Interview with Burapa Prommul of TADAH Collaboration in Bangkok
Burapa Prommul is a founding Design Partner at TADAH Collaboration in Bangkok, Thailand. He previously worked in Singapore with acclaimed
Where is Amanda Levete’s 2015 MPavilion?
Since 2014, MPavilion has been Australia’s answer to the Serpentine Pavilion. Every year, an excellent architect is chosen to design
Best Airport on Earth
Doesn’t one of the best cities in the world deserve the world’s best airport? Singapore’s Changi Airport has been rated
Building the Best City on Earth
From a tiny swamp-ridden island in a mangrove tributary delta to one of the most prosperous countries in the world
Using Infrastructure to Improve Urban Environments
Singapore’s newest public park has a secret agenda- it’s actually a water treatment plant! The newly-opened Keppel Marina East Desalination
Urban Gateway
At the eastern edge of Singapore’s city centre, a unique urban assemblage takes a place of prominence on the skyline.
Singapore Skyline on the Silver Screen
Singapore‘s futuristic skyline has become a popular place for major Hollywood blockbuster movies to film, with the hyper-modern cityscape often
a 90’s Vision of the Future of Housing
Nexus World is an urban housing experiment in Fukuoka Japan, masterplanned by 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate Arato Isozaki in 1991.
The New Funan Mall is Amazing!
Experiential retail is a readily bandied buzzword these days, but I never really understood it until I visited the recently-revamped
Marina Barrage
Marina Barrage illustrates how a well crafted piece of infrastructure can become a beloved urban asset. As part of a
Metropol Parasol
I’ve always been a fan of the funky forms of J Mayer H‘s architecture and finally got a chance to
Interview: Subterranean Singapore
What ever happened to that architecture school project from university that you spent thousands of hours on? It’s probably sitting
Forest City Johor
The Singapore architecture community (and perhaps, the world) was was sceptical when Forest City was announced. This HUGE development in
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
RMIT Architecture
The campus of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia is a microcosm of the city’s exuberant architectural tectonics. The school’s facilities
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
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
Garden City Alleyways
Singapore’s forgotten urban alleyways, an ubiquitous part of everyday life within the charming shophouse districts throughout the city centre, provide
Modern Olympic Ruins in Athens
A couple years back while visiting Greece, I took a trip out to visit the site of the 2004 Athens
a Case for Building Middle-Heavy Cities
In the past century, a global proliferation of dense cities filled with high-rise towers has quickly become a dominate form
Lecture: Moshe Safdie – in Search of new Typologies
I recently saw legendary architect Moshe Safdie lecture in Singapore (at the HDB PEAK Forum) on the topic “In Search
Minimetro
I stumbled upon this awesome, minimalist public transportation themed game called MiniMetro today and was instantly obsessed. As described by the
Towards an Urban Architecture
Over the past few years, I spent a lot of time backpacking across Europe by train (my favourite method of
Funenpark Amsterdam
Any architect visiting Amsterdam should make sure to take a cycle ride (there’s no better way to explore the bike-friendly