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Inward House by VeeV Design Studio

Bangkok

May 26, 2026

Breeze blocks on the exterior of this Bangkok home provide passive airflow and privacy, while also offering passersby glimpses of a bright-yellow courtyard interior.

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Victory Lap by The Up Studio

Old Westbury, New York

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May 20, 2026

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The design of this New York residence is organized around three guiding principles: environmental harmony, aging-in-place, and wellness-oriented gathering.

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WHY Converts a Bangkok Warehouse Into an Art Museum

Andrew Ayers

February 2, 2026

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Architect Kulapat Yantrasast envisions Dib Bangkok, Thailand's first international contemporary art museum, as more of an events-hosting playground than a temple for viewing static art.

Snapshot: HAS Design and Research’s Aluminum Grotto Offers a Modern Take on Thai Architectural Traditions

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Pansy Schulman

October 10, 2024

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Designed for the 90th anniversary of the Association of Siamese Architects, the swooping structure is composed of thousands of hand-crafted aluminum rods.

WOHA’s High-Intensity Architecture Now on Display at the Skyscraper Museum

Clifford A. Pearson

March 28, 2016

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In recent decades, Southeast Asia has become a vibrant laboratory of high-density urbanism with places such as Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong packing more people into taller buildings on smaller parcels of land.

Clifford A. Pearson

August 16, 2013

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EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang, by Sara Hart. John Wiley & Sons, 2011, 272 pages, $75. WOHA: Selected Projects, Volume 1, by Patrick Bingham-Hall. Pesaro Publishing, 2011, 280 pages, $65. In the present environment of instant communications and global architectural practices, the swirl of influences between East and West is as dynamic and complex as the trade winds that blow between continents. This pair of publications, EcoArchitecture, The Work of Ken Yeang, by Sara Hart, and WOHA: Selected Projects Volume 1, by Patrick Bingham-Hall, captures the complexity and promise of this moment. WOHA: Selected Projects, Volume 1, by Patrick

Bigger! Faster! Urbanism in Asia

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May 16, 2012

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Two new books take on the complex and timely topic of contemporary urbanism in Asia.

Clifford A. Pearson

January 16, 2011

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Ole Scheeren After 15 years at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture—eight years as a partner—Ole Scheeren has split from Rem Koolhaas and set up his own firm. The new practice, called Büro Ole Scheeren, is based in Beijing (where Scheeren has lived for the past six years) and Hong Kong (where he has been a visiting professor at Hong Kong University since January 2010). He brings with him as a partner Eric Chang, an American architect who had worked at OMA in Beijing. At OMA, the German-born Scheeren spearheaded the design and construction of the China Central Television Station (CCTV)

OMA-Designed MahaNakhon Tower Announced

Aleksandr Bierig

July 22, 2009

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The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) released renderings today of their forthcoming MahaNakhon tower and plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, with design led by OMA partner Ole Scheeren, head of the firm’s Beijing office. The 1.6 million-square-foot, $515 million complex plans to include 200 apartments, a 150-room “Bangkok Edition” hotel operated by Marriott Group International with hotelier Ian Schrager, and mixed-use public and commercial space. Construction begins later this year with an intended completion in late 2012.

Suvarnabhumi Airport

Murphy/Jahn joins engineers Werner Sobek and Matthias Schuler to bring Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok’s sleek new air terminal, in for a landing

John Morris Dixon

August 19, 2007

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In designing Suvarnabhumi Airport, the city’s new international hub, Chicago-based architects Murphy/Jahn realized from the outset that the passenger terminal would need to accommodate a vast scale of operations and express its pivotal importance to Thailand.