Located in the central park of an artificial island off the coast of Fukuoka Japan is a stunning building by renowned architect Toyo Ito. The organic, amorphous building seamlessly blends
Toyo Ito has completed yet another building in Singapore, his second residential project. Located alongside a canalside park in Alexandra, the development consists of 3 high-rise towers and 3 low-rise
Toyo Ito has completed yet another building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. His latest structure is a sports hall for the university campus, which is known as ‘The Wave’. Most
The renowned Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito lectured in Singapore on Saturday (27 June). The lecture was held as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts at
2013 Pritzker Prize laureate Toyo Ito (with local architects RSP) has recently completed a series of student dormitory buildings, Crescent & Pioneer Halls at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in western Singapore.
Bjarke Ingels’ highly anticipated first building in Singapore, is finally starting to take shape! At 280 meters tall (51 storeys), the building is already reshaping the Singapore skyline and is
Renowned Pritzker Prize winning architect Toyo Ito has completed yet another building in Singapore, joining VivoCity, Belle Vue Residences, Pioneer & Crescent Halls at NTU, and the recently completed sports
I recently had the chance to visit the amazing CapitaLand model gallery, located at the their headquarters near the top of Capital Tower in the heart of Singapore’s CBD. CapitaLand is one
Few people know that OMA (The Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas’s groundbreaking firm) designed an experiential retail store for Samsung in Singapore! OMA states that: “Mobile devices have transformed
This post is the article form of a presentation urbanARCHnow was invited to give at ArchiFest Conversations 2015, a series of informal short presentations by speakers from various backgrounds, followed by a
As Sou Fujimoto stepped onto the massive Star Vista stage last Tuesday (12 May 2015) in front of a roaring crowd of over 3000, I couldn’t help but think of
2015 is shaping up to be an exhilarating year for Singapore’s burgeoning architectural scene, as the city-state’s 50th anniversary of nationhood converges with the completion of many cool projects, and
Can’t afford any of the 50 stunning houses that we previously featured? How about one of these cool condominiums? Beyond building boring apartment buildings, developers in Singapore have to set
I went out to Singapore’s upscale housing district along Orchard Road this weekend to check out a few new starchitect-designed condo towers which have been garnering a lot of attention
I recently made a pilgrimage to visit SANAA’s incredible Rolex Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland- and in all my travels, it was by far the most phenomenal building I have ever visited. Even
Tokyo is doubtless one of the most incredible architecture cities on earth. Check out this list of the most spectacular buildings in the city! WITHIN TOKYO St Mary’s Cathedral by
Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe La Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudi Suites Avenue Building by Toyo Ito Porta Fira Towers & Expo by Toyo Ito Fish Sculpture by Frank
Early 3d concept rendering by Toyo Ito Porta Fira Towers & Expo by Toyo Ito in Barcelona
J Mayer H Reflections at Keppel Bay by Daniel Libeskind Tatlin’s Tower by Vladmir Tatlin Marina Bay Sands by Moshe Safdie Singapore City Gallery at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
A compilation of architectural diagrams in a variety of mediums. UNStudio solar study by Ken Yeang Studio Gang (Aqua Tower) Norman Foster (South Beach Singapore) Louis Kahn + Louis Kahn
The future of architecture is under construction now in Singapore! Already one of the best architectural cities in the world (known as a 1:1 scale model for ideal urban planning),
Singapore – a tiny but prosperous island nation- has been likened to a 1:1 scale model for ideal architecture and urban design. One of the densest places on earth, the
As the global construction industry and property markets continue to fluctuate, Singaporean developers are building big, hiring internationally acclaimed starchitects and building megacondo developments with multiple towers, thousands of units,