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G8A designs a series of nature-themed pizza restaurants in Ho Chi Minh

G8A designs a series of nature-themed pizza restaurants in Ho Chi Minh

Along with the food, recycled timber shingles, bamboo and reclaimed bricks rendered in eye-catching ways are the highlight in these three pizza joints.

G8A’s Manuel Der Hagopian believes in public housing

G8A’s Manuel Der Hagopian believes in public housing

Manuel Der Hagopian of G8A believes that public housing is necessary to maintain social balance. And he says good architecture which serves people is borne of a deep understanding of time and place.

Manuel Der Hagopian: Public housing advocate

Manuel Der Hagopian: Public housing advocate

Manuel Der Hagopian of G8A believes that public housing is necessary to maintain social balance and that good architecture which serves people is borne of a deep understanding of time and place.

First factory in Vietnam with naturally ventilated manufacturing halls

First factory in Vietnam with naturally ventilated manufacturing halls

How can architecture positively impact less-than-ideal manufacturing practices in developing countries? With Jakob Factory, Rollimarchini Arkitekten and G8A Architects propose a new factory typology that puts an emphasis on the well-being of the people and the land.

The standards, aspiration and innovation of Singapore public housing

The standards, aspiration and innovation of Singapore public housing

What do we want from our public housing? And more importantly, what do we—as consumers and citizens—need from it? The answers are evolving with institutional and private-sector innovation.

Local Luxury: G8A Creates Contextual Retail Spaces For Vietnamese Brand Hanoia

Local Luxury: G8A Creates Contextual Retail Spaces For Vietnamese Brand Hanoia

Can the experience of a luxury brand be distinctly local? G8A Architecture & Urban Design expresses the Hanoia brand in a trio spaces characteristic of Vietnam.

SIA Conference 2018 Recap Part 2: ‘Design For Environment’ And ‘Design For Life’

SIA Conference 2018 Recap Part 2: ‘Design For Environment’ And ‘Design For Life’

More architects addressed the fundamentals of their creative efforts in part two of our recap of this year’s Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Conference, held during Archifest.