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Thinking about Cool
By JJ on February 20, 2008

From theCoolhunter.net : "Our first book, the World’s Coolest Hotel Rooms,

Broadway…Bigness for the Masses!
By Darryl Wee on February 13, 2008

Metabolism started in Tokyo in the sixties, coinciding roughly with the activities of other experimental and theoretical urban cell-groups, like Archigram and its "plug-in city" projects. The Metabolists rejected orderly town-square layouts, claiming that ...

By FFW on February 7, 2008

All of us at the FiveFootWay and 5ft Creatives would like to wish all our Chinese readers a Prosperous Chinese New Year! �喜�财�

A Letter about Architectural Criticism
By Adib on February 2, 2008

Many would have read Non's Article "Culture of Criticism" and here is an article long overdue which would add on to the context of what Non is talking about. A couple of months ago, I received an email ...

Culture of Criticism: A Morning Thought
By Non Arkaraprasertkul on January 22, 2008

I woke up one morning – it was a Saturday – and checked my email before 8am as usual and found an email written to me by a presumably young and enthusiastic reader of architecture. The content ...

Rewind
By JJ on January 2, 2008

2007 was a year of massive change. Quoting Bruce Mau and the Institute without Boundaries, “Design has emerged as one of the world’s most powerful forces. It has placed us at the beginning of a ...

Reverse Your Destiny!
By Darryl Wee on December 31, 2007

Maybe your image of Tokyo coincides with one of two stereotypes, both mistaken. 1. Old, thatched and wooden dwellings with 'partitioned' space created by sliding screens and modular tatami mats; or 2. A fantastic mess of soaring and colliding ...

‘Small Projects’ at Archiforum (Part II)
By Debbie Loo on December 27, 2007

WE are back with the second instalment from our tête-à-tête with Malaysian architect, Kevin Mark Low of smallprojects. In our previous article, Kevin spoke of his design sensibilities, influences and beliefs – ...

City as Museum in Motion: Edo in Tokyo
By Darryl Wee on December 13, 2007

With the new Architecture Park, Jinhua now has its own outdoor gallery of starchitect commissions. Just like how Design has become marketed as recreation and lifestyle in a way that art once was, this may be architecture's terminal ...

Archi Forum 07: FFW meets Kevin Mark Low, Part I
By Debbie Loo on December 11, 2007

December 2007. Two days. Sixteen hours. Fourteen forum speakers. One whirlwind Networking Party to boot. Thus concluded the very virgin Archi Forum 07 - one of the key events of Singapore's inaugural Archi Fest 07: ...