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Colin Seah on creative amnesia and designing social universes
Colin Seah discusses the philosophy behind crafting meaningful social spaces, the importance of emotional intent in architecture, and how “creative amnesia” helps his studio stay ahead of trends.
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The Standard Singapore wins The Social Space at the INDE.Awards 2025
The Standard, Singapore by Ministry of Design has been crowned winner of The Social Space at the INDE.Awards 2025. Redefining hospitality with a lush and immersive experience, The Standard celebrates both community and connection.
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Rowena Hockin: Designing with Place and Purpose
Rowena Hockin discusses her journey into design, the philosophy behind BAR Studio’s work and the inspirations driving two of its recent standout projects: Capella Sydney and The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne.
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Coffee and the experiential
IDIN Architects creates another spectacular project following its win in The Social Space category at the 2024 INDE.Awards.
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Shortlist revealed – The Social Space
The shortlist of The Social Space category in the 2023 INDE.Awards showcases the very best places and spaces to meet and mix, with design that leads the way in creativity.
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The big reveal: 2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist is here!
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, and boy does it live up to expectations! See the very best of Indo-Pacific architecture and design, with the 2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist reveal.
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Announcing the best in Indo-Pacific architecture and design: The 2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist revealed!
See the very best of Indo-Pacific architecture and design with the annual shortlist release.
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The time is now! Enter the 2023 INDE.Awards
There’s no time like the present to finalise your submission for the 2023 INDE.Awards. Take this opportunity to enter the INDEs and make your design voice heard.
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Entries extended! Your final weeks to enter the 2023 INDE.Awards
Missed the entry window for the INDE.Awards? Fear not! Entries extended until April 6.
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Wood Pavilion #1 wins The Social Space at 2022 INDE.Awards
Situated near a river and designed as a gathering place for people to meet and contemplate life, the winner of the 2022 INDE.Awards, The Social Space, explores more that sociability but space and the surrounding environment as well.
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Space for the spirit: Wood Pavilion is the Social Space of 2022
Situated near a river and designed as a gathering place for people to meet and contemplate life, Wood Pavilion #1 has been named The Social Space of 2022.
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Chris Connell’s award-winning design for HERO ACMI
HERO ACMI the winning project in The Social Space at the 2021 INDE.Awards is a refined and pared back restaurant designed by Chris Connell Design.
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Have social spaces gone to the dark side?
This year’s INDE.Awards shortlisted entries for The Social Space fall into two different “genres” of design: dark, evocative spaces, or light, biophilic expanses.
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2021 INDE.Awards: The Social Space Shortlist
The Social Space category in the 2021 INDE.Awards showcases the very best social and hospitality spaces.
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Places to Connect
The Social Space category in the 2021 INDE.Awards showcases the very best social and hospitality spaces
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Third space found hidden within adaptive reuse project
Known for their talent in adaptive re-use, Linehouse brings new vision to an under-utilised indoor pool at Jing’an Kerry Centre in Shanghai.
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Hospitality at its Best
If the last months have proved anything it is that social interaction and connectivity are vital to our well being. Finding a place to meet or a space to interact is proving to be the vital chain in the link to a normal life and it also helps to unite us in the changing world of today.
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A Social Space With A Message By H&P Architects
S Space in Dong Van, Vietnam, is much more than a cultural and coffee space. The winner of the INDE.Awards 2019 Social Space category (partnered by Woven Image) is also a statement about unchecked development and loss.
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INDE.Awards 2018 Gala: The Night That Brought APAC A&D Together
‘Community’ was the dominant theme at the INDE.Awards 2018 Gala in Singapore. It was a celebration of outstanding design, architecture, material and culture as well as an opportunity to knit together a stronger fabric for our regional industry.
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INDE.Awards 2018 Gala: The night that brought APAC A&D together
‘Community’ was the dominant theme at the INDE.Awards 2018 Gala in Singapore. It was a celebration of outstanding design, architecture, material and culture as well as an opportunity to knit together a stronger fabric for our regional industry.
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Who came out on top? Presenting your INDE.Awards Winners for 2018
The wait is over! Couldn’t make it to INDE.Awards Gala on 22 June in Singapore? Don’t fret! Here are your official 2018 winners …
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The INDE.Awards Social Space: What Even Is ‘Social Design’?
Say hello to your shortlist for The Social Space 2017 – celebrating design that imaginatively brings people together. These are impressive spaces where we interact and play. But what about these projects makes them ‘social’?
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The Sticky Campus: Why Education Is Getting ‘Social’
At a time when nearly everything is online – including lecture notes and research material that could previously only be found at the library – it’s more important than ever to create campuses at which students actually want to spend time. Such is the importance of this issue that a term has even been coined to define it: The Sticky Campus – a place where students choose to be rather than have to be.
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The INDE.Awards Social Space: What Even Is ‘Social Design’?
Say Hello to your Shortlist for The Social Space 2017 – celebrating design that imaginatively brings people together. These are impressive spaces where we interact and play. But what about these projects makes them ‘social’?