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A Blank Canvas

Hong Kong Design InstituteThe Hong Kong Design Institute Building has won its architect several awards but its concept is a simple as a blank sheet of paper.

Four thousand students will decend on Tsuen Wan in Hong kong as the new design centre.  Their centre for learning is an architecturally award winning building, the commission of which was also the subject of a design competition of 162 teams from 23 countries. The winning design is based around the concept of a blank piece of paper, held aloft on four fingers of a hand.  
 

HKIA 55th Anniversary Conference: Megalopolis and Architecture

HKIA ConferenceThe Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) is proud to announce the big success with its 55th Anniversary Conference, which is held today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As one of the signature celebrations of the 55th anniversary program, the Conference was received with great enthusiasm among industrial professionals from Hong Kong and beyond and also related government bodies.

The Living Office

In one of Asia’s greenest developments sits Solaris; less of a building, more like a walk in the park.

SOLARIS is located in the research and business park in central Singapore’s onenorth community, the groundbreaking green work, live community . The building is a flagship project in the second phase of this locality. Fusionopolis is an R&D hub for Infocomm Technology, Media, Physical Sciences & Engineering industries which is intended to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in these fields. This masterplan for the visionary mixed-use development was prepared by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Architect as Educator

How the Vancouver Winter Olympics site proved that consultants are not at the mercy of their clients.

Going Low-Tech

Passive design and low-impact construction is on the rise, reports Deborah Erwin.

The heyday of prodigal building has passed. Well, at least for those regions injured by the economic downturn. There are still the Dubais and Macaus of the world, not to mention China’s multitude of overnight upstarts, which insist on creating fantastical urban landscapes with little budgetary restraint or care for environmental impacts, but, green and resource-efficient structures are on the rise and are gaining industry momentum as a research subject and branch of practice.

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