Duangrit bunnag biography sampler

  • The brainchild of prominent Thai architect Duangrit Bunnag, this open-air Brutalist complex is a far cry from your typical suburban mall.
  • Watching calm and kind elephants like “Kaew Ta” and “Bua Ban” leave their marks naturally, as they moved freely, was a slow, thoughtful process.
  • WDC together with Duangrit Bunnag, launches a new tile collection, 'Mediate,' born from an inspiration to convey and encapsulate the values.

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    When Boonserm Premthada designed Back of the House, he knew he wanted a structure that would work hard – a 'house that is more than a home', he says. The result is the Thai architect and founder of Bangkok Project Studio's own residence, and a piece of architecture that proudly celebrates a typically unseen part of a house, the oft-hidden imperfections of wall structure. Interestingly, he explains, it is also only ‘50 per cent designed’.

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    Back of the House: an exercise in 50% design

    Premthada’s intriguing proposition revolves around the idea of taking the surroundings into account, and finding value in every site's environment, while exercising restraint in terms of when to stop designing. 'The 50 per cent design idea focuses on cutting a building by half and giving the other half to nature, the environment, existing contexts, phenomena, humans, and other living beings to fulfil and balance,' the architect says. 

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    BACC's infinity ground exhibition explores contemporary architecture in thailand & taiwan

    BACC presents Infinity Ground Exhibition

     

    The Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) is set to host Infinity Ground — Thailand and Taiwan Contemporary Architecture Exhibition. The exhibition will gather eight architectural firms from Thailand and Taiwan, presenting their works that reflect the characteristics of the ground and the diverse cultural and social contexts they are located in. Scheduled to open on Tuesday, July 18, , Infinity Ground marks the first architectural showcase of the year at BACC and will run until August 6,

     

    Featuring a diverse range of architectural projects, Infinity Ground is curated by Jenchieh Hung, the exhibition chairman of The Association of Siamese Architects beneath Royal Patronage, and Kulthida Songkittipakdee, co-founder and principal architect of HAS Design and Research. The show will present the works of renowned architectural firms,

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    On Assignment in Hua Hin

    “There’s not much there.” I looked on in surprise as a coworker skrynklig his nose at the memory of a trip to Hua Hin some years ago. That harsh pronouncement didn’t bode well for my own upcoming assignment during the middle of Thailand’s monsoon season &#; we had similar tastes in travel and the resort town roughly kilometers ( miles) south of Bangkok wasn’t exactly on my wish list.

    Although the romantic-sounding words “Hua Hin” roll smoothly off the tongue, their meaning in Thai is far more prosaic. Literally “Stone Head”, the name describes the rocks at the nordlig end of a four-kilometer (mile) beach on the Gulf of Thailand. It isn’t the most beautiful stretch of sand in the country, but it does have a longstanding connection to royalty. It all began at the turn of the 20th century when Prince Chakrabongse erected the first beach villa outside what was then a humble fishing village. When the railway from Bangkok opened in , other royals follow

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