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I am so interested with the House PEBO (renovated house) designed by OYO, a company based in Belgium. Designed with an industrial approach within limited parameter, this housing typology is content with the basic idea of living and its connection to the environment.

An interesting proposal and presentation of future climate adaptation in architecture point of view for Ayuthaya City, Thailand by SHMA Company Limited.

First time I read about this project, it reminds me of my final year thesis that I did in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2008, which was about vertical coop for free range chickens. It was compelling exploring the need of architecture involvement in relations with chickens, at that time.

An event named, 'UNLOCK / SUPPORT' organised by SSoA in The University of Sheffield last week. Two architecture background speakers were invited and gave interesting talks related to this topic. One of them was from London based firm called 00:/, Indy Johar. During his session, he expressed that the perception and approach towards a successful architecture should be change, thus adapting with the current situation, modernisation and globalisation for social sustainability.

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The Old Bernal House is designed by San-Francisco based firm, Feldman Architecture. This 150 years old house is one of the oldest house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighbourhood and sat in disrepair for years.

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A three storey sustainable inter-terrace house located at Boon Teck Road in Singapore becomes the first completed private residence to receive the BCA Green Mark Platinum rating. Designed by DP Architects, it is aims to promote New Sustainable Typology for Landed Houses acclimatised to the tropical climate of Singapore. The architecture is driven by the principles of passive design and energy efficient systems, in order to achieve ideal indoor environmental qualities (thermal and light qualities) if required.

The Shed designed by an Australian architect, Richard Peters Associates, is a 74 sqm refurbished simple brick industrial structure, originally built in 1980. Over the past 120 years, the building used to served various functions; operated as a motorcycle repair shop, secondhand washing machine warehouse, a builder's workshop and more recently a studio for local artists.

City Cottage by Vertas Architects

Finland based practice, Vertas Architects has created the city cottage, a single family residence in Helsinki, Finland. It is a prototype for a fully functional and transportable dwelling with the area of 14msq. Located within the city limits amidst a nature preserve, inhabitants may feel removed from civilization while living a short walking or biking distance from everyday activities. Serves as a gathering and recreation place for family members, it is best suited as a retreat house during daily breaks and for the weekend.

Isang Litrong Ligwanag (A liter of light), is a sustainable lighting project which aims to bring an eco-friendly Solar Bottle Bulb to disprivillage communities nationwide. It is low cost, and easy to produce, hence improving the lifestyle and culture of its communities.

David Jamerson Architect had designed a hanging bronze and glass 'box', inhabits the backyard of a suburban home. The structure, which evokes the image of a Japanese lantern, acts as a multifunction tea house; meditation space and a stage for the family's musical recitals. After experiencing the image of the lantern as a singular gem floating in the landscpae, one is funneled into a curated procession space between strands of bamboo that is conceived to cleanse the mind and prepare one to enter the object. After ascending an origami stair, the visitor is confronted with the last natural element: a four inch thick, opaque wood entry door. At this point the visitor occupies the structure as a performer with a sense of otherworldliness meditation.

Rumah Turi is a green boutique-hotel located in Solo, the cultural heart of the island Java, Indonesia. This first eco-friendly lodging in Solo is originally a traditional family home in a village called, Turisari. Just like any other village houses, the house includes spaces such as main building that includes semi public area and a yard, a garden area and rooms. It is then been re-designed to become a compact unit without affecting the essential function of these spaces. There were some adjustment been made to the original layout of the house.

Japanese practice, Tezuka Architects has completed the project of Ring Around a Tree, a dual-propose annex building at Fuji Kindergarten, in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Located adjacent to the existing school, the structure functions as both, english-language classrooms and as a waiting station for school buses.

This stacked villa was designed by Atelier Thomas Pucher and Bramberger Architects in Tartu, Estonia. It won a first prize in the invited competition for the Tartu Rebase Street, back in the year 2006. It consists of 9 towers with 444 apartments, and to be developed on a prestigious site in Estonia's second largest city. The aim of the project is to provide each apartment the spleandour of a single villa and combine it with an advance ecological energy system. The construction then started in early 2007.

The Interlace, one of the largest and most ambitious residential developments in Singapore, presents a radically new approach to contemporary living in tropical environment. Instead of creating a cluster of isolated, vertical towers - the default typology of residential developments in Singapore - the design proposes an intricate network of living and social spaces integrated with the natural environment.

Eric Owen Moss has designed The Samitaur Tower, an information tower constructed in Culver City, California.

Nothing could be more relaxing than a secluded, waterfront gateway to a surreal tree house. This is a private guesthouse located in north of Sydney, Australia on the Bouddi Peninsular, named Pretty Beach House. The property is set high on the escarpment of Pretty Beach and nestled into the Bouddi National Park.

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