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When Comfort Matters Most: Palliative Care ‘In Conversation’
Creating an environment in which to care for people with life-limiting illnesses brings fundamental aspects of comfort into focus. For Cubes 86, Narelle Yabuka spoke with the CEO and the architect of palliative care centre Assisi Hospice about its high-density new building.
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Cubes Issue 86: Are You Comfortable?
The June/July issue of Cubes hits the shelves and asks, ‘Are you comfortable?’ It’s worth taking a minute to think about it…
Events
Cubes Indesign Issue 84: A Sneak Peek
Produce Workshop’s process of making a rippling, soaring plywood installation for Xtra; young architects talk about setting up their own studios; and much more in our upcoming issue.
People
Ron Arad on the Secret to Curing Boredom
In this Cubes Indesign interview, Ron Arad discusses the trajectory of his multidisciplinary practice.
Events
Cubes Indesign: Issue 83 Out Now
The unique experience of WOHA’s Oasia Hotel Downtown; houses that affect through space and form; and much more in our latest issue.
Ideas
Cubes Indesign: Issue 82 Out Now
Today’s shifts in workplace design; the rise of co-working; radical retail design; a fresh take on elements of traditional tropical houses; and much more in our latest issue.
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WEAVING GREEN
LAUD Architects capitalised on the therapeutic quality of greenery for the Agape Village training centre, making vegetation an integral part of the architecture. Felicia Toh writes for Cubes Indesign.
Articles
CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 81 OUT NOW
Innovations in public housing; a hotel for those with a millennial mindset; an expression of the future direction of the public library; the integration of vegetation and architecture; and much more in our latest issue.
People
Sou Fujimoto: Something New, Something Old
During a brief visit to Singapore to serve as a juror for President’s Design Award 2016, Sou Fujimoto talks to Asih Jenie of Cubes Indesign about his recently completed projects in the region, cross-discipline collaborations, and his continuous search for something new.
People
The New, The Old And The Subconscious
We extend our Cubes Indesign issue 80 coverage of the Salone del Mobile in Milan with Naoto Fukasawa’s thoughts and his latest work for Magis.
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CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 80 OUT NOW
A factory building forged with a concern for human experience; tales of products, people and new connections from the Salone del Mobile 2016; perspectives on design in Asia; and much more in our latest issue.
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CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 79 OUT NOW
An inclusive, green public space forged from a former training institute campus; a conversation about participatory design; a rare inclusive preschool; open-ended design processes; and much more in our latest issue.
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OLD THINGS IN A NEW NATION
For the public seating at National Gallery Singapore, Lekker upcycled old replica furniture by sectioning and marrying selected parts to newly designed components – a fitting approach for an institution where preservation meets contemporary contemplation. Stephanie Peh extends our Cubes Indesign issue 78 coverage of the Gallery with this story.
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CRAFTING A HUMAN-CENTRIC EXPERIENCE
For Cubes Indesign 77, we visited fast-casual restaurant Grain Traders and experienced its holistic design crafted by ONG&ONG Experience Design Studio. Here we dive deeper into the studio’s design process via its new book. Stephanie Peh reports.
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IRONICALLY TWINNED
In Cubes Indesign issue 76, we explored RT+Q’s award-winning House with Bridges – a dramatic structure on a difficult site. Here we look at a work that took a very different design direction. Narelle Yabuka reports.
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CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 76 OUT NOW
A conversation about the changing hospitality industry; an award-winning house by RT+Q Architects; a mature design personality for Twitter’s Asia Pacific HQ courtesy of Siren Design; a contemporary take on the monastery by Multiply Architects; the diverse portfolio of eco.id; and much more in our latest issue.
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CUBES INDESIGN: ISSUE 75 OUT NOW
ipli Architects continue their introspective approach to residential architecture; Safdie Architects and DCA Architects reinvent high-density living at Sky Habitat; UNStudio and DP Architects support SUTD’s cross-disciplinary pedagogy with spaces of constant connection; A discussion about the tides of practice in Singapore; All the happenings from Singapore Indesign Intimate 2015, and more to be found in this issue.
Ideas
Cubes Indesign: Issue 73 Out Now
Suying Metropolitan Studio blends modernist inclinations with a tropical sensibility; We visit the new collaboratively designed co-working space at The Working Capitol; A look at the urban space at Asia Square; The art in the architecture of Aamer Taher.
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Cubes Indesign: Issue 72 Out Now
Formwerkz considers urban density on a small scale; A detailed look at the Singapore Sports Hub; Rethinking the Singapore Exchange office with SCA Design; Linghao and architecture of the thoughtful, honest kind.
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Cubes Indesign: Issue 69 Out Now
Christian Louboutin brings its obsession with detail to its Singapore store; Oyster bar Luke’s reinstates craft in interiors; MKPL Architects continues its quest for diversity. These are just some of the highlights to be found in this latest issue of Cubes Indesign.
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Design Students in Singapore Go Underground
In Cubes Indesign C68’s Coda ‘In the Drawer’ series where we highlight unrealised projects, we’ve featured a graduating project from Singapore Polytechnic’s Diploma in Interior Design course. Here Luo Jingmei finds out more about the other studio projects that tackle living, working and playing underground.
Ideas
Cubes Indesign: Issue 68 Out Now
The latest edition of Cubes Indesign looks at the flurry of design shows in recent months, new design collaborations, and architectural projects with a difference.
Events
Green Space 2014 Launch
Three Emeco installations by Axis.Point Design, studiogoto, and IMAJIN with Facetnating Brothers were unveiled on 23 April at Space Asia Hub as part of the Green Space project – a partnership between Space Furniture and Cubes Indesign.
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Cubes Indesign: Issue 67 Out Now
The latest issue of Cubes Indesign features projects like W Architects’ The Oliv, the new Credit Suisse office in Singapore, as well as a look at landscape architecture firm Salad Dressing’s practice.
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Central + Satellite Locations: Putting Design First
The Central design precinct and two satellite locations were key to the full Hong Kong Indesign®: The Event experience.
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Makk Architects – Eng Kong Road House
Architect Lee May Anne of Makk Architects shared with us some of her ideas and methodologies in Cubes Indesign C64. Here, a brief view into one of her projects. Story by Luo Jingmei.