Urban Redevelopment Authority
Project
When is enough, enough? Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
To be housed in the 1460 armoury building Sale d’Armi in Arsenale, Venice, this year’s Singapore Pavilion responds to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition’s theme — The Laboratory of The Future — but taking the form of a giant evolving machine that seeks to understand our true desires for how we live in the city.
Events
What’s on at Singapore Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
Happening from 20 May to 26 November, the Singapore Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale opens up dialogue about new ways of measuring and evaluating the intangibles we design to.
Ideas
Conservation and the road less travelled
Do we have to take an all-or-nothing approach when it comes to preserving our built heritage? Conservation specialist Ian Tan posits that there is a middle-ground to be found between infrastructure development and heritage protection.
Ideas
Singapore’s resilience in the face of the pandemic
How adaptable and resilient is the Master Plan 2019 set forth by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)? Indesignlive.sg investigates.
Ideas
When did placemaking become a private business matter?
For whom and for what reasons do we make ‘places’? Could a more inclusive approach to placemaking improve social connections and opportunities?
Events
URA Initiatives Encourage Broader Understanding Of City Planning And Architecture
The URA has launched its newly revamped City Gallery, the new AUDE Space, a new architectural book and more.
News
Creative Urbanisation Transforms Medellín From Violent to Creative City
Once dubbed the world’s most dangerous city, Medellín is one of Colombia’s finest today, and has been granted the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2016. Stephanie Peh reports.