South House Tale
South House Tale
South House Tale

Md Al Amin Sohan

The Architect as a Scientist: New Materials Emerging Between Science and Design

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White Tower / Studio Benjamin Dillenburger + Michael Hansmeyer. Image © Girts Apskalns What is architecture? For some, its traditional role is to bring together imagination, technical knowledge, and problem-solving, allowing architects to design and construct while balancing ideas with the means to realize them. From the stone and wood of early buildings to the … Read more

Centre Pompidou to Close for Five-Year Renovation Led by Moreau Kusunoki and Frida Escobedo

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Centre Pompidou. Image © Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Flickr CC BY 2.0 The Centre Pompidou in Paris, designed in 1971 by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, is closing for a major transformation that will take five years. Following an international competition, the renovation has been entrusted to Moreau Kusunoki, in collaboration with Frida Escobedo Studio, alongside … Read more

Provisional Governance: How Temporary Projects Reshape Cities

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Temporary Site of Shengli Market / LUO studio. Image © Weiqi Jin Urban policymakers and developers increasingly brand projects as temporary, piloting pop-up parks, art installations, and interim structures across global cities. Initiatives are often framed as experimental interventions that activate vacant sites. In practice, however, they frequently serve as provisional strategies to manage underutilized … Read more

Hybrid Craft: 5 Pedestrian Bridges Reimagining Natural Materials across Asia

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Boat crossing Timber Bridge in Gulou Waterfront by LUO studio. Image © Weiqi Jin Transcending their role as mere infrastructure, bridges have long served as powerful architectural statements. This expressive potential is now being explored with renewed vigor across South-East Asia, where a growing number of architects are re-evaluating traditional materials. By championing wood and … Read more