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Wellington-based architectural photographer Andy Spain shares his top five houses to shoot and revels in some favourite work stories.
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Located on a well-known world heritage site in Penang, the Edison George Town takes its place in a former Hokkien tycoon’s Anglo-Chinese mansion built in the early 20th century.
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In the northeastern part of Kuala Lumpur, real estate development with semi-detached houses were the norm for some twenty years ago. Although houses were built with quite a spacious outdoor area for each lot, the division of the outdoor and indoor area were apparent. Eleena Jamil Architect had the chance to renovate one of these units and create better connection of the house interior with its surrounding.
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The strong historical background makes PG Colomadu (Colomadu Sugar Cane Mill) plants in Karanganyar, Central Java, a cultural heritage. After stopping operation for about two decades, the plant was abandoned, and the building was degraded since there were no industrial activities. This prompted Kementrian BUMN (the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises) to revitalize the building by rebranding it to be “De Tjolomadoe”.
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Nowadays, cafes have become a part of the everyday for almost everyone. Apart from gathering and eating, it is a place to indulge in social media activities or just to take a break from one’s daily routine. In a city like Jakarta, cafes are also a spot to escape from the heat. Therefore, café designs in the city place greater priority on spacious and comfortable air-conditioned indoors with little outdoor space.
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Two years ago, when MRT Jakarta and many of the now-opened public spaces in the city had not yet existed, the idea of hanging out and strolling in some parks was deemed peculiar. With most of the public parks in Jakarta being gated, rarely maintained and poorly lit in the evening, parks were not the place of choice for people to spend their time.
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Standing at 290 metres above street level, this mixed-used development is the tallest building in Singapore at the moment. With its location flanked by the heritage rows of shophouses in Tanjong Pagar, this skyscraper stands out prominently on an urban scale.
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The Lycée Francais de Singapour (LFS) is an educational institution catering to Singapore’s French community. This project is a new primary school extension to the existing secondary school on an adjacent site.
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In order to fulfil the need for more learning space with an ever-growing number of students, Universitas Jenderal Ahmad Yani (UNJANI) completed a new building for the Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIP).
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Buchan has worked on large retail projects across New Zealand and Australia including Ballantynes in Christchurch, Invercargill Central and Hamilton's Centre Place. Here, principals Phil Schoutroup and Emma Ridings and client and new business lead Rachel Herzberg explore what the future of retail design might look like in a post-COVID world.
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The front door to this villa in Grey Lynn might look typical, but it’s a portal to another time and place.
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Unashamedly modern, bold and timeless is the Balmain House in New South Wales- designed by Bokor Architecture and interiors. The heritage listed Victorian workers terrace received renovations to accommodate for a growing family.
