CHIANG MAI / A contemporary vernacular home aptly named “Baan Suan Athisthan” stands surrounded by lush green trees and bushes in Chiang Mai. It’s a living space that merges traditional knowledge and skills with modern design principles, technology and materials. The result is a well-thought-out two story house plan filled with style and personality, plus useful features fitting perfectly in a coherent whole.
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Baan Suan Athisthan: A Contemporary Vernacular Home in Sync with Nature and Community Life
November 30, 2023
HOUSE / LIVING
LAAB Is More: A Small Living Space That’s Anything but Ordinary
CHIANG MAI / This humble abode in Chiang Mai is nestled in a residential compound shared by relatives living in ten separate households. The new home on a budget is the brainchild of Studio Sifah, a homegrown architectural practice admired for their knowledge of the social and cultural environment in the Northern Region and ability to apply that information in a meaningful way.
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The Pusayapuri Hotel: Redefining U-Thong Architecture from a Modern Perspective
SUPHAN BURI / It was like a journey back in time as we visited U-Thong, home of the Pusayapuri Hotel that has become a new landmark in the western part of Suphan Buri Province. The town in itself is rich in history, having been the origin of the Ayutthaya Kingdom dating back more than 2,000 years. It became a district of Suphan Buri during the reign of King Rama V in 2448 B.E. (1905), later renamed U-Thong in 1939.
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Blackbird Hotel: Hotel in Bandung Enlivened by a Round Honeymoon Suite Trio
BANDUNG / The new extension, aptly called “The Drum Rooms” for its likeness to a set of percussion instruments, is the pride of the Blackbird Hotel located in the major West Java city. Occupying 200 square meters of land inside the hotel compound, the trio of round shaped rooms offer opportunities to discover stimulating new experiences in travel in the form of innovative design in synch with the rhythm of nature.
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Catching a Glimpse of War Memorials Across Southeast Asia
SEA / Wars have the potential to bring destruction, death and losses, not to mention physical and mental injuries. In this presentation, we take a look at war memorials across Southeast Asia, ones that inspire people to be cognizant of the turbulent past, live in the present and look to the future.
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THE ETHNIC NYAH KUR PEOPLE OF ISAN REVISITED
CHAIYAPHUM / It was a journey through time as we paid a visit to ethnic Nyah Kur communities in Chaiyaphum Province, located in the heart of northeastern Thailand, also known as Isan. The Nyah Kur are nonurban groups inhabiting several parts of the country. Their language is a branch of the larger Austroasiatic family indigenous to mainland Southeast Asia and eastern South Asia.