Architecture

Thousands support campaign to save Soviet industrial 'castle' in Moscow

A drone view of the Elektrozavod factory in Moscow, Russia, in this still image from an undated video taken in 2022. Museum of Moscow Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Finnish architects’ humanist take on modernism recognised by UNESCO

The Paimio Sanatorium was designed to foster a soothing environment to help tuberculosis patients recover.

From Bahamas resort to Cairnhill: Ex-supermodel Ethel Fong designs havens for global family

Former Singapore supermodel Ethel Fong in her Cairnhill Road Art Deco conservation terrace house.

Designing buildings with maintenance features can help cut upkeep, manpower costs: Chee Hong Tat

A new BCA study, which involved four buildings in Singapore including the Surbana Jurong campus (above), assessed the benefits of the design features.

21 Carpenter reborn: How the chic Singapore hotel echoes Dear You’s love letter to Teochew diaspora

The boutique hotel is named after Carpenter Street, part of the Teochew sub-enclave within Chinatown.

Can’t get enough of Dear You? 4 spaces to track Singapore’s vestiges of the remittance letter

Teochew cinematic sensation Dear You and the dialect policy debate unfolding in Parliament have breathed new relevance into these landmarks.

From Capella to Six Senses: How Singapore is leaving its mark on Kyoto’s luxury hotel scene

Capella Kyoto (left) and Six Senses Kyoto (right).

Discover a concrete pineapple and waterless fountains in SAM’s new CBD art trail

A close-up of Sweet Water, a series of sculptures by Finbarr Fallon, at Shenton House. The artwork is part of the Singapore Art Museum’s first public art trail in Singapore’s Central Business District.

Plans for unrealised ‘Trump Castle’ surface 40 years later

The development featured six spires of varying heights with gold-leafed, coned and crenelated tops.

Renovations on historic Paris Opera house extended by three years

The 150-year-old Palais Garnier is considered an architectural jewel in Paris

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