Formwerkz

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7 outstanding projects win big at SIA Architectural Design Awards 2023
This year’s winning projects mirror the escalating diversity of talent and innovative specialisations among architects in Singapore.

Events
Design Conversation: Sustainable development in the furniture industry
What can be done to reduce the environmental impact of the furniture industry? Three industry professionals share their thoughts, initiatives, and aspirations for a greener industry..

People
Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics
Gwen Tan is an architect with an illustrious career, designing homes that not only make a statement in their manipulation of form, but also in the way they respond to the owners, “adapting and evolving” over time.

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3 Singapore homes that utilise concrete to great effect
See how architects reinterpret the tropical house with concrete as an endearing protagonist.

Events
Archifest 2019 Festival Director Alan Tay On Craft And Its Marginalisation
Archifest 2019 opens tonight! We find out more from this year’s Festival Director Alan Tay on the theme ‘Craft’ and its relevance and marginalisation within the context of Singapore’s architecture.

Events
More Exhibitors Are Joining Us For Saturday Indesign – Are You?
They come fashionably late(r) and just in time! Here are the latest brands that are joining us for Saturday Indesign! Have you registered? Here are more things that you shouldn’t miss!

Events
Here Are The Recipients Of SIA Architectural Design Awards 2019
SIA bestowed six Design Awards and 15 Honourable Mentions across six new categories in this year’s SIA Architectural Design Awards at the Resort World Sentosa.

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Marking The Passing Of Time At Formwerkz’s Grotto House
Is it the antidote to Singapore’s culture of newness? The reticent shell of the Grotto House by Formwerkz Architects disguises a dramatic, richly textured interior of framing and layering.

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From The INDE Shortlist: Cloister House By Formwerkz Architects And S H MOK
In Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Formwerkz Architects and S H MOK reinterpret traditional courtyards and vernacular tropical forms with a vast cloistered home.

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Living Expanses at the Verandah House by Formwerkz Architects
What happens when the indoor-outdoor boundary is dissolved? Formwerkz Architects create expansive, continuous spaces for a family in a Singapore neighbourhood without maximising the floor area. Here’s a glimpse of our Cubes 86 feature!

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The Ramp House
Ramps that slope around the periphery of a family house is a central driver of this residential project.

Events
Designers reveal the ‘Future’ in Tanjong Pagar
At Singapore Indesign, creative teams from the architecture and design industry will collaborate with commercial suppliers to explore this year’s Project theme, ‘Future’.

Articles
North Canal Road Office by Formwerkz Architects
In Cubes Indesign C65, we featured Formwerk Architects’ dynamic Diamond House. Here in Cubes Extras, the architecture firm’s similar manipulation of light and space results in a gentle re-interpretation of the traditional shophouse typology. Luo Jingmei reports.