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Squares Housing in Hulu Selangor - Type C Quadruplex
I am surprised that it's been ten days since the last post! I've been busy again.But good news - all 46 units of the first phase of the Bernam Jaya Squares project have sold out...This is more...
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From BBC 29 November 2012 Last updated at 10:11 GMT Help This has been a landmark year for the world's skyscrapers. Despite the global financial crisis, 2012 saw the unveiling of Europe's new tallest...
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Nong Chik Hillside Honeycomb
This pioneer Honeycomb project is near completion.These photos are a couple of months old; in a couple of months I hope the roads, drains and landscaping will all be completed, and the residents will...
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Neighbourhoods in the Sky
Many architects are now designing sky courts or sky terraces on the upper levels of high rise apartments, creating communal spaces where children can play and parents interact with their neighbours....
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Creating a 6 storey high courtyard from where every unit is accessed
This is how the six storey high courtyard, from where every unit is accessed, is created:Two double storey apartments occupy three floors, one placed on top of the other such that access to both...
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Squares Housing, Hulu Selangor #2
TYPE C QUADRUPLEX In this development are quadruplex and duplex units. Below is one of the quadruplex housetypes. The proposed quadruplexes have large front yards. Each lot is 42’x 42’ such that the...
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Last week, Wednesday evening, I attended a talk by Malaysia's "Condo King" held by PAM (the Malaysian Institute of Architects).Dato' Tong studied architecture in Australia, came back in the sixties...
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Neighbourhoods in the Sky
Many architects are now designing sky courts or sky terraces on the upper levels of high rise apartments, creating communal spaces where children can play and parents interact with their neighbours....
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Creating a 6 storey high courtyard from where every unit is accessed
This is how the six storey high courtyard, from where every unit is accessed, is created:Two double storey apartments occupy three floors, one placed on top of the other such that access to both...
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AFFORDABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE SKY
A combination of population growth and urbanization has resulted in ever higher land cost, making it impossible for many people to afford landed property. They have to make do with apartments. The lack...
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"To live with a garden is a paramount and primeval human desire that is required to be satisfied." Christopher Mulvey, Principal of Safdie Architects talks about Moshe Safdie's dream from 40 years...
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View ArticleACSR Symposium 2014 - A private and shared garden for every high-rise resident
I've just given this talk at this Symposium in Kuala Lumpur.Dear subscriber, If you want to download the free "Honeycomb Housing" E-book, just click the subscribe me button and fill in your name and...
View ArticleThe Sky Neighbourhood Layout CTBUH Journal 2014 Issue 2
The latest issue of the CTBUH Journal is just out and an article on the Sky Neighbourhood is in it. The Sky Neighbourhood LayoutClick on the Scrbd Icon above to read on full screen Dear subscriber, If...
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PRIVATE AND SHARED GARDENS FOR HIGH RISE RESIDENTS
This article By Laura Lee came out in the 12-19th July Issue of the Malaysia Focus.Research into high-rise buildings over the last five decades has shown they are not only less suitable as traditional...
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Skygardens and Skycourts: Greening the Urban Habitat, Jason Pomeroy
This a review of The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the Urban Habitat by Jason PomeroyRoutledge, Nov 20, 2013, 304 pagesIn this scholarly book, Jason Pomeroy (an architect based in Singapore and...
View ArticleGan Hock Beng's Molecular Architecture
This is an audacious new concept for housing that plays on the possibility of a creating complex habitat from a few basic elements. MA1 - Molecular Architecture from Ma1 on Vimeo.Learn more about the...
View ArticleJan Gehl, “Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space”, 1996
Last March I had the fortune of attending a talk by Jan Gehl for at The Center for Liveable Cities in Singapore. Gehl's work stretches back to the 1970's and the first editio "Life Betnween Buildings"...
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Talk on "Skyrise Greenery: towards a private and a shared garden for every...
I'm giving a talk tomorrow for the Institute of Landscape Architects. The title is "Skyrise Greenery: towards a private and a shared garden for every high-rise resident".My talk will be two parts: I...
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Overcoming the problem of innovation in housing
A study has confirmed what many have suspected all along – that people, or specifically organizations, don’t really like new and creative ideas. What they like are the beneficial outcomes of new and...
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