Located on Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek, Shanghai Suhe MixC World blurs boundaries between the city’s past, present and future. The project’s starting point was rethinking commercial spaces to better integrate with their surroundings. The resulting ‘urban valley’ presents a brand-new public space in the city and sets a new benchmark for Shanghai.

Before Penang’s grande dame hotel – the Eastern & Oriental (E&O) – closed the doors of her Heritage Wing for a facelift earlier this year, works were already in place by her design professionals.

In Singapore, it is not unusual to see rows of heritage shophouses transformed into boutique hotels, be it for backpackers or luxury travellers. Most of these hotels, however, were renovated with the approach to restore or uplift the shophouses’ original exterior as well as the interior, resulting in the ubiquitous, predictable impression when staying at one of these properties.

PG Colomadu was established in 1861 during the era of Sultan Mangkunegara IV. In 1998, PTPN-IX as the manager closed the mill and left the non-functioning building. The plant, which is more than 100 years old, is considered to have a vital function when it was still operating. Accounting for its history, it is not surprising that PG Colomadu becomes one of the most important cultural heritage buildings in Karanganyar, Central Java.

Latar belakang sejarah yang kuat menjadikan bangunan Pabrik Gula (PG) Colomadu di Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah sebagai salah satu warisan cagar budaya. Setelah sekitar dua dekade berhenti beroperasi, kondisi bangunan PG Colomadu terbengkalai dan mengalami degradasi karena operasional pabrik tidak difungsikan. Hal ini mendorong Kementerian Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) untuk merevitalisasi bangunan tersebut hingga dapat difungsikan kembali dengan melakukan rebranding menjadi De Tjolomadoe.