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Perspectives on the buildings, cities, and heritage we shape.
Announcements, thinking, and design commentary from across our architecture, engineering, and conservation practice.
INSIGHTA Transit-Oriented Development: Designing the SG > JB Causeway into a City
Singapore and Johor have built a remarkable connection. The opportunity now is to shape a shared region.
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NEWSJune 2026
Swan & Maclaren & Franzwood MoU: A Partnership to Carry Heritage Forward
Swan & Maclaren has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Franzwood, joining a century of architectural and design heritage with deep expertise in conservation and restoration engineering.
INSIGHTMay 2026
Built to Last: Urban Conservation and the Future of Singapore's Built Environment
The average Singapore building lasts 33 years. But when you factor in embodied carbon and construction costs, adaptive reuse is increasingly the most rational development strategy—not just heritage preservation.
INSIGHTMay 2026
Designing Learning Environments for the AI Era
AI is transforming how students learn. But the physical spaces where they learn remain designed for a pre-AI pedagogy. Universities need new spatial models, not better lecture halls.
INSIGHTMay 2026
From Protected Assets to Climate Resilient Infrastructure
Singapore's climate adaptation conversation has been dominated by big infrastructure numbers. But true resilience comes from designing buildings that actively participate in their cities' climate response.
INSIGHTApril 2026
Why Singapore's Next Hospitals Should Be Designed Like Neighbourhoods
Singapore is in the middle of its most ambitious healthcare expansion in a generation. The question is whether healthcare architecture is keeping pace with a care model that has already moved into the community.
INSIGHTApril 2026
The Building Energy Performance Gap and Why It Starts at the Drawing Board
Buildings routinely consume 2 to 5 times more energy than their design models predicted. This performance gap represents a systemic failure to connect design intent with operational reality—and the cost in both carbon and dollars is enormous.
INSIGHTApril 2026
Why AEC Firms Need Integrated AI. Not Just More Tools.
Every architecture and engineering firm in Southeast Asia is now using AI in some form. But fragmented adoption is creating more risk than it resolves. Real transformation comes from integration, not just more tools.