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L Architects uses double-bullnose bricks to create flat that “plants would enjoy”

November 21, 2025 Tirthika Shah 0

Double-bullnose brick referencing the older parks of Singapore informed the renovation of In a Park, a flat redesigned by architecture studio L Architects. Located in Singapore’s Hougang neighbourhood, the 98-square-metre (1,054-square-foot) flat was designed for a couple who began gardening during the Covid lockdown and wanted to refresh their home to accommodate an expanding collection of

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WOHA combines aluminium extension and Singapore remittance house for 21 Carpenter hotel

October 8, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio WOHA has added a perforated-aluminium extension to a 1930s building to create a hotel that is “very mindful of the history” in Singapore. Named 21 Carpenter, the hotel is located on the edge of Singapore’s Chinatown area in a refurbished building that was built in 1936 as a place where Chinese labourers could

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“Hotel in nature” in Singapore named Best Tall Building Worldwide

October 2, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The 23-storey Pan Pacific Orchard skyscraper in Singapore by architecture studio WOHA has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s award for the world’s best new tall building. Set in the city’s Orchard Road district, the 350-room hotel has four large planted terraces cut into the building’s rectangular form. The Council on Tall

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Mould growing on Toyo Ito-designed “largest wooden building in Asia”

August 30, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Mould is growing on Gaia, a mass-timber business school in Singapore that was completed last year for the Nanyang Technological University by Japanese architect Toyo Ito and Singapore-based studio RSP Architects. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) claimed the 43,500-square-metre school was “the largest wooden building in Asia” in terms of the volume of timber used when it

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Ministry of Design’s Workshop is a collaborative space for post-Covid working

August 13, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. With the MOD Workshop, studio founder Colin Seah set out to create a different type of workspace from Ministry of Design’s award-winning Bar Code office, which the practice occupied from 2010 to 2023.

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Wallflower Architecture + Design wraps plant-filled timber lattice around Singapore home

March 7, 2024 Katie Last 0

A lattice facade and tropical plants wrap around the walls of this home, which local studio Wallflower Architecture + Design has created alongside Singapore Botanic Gardens. Named Touching Eden House, the home was designed to celebrate the surrounding greenery and is enveloped in a dark timber lattice. “The inspiration behind this design was the concept

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OMA juxtaposes orange-steel cylinder with modernist building for Singapore restaurant

March 4, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio OMA has transformed a modernist building in Singapore into the Air Circular Campus and Cooking Club, adding a cylindrical orange steel frame encompassing a bar and kitchen. Aiming to create a dining experience that encourages visitors to think about food and its connection to the environment, OMA altered the 1970s building and added outdoor

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A Lot Of Plants Have Been Integrated Into The Design Of This Home In Singapore

January 21, 2024 Erin 0

Wallflower Architecture + Design has sent us photos of a home they recently completed in Singapore, that features an exterior covered in plants. The house, cloaked in vines and vegetation, and nestled among lush green overgrowth, stands at the edge of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and was designed to have natural elements seamlessly integrated into […]

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A Rain Tree Became The Centerpiece Of This Home’s Design

December 12, 2023 Erin 0

Guz Architects has shared photos of a modern home they designed in Singapore, that was conceived as a multigenerational family house arranged around a large garden and an old rain tree which was protected and preserved. The architects included passive cooling measures, which were integrated into the design of the house with large overhanging roofs […]

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WOHA cuts garden terraces supported by green columns into Pan Pacific Orchard hotel

November 1, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio WOHA has created a “garden hotel” in Singapore with planted and pool terraces cut into the building’s rectangular form. WOHA described Pan Pacific Orchard as a “distinctive garden hotel and green icon” aiming to celebrate nature and offer verdant views on all floor levels. Each terrace has a different theme – beach, garden and

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