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We Need to Talk About Air Conditioning
The City
May 29, 2019

We Need to Talk About Air Conditioning

Ken Yeang’s design for the Ganendra Art House is aggressively local, just not in the way you’d expect.

The Generic City
The City
May 25, 2017

The Generic City

The Generic City is a city free of context, history and identity. It is a blank slate, allowing its inhabitants to make of themselves what they will.

The Verandah Riots
The City
December 16, 2015

The Verandah Riots

And you thought you were passionate about architecture.

The Evolution of the Indian Palace
Material Culture
October 17, 2015

The Evolution of the Indian Palace

From intimate to imperial.

Islam-ish
Material Culture
October 10, 2015

Islam-ish

Trying to define a word can be very difficult sometimes.

Trop Picks: Durian
The Jungle
July 28, 2015

Trop Picks: Durian

Do cities die?

The Open Hand
The City
June 26, 2015

The Open Hand

The inspiration behind Moshe Safdie’s design for the Art Science Museum in Singapore: Le Corbusier’s “Open Hand” in Chandigarh?

Minka: A Single-Family Detached Home
Material Culture
May 27, 2015

Minka: A Single-Family Detached Home

The Minka or the Japanese farmhouse was one of the earliest forms of the single-family detached home.

A Building of Note: the Leeum
Material Culture
May 25, 2015

A Building of Note: the Leeum

Completed in 2004, South Korea’s Leeum was born of a Cinderella moment.

A Bit of Singapore in Sidhpur?
International Relations
May 6, 2015

A Bit of Singapore in Sidhpur?

Noting a remarkable similarity between the homes of the Dawoodi Bohras of Sidhpur and the Peranakan Chinese.

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