A Sales Office Built Around Sourcing, Assembly and Reuse
In Hoskote, Bengaluru, Elements of Nature by Source Architecture serves as a sales and marketing office for a larger township development. The additional technical material shared with The Future Atlas places the project in a different light: a lightweight commercial prototype assembled in layers, partly reusable, and defined by a clearer material logic.
Can a Small Private Building Become a Better Urban Neighbour?
At Naka-Ikebukuro Park, KEY OPERATION’s Clerestory Garden tests a modest urban proposition: how a privately owned shop-and-residence building can respond to a hard-working public plaza through frontage, planting, light and tenant activity.
When a Cyclone Shelter Becomes a Landmark
In Kuakata, two very different projects suggest that resilience depends not only on structural safety, but on whether a building is known, trusted and folded into community life.
Exclusive Interview: Vicky Chan on Designing for Real Need
Interview/Sustainability Exclusive Interview: Vicky Chan on Designing for Real Need A lightly edited transcript of a Zoom conversation with Vicky Chan, founder of Vicky Chan + Partners. Candice Lim Award-winning architect Vicky Chan has worked across architecture, landscape, sustainability, education and community-centred design. I first knew Vicky some years ago, when he was invited as […]
Architecture of Reused Materials
Architecture/Sustainable Materials/Design Futures Architecture of Reused Materials Candice Lim When I came across Dhammada Collective’s The Tube Chair project, I was reminded of other similar projects that I have featured in the past in architectural magazines. In this case, the one that immediately struck a chord was Shigeru Ban’s architectural masterpieces—some of his most notable […]
Living Spaces, Living Traditions
Architecture/Cultural Identity/Tradition Living Spaces, Living Traditions Vernacular Architecture and Indonesia’s Cultural Soul Anton Adianto Across Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago—where mountains meet mangroves and cultures bloom like orchids—vernacular architecture stands as a quiet sentinel of identity. These dwellings are not merely shelters but stories, etched in wood and earth, woven through space, and whispered through generations. As […]
