Articles Tagged with ''Singapore''

Bigger! Faster! Urbanism in Asia

May 16, 2012

Two new books take on the complex and timely topic of contemporary urbanism in Asia.

Dhoby Ghaut Green

Inserting a sinuous amphitheater and a rectilinear caf' pavilion into an existing park, Soo Chan brings new life to the public realm.

Clifford A. Pearson

May 16, 2011

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Inserting a sinuous amphitheater and a rectilinear café pavilion into an existing park, Soo Chan brings new life to the public realm.

Clifford A. Pearson

January 16, 2011

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Ole Scheeren After 15 years at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture—eight years as a partner—Ole Scheeren has split from Rem Koolhaas and set up his own firm. The new practice, called Büro Ole Scheeren, is based in Beijing (where Scheeren has lived for the past six years) and Hong Kong (where he has been a visiting professor at Hong Kong University since January 2010). He brings with him as a partner Eric Chang, an American architect who had worked at OMA in Beijing. At OMA, the German-born Scheeren spearheaded the design and construction of the China Central Television Station (CCTV)

iluma

WOHA and RealU craft a crystalline hybrid.

Robert Such

May 19, 2010

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Touted as singapore’s first Urban entertainment complex, the recently completed iluma project by WOHA takes a radically different approach to the kind of lighting found elsewhere in the Asian city-state, using a media facade designed to mesh artistic creativity and commercial interests in a developing arts and heritage district.

WOHA iluma Lighting Projects

Robert Such

May 19, 2010

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Project Specs iluma Singapore WOHA << Return to article the People Architect: WOHA 29 HongKong Street Singapore 059668 T: 65-6423-4555 F: 65-6423-4666 Wong Mun Summ (registered architect) Richard Hassell (registered architect) Chan Ee Mun (registered architect) Dhamaraj Subramaniam Ang Chow Hwee Lim Yin Chao Lim Yee Sze (registered architect) Alen Low Architect of record: WOHA Interior designer WOHA Consultant(s) Landscape: ICN Design International Lighting: Lighting Planners Associates Inc. Acoustical: Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte Ltd Other: Civil and Structural: LBW Consultants Mechanical & Electrical: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte. Ltd. Media Façade Design: Realities United Gmbh Façade Consultant: Arup Façade Engineering Fire

Despite Its Diminutive Stature, Singapore Booms

Robert Such

August 20, 2008

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Singapore might be the smallest country in Southeast Asia, but that isn’t stopping the 272-square-mile city-state from trying to become a big player in the global financial marketplace.

The National Museum of Singapore

W Architects and Lighting Planners Associates look skyward at the National Museum of Singapore.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

February 19, 2008

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Singapore may be a tiny city-state, but its rich culture incorporates multiple ethnic groups, and its complex history stretches over several centuries.

National Museum of Singapore Collection

Lightemotion uses illumination as scenography for the National Museum of Singapore's collection.

David Sokol

February 19, 2008

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A major renovation and expansion of the National Museum of Singapore by Singapore-based W Architects presented a tabula rasa for light designers at Lightemotion and exhibition designers from GSM Group.

The National Museum of Singapore Lighting Collection Project Portfolio

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

February 19, 2008

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Project Specs National Museum of Singapore Collection Singapore Lightemotion and GSM Design Expositions Associates.

Singapore Scotts Tower

Andrew Yang

July 16, 2007

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OMA's Beijing Office Designs Residential Tower for Singapore Three years after establishing its Beijing office, the Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has announced the first project spearheaded entirely by this branch: Singapore Scotts Tower, a 36-story, 68-unit condominium tower for the Far East Organization, Singapore’s largest private development company. Image: Courtesy OMA OMA’s Beijing office has designed Singapore Scotts Tower, a 36-story, 68-unit condominium building in Singapore. By eliminating most of the lower floors, OMA created a residential tower where essentially only top floors exist. Designed by partner Ole Scheeren and associate Eric Chang—both veterans of OMA’s Prada projects—the

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