GLOBAL UPDATE
News from global architecture, design and development.

PROJECTS
MALAYSIA Reworking a Classic
The recently refurbished Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur

EGYPTFuture Cairo
GM's new Head Quarters building in Cairo

JAPAN Recalibrating Life
Reversible Destiny Lofts, the first completed example of procedural architecture applied to a residential building typology.

BIG STORY
SOUTH AFRICA Remembering the Struggle
The Museum of People's Struggle is the first of five new buildings to be constructed over the next seven years to form the Red Location Cultural Precinct in the Township of New Brighton, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. 'Red Location' was the first settled Black Township of Port Elizabeth. It was established in 1902 at the end of the Anglo/Boer War and takes its name from a series of corrugated iron barrack buildings, which are rusted a deep red colour. It became a site of struggle during the years of Apartheid beginning in 1948..

IN HOUSE
LEBANON Andalusian Spirit
ITALY Simply Italian
MEXICO The Mexican

INTERIORS PLUS
UK Innecto
AUSTRLAIA The Art of Beauty Manufacture
USA Flight 001
SPAIN Creative Freedom
John Pawson
Marc Newson
Christian Liaigre
Zaha Hadid
Sir Norman FosterDavid Chipperfield
Plasma Studio
Victorio & Lucchino
Marc Newson
Ron Arad
Kathryn Findlay
Richard Gluckman
Arata Isozaki
Javier Mariscal and Fernando Salas
Jean Nouvel

OUTDOOR ACTIVE
TAIWAN What Lies Beneath
IRELAND Baywatch
USA A Theatre of Light, Architecture and Landscape
USA High on a Rooftop

GENIUS LOCI
GERMANY Smart Communities
AUSTRALIA Reconnecting the Past
AUSTRALIA Christie Walk - An Urban Fractal

SMART ENVIRONMENTS
IRELAND In Unison with Native Landscapes
USA With the Change of Seasons
USA A Museum for the People
USA The Mouse that Roars!
USA A Dedicated Nature Spot for Tiny Tots
USA A New Kind of Office!

BACK 2 BASICS
GERMANY Divine Interventions

VIEWPOINT
GLOBAL The Value of Mistakes
GCC Housing in the Gulf Region: Key Concerns and Future Prospects

PEOPLE & PRACTICE
GCC Industry news