BANGKOK / This is a white geometric home of outstanding beauty – one that’s simple yet attractive and fully functional. It’s the product of a 360-degree turn. And after making all necessary adjustments, the architect aptly named it “RUPU HOUSE,” a made-up term coined from the Japanese word for the action of rotating around an axis.
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RUPU HOUSE: White Geometric Design Bespeaks a Close Family Bond and Privacy at Home
August 29, 2023
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Distracted House: Unique Roof Style Merges Javanese Tradition with Urban Modern Living
JAKARTA / Nestled on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, an urban modern home aptly named “Distracted House” looks completely different from everything else. To deflect attention away from the humdrum existence of a crowded space, a team of talented engineers at Ismail Solehudin Architecture came up with a clever idea for a craftsman-style home unlike anything else.
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Sep’on Heartfulness Center: A Stylishly Chic Boutique Hotel with a Narrow Frontage
NHA TRANG / Here’s Sep’on Heartfulness Center, a small-capacity boutique hotel built on an elongated rectangle in Nha Trang, a coastal town in the South of Vietnam. Even with a narrow frontage to the street, it offers 600 sq. m. of accommodation spaces with views of the city landscape.
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FLASHBACKS TO THE ROOM x LIVING ASEAN DESIGN TALK 2023
BANGKOK / The latest architecture event “room X Living Asean Design Talk 2023” took place last Sunday 6 August. Convening a group of well-known experts from three countries, the annual conversation was on the theme of “URBAN FUSION / RURAL FLOURISH: Interweaving Urban and Rural Designs.” It’s the star of the show at this year’s Baan Lae Suan (home and garden) Fair Midyear.
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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.
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Bangkok Then and Now
A lot has changed since the time of Venice of the East, for which Bangkok was lovingly known. Along came the railway system that ushered in an era of mass travel, followed by the building of many transport routes. See what it’s like then and now.