is Allowing People To Experience The National Museum Of Singapore From A Different Perspective

July 18, 2017 Erin 0

Atelier YokYok were commissioned by the National Museum of Singapore to create an interactive installation for the space under the main dome of the building. The designers came up with the concept of a large net that when suspended, forms the shape of an inverted dome. The net measures in at 2152 sq ft (200 […]