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Pritzker Prize Winner Riken Yamamoto on Designing for the Community
The 2024 laureate speaks to us at Singapore Archifest about good design and how we can make cities work
An Industrial Building Becomes an Onyx-Clad Vaulting Facility
An adaptive reuse project by Monolab Studio has transformed an old warehouse into one of the world’s highest-capacity vault facilities for precious metals
Asia in Venice: Mapping Asia’s Presence at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
As the Venice Biennale contemplates design strategies for adapting to the intractable effects of climate crises, Asian architects look inward to the complexities and richness of their region that have informed decades of intelligent city-making practices
Ginza Sony Park Reimagines the Public Park for Tokyo
Reviving the spirit of its 1966 predecessor, the newly opened Ginza Sony Park redefines the public park as a fluid, multi-level space for art, culture and community in the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district
How a Former Factory Canteen in Ahmedabad Becomes a Bright Office
Design firm Compartment S4 balanced history, functionality and sustainability to honour this building’s industrial past while creating a workplace fit for the future
A Singular Urban Escape in Central Bangkok
Bangkok design firm Ekar Architects has created an extraordinary multigenerational dwelling across nine buildings on a sprawling green space in central Bangkok
All Aboard for Sydney’s New Barangaroo Station
Part of the new Sydney Metro City line, Barangaroo Station is a landmark underground railway station designed by Foster + Partners and Architectus
The Untapped Potential of Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain
Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain winds its way over the city, where pedestrians and street economies exist on the ground and luxury malls and development soar up above — but it also presents new possibilities for urban mobility in the Thai capital.
Geometric Volumes and Exposed Concrete Define this Semarang Home
This Semarang home is characterised by a sense of rhythm and geometry thanks to the exposed concrete and brick, layered volumes and voids and ramps. Indonesian architect Wiyoga Nurdiansyah shares more about his project
Innit Lombok Is a Design-Led Approach to Hospitality
Bali’s neighbour has a new designer destination courtesy of Indonesian studios andramatin and d-associates
Step Inside Notorious
In Jalandhar, new bar Notorious is a mash-up of tropical rooftop cabana bar and sultry speakeasy. Dheeraj Bajaj, founder and principal architect of Studio Dashline, shares more about his team’s approach to the project
One Za’abeel Adds to Dubai’s Skyline and Hospitality Offering
The new building is marked by its distinctive cantilever, but is intended to become much more
MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando Celebrates Its Environs
Melbourne's MPavilion celebrates its tenth annual commission with Japanese Pritzker Prize laureate Tadao Ando’s first built structure in Australia. Design Anthology speaks with Ando about his elegant concrete pavilion
Building on the Family Home
In Saitama, Tokyo-based Unemori Architects designed this family home by reworking existing structures built by one generation to become a new dwelling for the next. Here studio founder Hiroyuki Unemori shares more
Studio Hashimura Redesigns Historic Nao Washi Paper Mill
Studio Hashimura has redesigned the historic Nao Washi Paper Mill in the mountains of Nao in Saga Prefecture
The Fight for Sam Yan Shrine
In central Bangkok, the looming demolition of a Chinese shrine on university land is exposing ideological fault lines between powerless communities and profit-hungry developers
A Creative Studio Designed for Hybrid Work
Architecture and interior design firm via.’s new Hong Kong office sees a former industrial space transformed into a hybrid environment that encourages creative exchange. Here founder and architect Frank Leung tells us more
A Home Opened up to Nature
Architect Fabian Tan renovated this home to open up to nature while meeting the various needs of the family. Here Tan shares more about his approach to the project
A Bali Family Home Celebrating Togetherness
On the coast of Bali, Jakarta-based architectural studio ASIMAPRA designed a contemporary family villa that aims to foster closeness and privacy. Studio founder Andre Simapranata shares more about the project
A Responsive Family Home
In Victoria’s Brown Hill, local architecture firm Eldridge Anderson created a durable family home that embraces its natural terrain while responding to its owners’ lifestyle. Co-founders Jeremy Anderson and Scott Eldridge share more about the project