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Inner city oasis: We visit Rivière by Aria Property and Bates Smart

Inner city oasis: We visit Rivière by Aria Property and Bates Smart

Alice Blackwood visits Rivière by Aria Property and Bates Smart, pausing for an overnight stay, to explore the sustainability principles and design innovations underpinning Rivière’s unique lifestyle proposition.

Tropical Space delivers an innovative office building in Ho Chi Minh City

Tropical Space delivers an innovative office building in Ho Chi Minh City

Designed with commitment to sustainability and featuring the integration of solid clay bricks, Premier Office seamlessly blends into the urban fabric of Tan Binh district.

5 inspiring architecture and design books that span decades of innovation

5 inspiring architecture and design books that span decades of innovation

Embark on a visual and intellectual journey through architectural excellence and rethinking of tropical living.

Artyzen Singapore presents a fresh interpretation of urban sky villa

Artyzen Singapore presents a fresh interpretation of urban sky villa

ONG&ONG and Nic Graham & Assoc . unveil a hotel experience paying homage to local heritage and tropical landscape in the middle of the bustling Orchard Road district.

Dated ‘60s house renovated into a modern family home that embraces the great outdoors

Dated ‘60s house renovated into a modern family home that embraces the great outdoors

Quod Architects designs an environmentally-sustainable ‘outdoor house’ fit for Singapore’s tropical climate, marrying nature and the man-made, present and future.

Gwen Tan on the art of living in the tropics

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.

Richards & Spence exemplifies tropical vernacular

Richards & Spence exemplifies tropical vernacular

For Ingrid Richards and Adrian Spence, Brisbane is more than just the city they call home – it’s a wellspring of inspiration. The pair reflects on lessons learnt in over a decade spent reshaping the civic identity of the Queensland capital.

Tropical Modernity At 80ADR-House By ONG&ONG

Tropical Modernity At 80ADR-House By ONG&ONG

ONG&ONG expands on the Modernist language of a house, and adapts it for a multi-generational family in Singapore.

A House Of Fitness By Goy Architects

A House Of Fitness By Goy Architects

Goy Architects designed this Singapore home for a pilates practitioner to be fit for physical activity, social engagement and environmental performance.

Richards & Spence’s jewel in the crown: The Calile Hotel

Richards & Spence’s jewel in the crown: The Calile Hotel

With the recent opening of The Calile Hotel – Richards & Spence’s latest addition to the James Street precinct they helped to revitalise – we thought it was time to sit down with the practice to explore its unique and transformative approach to design.

Colourfully inserted in the landscape: AITHM by Wilson Architects

Colourfully inserted in the landscape: AITHM by Wilson Architects

Colour and porosity play into a new medical research facility in Thursday Island, designed by Wilson Architects.