Organiser
Singapore Institute of Architects
The Singapore Institute of Architects is a professional organisation established in 1961 with the objective to promote the architectural profession and the built environment in Singapore. The Institute is the sole representative for the architectural profession in Singapore.
The Institute’s vision is to develop Singapore as an architecture capital. Our mission is to champion for excellence in architecture and the built environment. This mission is driven by four key strategic thrusts:
Practice
Education
Design
Institution
The management of the affairs of the Institute is the responsibility of an elected Council comprising 21 members, one of whom is an ex-officio member. There are six office bearers, who are collectively responsible for the administration and financial matters of the Institute.
Main Partners
Urban Redevelopment Authority
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore’s national land use planning and conservation agency. URA’s mission is “to make Singapore a great city to live, work and play in”. We strive to create a vibrant and sustainable city of distinction by planning and facilitating Singapore’s physical development in partnership with the community. URA is the main land sales agent for the state and the development agency for Marina Bay. Our multifaceted engagement strategy includes the sale of state land to attract and channel private capital investment to develop sites for meeting our land use needs. To create an exciting cityscape, URA also actively promotes architecture and urban design excellence. For more information, please visit us at www.ura.gov.sg
AUDE Promotion Programme
URA’s Architecture & Urban Design Excellence (A•UDE) Promotion Programme is set up to encourage and support private organizations and individuals who wish to carry out outreach activities in the areas of architecture and urban design. The Programme provides funding for a wide range of activities such as research, publications and exhibitions, so as to encourage different and innovative approaches to promoting architecture and urban design excellence in/of Singapore. Successful applicants can receive up to 50% of the total expenditure for such activities. For more information, please visit our website at www.ura.gov.sg/audepp/
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National Library Singapore
The National Library Singapore (NLS) is a national knowledge institution empowering individuals and businesses with knowledge and information as it continuously expands its vast array of reference collections and services. The NLS is responsible for preserving and making accessible the nation’s literary and publishing heritage, and intellectual memory.
Patron of ArchiFest – Mr Philip Ng
Platinium Sponsor
Geberit
Geberit is a global market leader setting trends in sanitary technology.
With an extensive range of system solutions, Geberit offers innovative applications in sanitary and piping technology. Many Geberit products remain invisible to the end-user once they are installed. Ingeniously hidden behind pre-wall elements or set in concrete into the wall or floor, Geberit products have been reliable and fuss-free for decades – thanks to their exceptional quality and tight manufacturing tolerances.
Geberit’s product range comprises seven lines, which are designed to fit and form complete solutions for both residential and non-residential installations.
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Silver Sponsor
BlueScope Steel (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
BlueScope Steel Malaysia, which began operations in 1996, is the only local manufacturer of both ZINCALUME® and TRUECORE® zinc/aluminium alloy-coated steel, and Clean COLORBOND® pre-painted steel. Our products of are derived from continual product research and development in Australia.
To ensure quality, stringent tests are conducted regularly for all our products prior to introducing them to the market. Our products of superior quality are widely used in the building and manufacturing industries of Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and South Africa. The availability of locally manufactured ZINCALUME® steel, TRUECORE® steel, and Clean COLORBOND® steel is a dynamic representation of our aim to deliver quality products for a quality lifestyle.
Other Sponsors
Basheer Graphic Books
Got your hands on an ArchiFest guide? Take it to Basheer Graphic Books for a special 25% discount during ArchiFest! Basheer is a specialist bookstore focusing on books and magazines related to architecture, interior design, landscape design, graphic design, animation, product design, fashion design, art and craft, and photography. For over twenty years, Singapore design professionals have known Basheer as a source of inspiration, a wealth of magazines and gift ideas, and a channel of the latest developments. Now that Basheer has expanded to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Hong Kong, it’s a welcomed sight across the region. Wallpaper* magazine, undoubtedly the official authority and commentator on design, has pronounced Basheer as the BEST bookshop in Singapore.
25% discount on purchases applies upon presentation of the ArchiFest guide between 5 and 31 October 2009.
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Castilla
Constantly in pursuit of perfection, Castilla is synonymous with a unique, unrivaled, and passionate Italian lifestyle for discerning and affluent individuals. The brands, namely Castilla Premium, Castilla Modern, and Castilla Design, showcase styles from classical to modern and contemporary, catering to different individuals.
Castilla Design:
Castilla Design exudes a touch of modern contemporary glamour. From sofas and armchairs, to storage units, dining tables, and chairs, the wide collection of modern furniture caters to individuals who desire comfort and design with technology.
Castilla Modern:
Castilla Modern creatively combines sleek stainless steel with premium leather to deliver sophisticated and stylish modern living – an expression of good taste and elegance in the home. Modern leather sofas and other furniture are unique with choices of materials, styles, and configurations.
Castilla Premium:
Castilla Premium showcases accent furniture pieces for living, bedroom, and dining areas that personify pure luxury. Each piece of furniture is built and refined by hand, with great care and patience. With close attention paid to details, and the finest leather and workmanship, Castilla Premium exemplifies a luxury lifestyle.
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Geberit
Geberit is a global market leader setting trends in sanitary technology.
With an extensive range of system solutions, Geberit offers innovative applications in sanitary and piping technology. Many Geberit products remain invisible to the end-user once they are installed. Ingeniously hidden behind pre-wall elements or set in concrete into the wall or floor, Geberit products have been reliable and fuss-free for decades – thanks to their exceptional quality and tight manufacturing tolerances.
Geberit’s product range comprises seven lines, which are designed to fit and form complete solutions for both residential and non-residential installations.
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Monogram
Monogram’s philosophy is to make designer goods accessible to all. The company imports, distributes, and retails original designer goods that add value to your life, while bringing added functionality. Monogram’s unique collection of products brightens your life with lively colours and unique forms. Each product springs from a fruitful collaboration between exceptional designers and quality brands.
Created in 2004, Monogram has developed a strong distribution network in Asia. Based in Singapore with a distribution office in Taiwan, the company has access to general retail channels, as well as exclusive partnerships with specialist stores in countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Monogram’s strength stems from its healthy combination of distributing exciting consumer-oriented products, and a highly efficient in-house sales and marketing team. Be delighted!
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Straits Arts Co Pte Ltd
Long established quality art material shop with personalized service just for you.
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Festival Partners
Architectural Association School of Architecture
The Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) is not a school that teaches architecture as it is already known. Rather, it creates the conditions for new forms of teaching, working, and above all, thinking and learning, that will ultimately transform architecture in ways not yet fully realised. This has long been the central ambition of the AA School, which has for decades been home to the world’s leaders – and leading experimenters – in architecture. The AA is a famously independent educational experiment; it is self-directed, self-motivated, even self-funded. As the UK’s oldest and only remaining private school of architecture, it has grown up alongside – and, to a very great degree, helped shape – the architectural profession.
As a small and independent school located at the heart of the world’s most international and multicultural city, the AA is unique in at least three important ways. Firstly, the AA is by far the world’s most international school of architecture, with nearly ninety per cent of its full-time students and nearly as many of its teachers coming to the AA from abroad. Secondly, the AA organises itself around two distinct kinds of activities, both of which are of immense value to students and staff: the formal courses and programmes, and the public programme of evening lectures, symposia, exhibitions, and publication launches – the world’s largest year-round series of public events dedicated to contemporary architectural culture. Thirdly, there is the famous pedagogical basis for the school itself: the ‘unit’ system of teaching and learning in which, in various ways, all students participate as the foundation for the experimental forms of teaching that remain the hallmark of the AA.
Lighting Planners Associates
Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) is a group of specialist engineers and designers who contribute to both architectural and lighting cultures through the creation of a superb lighting environment. Established in 1990 in Tokyo by internationally renowned lighting designer Kaoru Mende, LPA has since expanded. It incorporated its Singapore office in 2000. Since then, LPA has been involved in projects ranging in scope from residential to large-scale urban planning, and have collaborated with architects such as Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas, Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki, and Rafael Vinoly. In Singapore, the office has been actively working with architects such WOHA, W Architects, MKPL, Kerry Hill Architects, DP Architects, Architects 61, and RSP Architects Planners and Engineers. LPA has also worked with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to develop a new lighting master plan for the city centre.
Nota Group Pte Ltd
Nota Group Pte Ltd is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary design group that specialises in master planning, architecture, civil and structural engineering, interior design, and construction, and has a broad international presence and influence.
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Page One Singapore Pte Ltd
Page One spans an area of 28,0000 sq ft and carries at least 200,000 titles.
Genres include fiction, lifestyle, art and design, professional, children’s, performing arts and Chinese books, and stationery.
The unique décor of the flagship store is inspired by 4th-century Chinese writer Yao Yuan-ming’s story, Land Of Peach Blossoms, which describes a Chinese utopia.
Page One flagship store
1 Harbourfront Walk
Vivocity #02-41/42
Singapore 098585
t: +65 6272 0822
Peranakan Museum
The Peranakan Museum, which opened in April 2008, explores the culture of Peranakan communities in the former Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang, and their links with other communities in Southeast Asia. It is a boutique museum with the finest and most comprehensive collection of Peranakan artefacts in the world. Three floors of permanent galleries illustrate important rituals, practices and the material culture of the Peranakans, as well as how this unique fusion culture is viewed today.
The Peranakan Museum provides an enjoyable and educational experience for all, with intricate displays innovatively presented in ten galleries, children’s interactive elements and special merchandising in two shops. Two temporary exhibition galleries will present a programme of special exhibitions throughout the year.
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