Tower as a Tree
Renowned Pritzker Prize winning architect Toyo Ito has completed yet another building in Singapore, joining VivoCity, Belle Vue Residences, Pioneer
Space Gallery
Space Furniture‘s Singapore gallery is housed within a remarkable pair of conservation buildings, a villa and a shophouse, joined together
Cesar Pelli’s Yale NUS Campus
World famous architect Cesar Pelli has designed Yale University’s new campus at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The campus
an Accessible Tropical Urban Village
The Enabling Village is an adaptive reuse of an existing nondescript building complex that has been tranformed into a tropical
CapitaLand Model Gallery
I recently had the chance to visit the amazing CapitaLand model gallery, located at the their headquarters near the top
Permeable Lattice City
You might have seen this futuristic concept for a hyper-dense, vertical-stacked city with all of the urban and green amenities
Singapore University of Technology and Design
The futuristic new Singapore University of Technology and Design campus recently opened in eastern Singapore. The educational component of the
techno-Art Nouveau Tower
Nestled within one of Singapore’s luxury residential enclaves just off Orchard Road, an understated yet finely articulated tower rises majesticallyamong
Skyline Mural
The digitally abstracted depiction of the Singapore Skyline was intended to be less figurative than conventional street art, allowing it to
a Tower for the Tropics
Rising above the hip Tanjong Pagar district in downtown Singapore is a striking crimson tower quite unlike any structure ever
i Light Marina Bay 2016
I went recently to check this year’s i Light Marina Bay, Singapore’s sustainable light art festival which will be held annually from this
Mahabodhi Monastery
Mahabodhi Monastery is a cool new building in Singapore which was shortlisted for the religious buildings category at World Architecture Festival 2015. The
a Samsung Store by OMA
Few people know that OMA (The Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas’s groundbreaking firm) designed an experiential retail store for
Singapore Indian Heritage Centre
After a Singapore Institute of Architects design competition in 2011 (which attracted a number of exciting entries) and 3 years of construction, the
Parametric Pavilion
This weekend, I went to check out The Future of Us, an interesting pseudo-architectural exhibition which features a utopian vision
Singapore’s new National Gallery
Photo by Jonathan Choe The highly anticipated National Gallery Singapore opens to the public this week as a fitting culmination
Digital Networks & the Future of Architecture
This post is the article form of a presentation urbanARCHnow was invited to give at ArchiFest Conversations 2015, a series of informal
Safdie’s Sky Habitat
At the northern fringe of urban Singapore, an unconventional structure stands out among the monotonous skyline of Bishan, a neighbourhood
50 More Stunning Houses in Singapore (#051-100)
After the popularity of my first post of 50 Stunning Singapore Houses, I thought that SG50 would be a good time to post
A New Generation of Public Housing
Singapore has long been known for it’s cutting-edge public housing program, dating back to the 1960’s when the nation’s public
Lecture: Toyo Ito in Singapore
The renowned Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito lectured in Singapore on Saturday (27 June). The lecture was held
Singapore Railway Corridor Shortlist
With the recent announcement of the 5 teams shortlisted to redesign Singapore’s Railway Corridor, the city-state has taken a major step towards
Lecture: Sou Fujimoto in Singapore
As Sou Fujimoto stepped onto the massive Star Vista stage last Tuesday (12 May 2015) in front of a roaring
Singapore’s Zaha-topia
Photo by CapitaLand d’Leedon, acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid’s first building in Singapore (not including her curvilinear masterplan design for the