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July  

Here are the winners of the The NUS Department of Architecture – Hunter Douglas Award for Innovative Use of Technology in Architecture 2008.
 

Congratulations to:

 

BA (Arch) / BA (ID) Hons Category

Winner

Liew Kok Fong: IT Hub (Living in Gangxia)

 

Merit Prizes

Goh Kok Soon, Roystern: Gangxia Redevelopment Project: Glass Hub Sector

Lee Zhixiang: The Sembwaste Pavilion

Tan Yi Hwee, Dennis: The Technology of Mobility and Vertical Planning

Teoh Ren Jie: Het Delftse Sportcentrum

 

MA (Arch) Category

Winner

Siti Nur Aishah Bt Rahim: Engaging Community Through Sustainable Farming in Urban Singapore

 

Merit Prize

Hong ShunJuan: Revitalizing Brick Architecture in Houlian

   
June  
3 Industrial Design students', David Mak, Cheong Yian Ling, Tan Sixiu plus alumni Terence Woon works will be featured at the designSingapore media event for their design of National Day Parade project.

Airglove

 


Architecture student Yeap Lay Hui Petrina have been selected as one of the two 2008 Essay Competition Second Prize Winners. The 2008 BERKELEY PRIZE Essay Competition attracted architecture students from 18 countries, including Uruguay, the Philippines, Switzerland, Nigeria, China and others. This year's Essay Competition was an invitation to think about the use of architectural competitions to foster the study and implementation of the social art of architecture.

Final year Industrial Design students Brian Law Chuan Chai and Huang Xiao Nan has been selected as Finalists in the Fourth Next-Gen PC Design Competition, organized by Microsoft and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID).
   
Conceito INFO Live

This year’s competition issued an open call to entrants to dream up futuristic PC designs that give a new lease of life to people’s passions, such as travelling, music or photography. Contestants were challenged to come up with groundbreaking designs, not only featuring eye-catching aesthetics, but melding cutting-edge hardware with the latest software toward empowering people to follow their passions.  The competition fielded 120 submissions from 32 countries that were as diverse as the passions they were aimed at empowering.

   
May  
Industrial Design Graduation Show 2008.  

Architecture student Oh Thiam Huat's logo design won the 9th World Convention of ICP 2009 Logo Design Competition.

Thiam Huat's winning logo design


Architecture student Oh Thiam Huat's logo design was selected by Uniting Construction Information (UCI) as their new logo.

Thiam Huat's winning logo design


Industrial Design student Chia Yan Wei won the Merit Award for the 9th World Convention of ICP 2009 Logo Design Competition.
 
April  
5th Great Asian Streets Symposium 2008: A Public Forum of Asian Urban Design. 5 December 2008.

Industrial Design students Brian Law and Tan Sixiu were sponsored (in full) by DesignSingapore to showcase their cross-collaborative designs (Blueprint 2008) at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (Milan International Furniture show) held 16-21 April 2008, Milan.

Industrial Design student Tan Sixiu's "Spark!Display" interactive design is selected and sponsored for manufacture for National Day Celebration 2008.
   
February  
Architecture alumni Lui Honfay's work "Matrix" has been honored the International Forum Design iF Concept Award this year. A total of 2,100 entries from 37 different countries were submitted this year. The IF award is one of the most prestigious design awards (e.g. iF Award, Red Dot Award, G-Mark Award and IDEA) recognized by industries globally.

Matrix


5 DTM students won the top 7 prizes in this international competition on sustainable design, held by FuturArc, an international design journal. This included the top master prize, top prizes for two competition sites, and two citations. The FuturArc Prize has been established by the BCI Group of Companies through its FuturArc journal to inspire architects and other building professionals to draft innovative designs for Green buildings on sites in Asia-Pacific. The Competition format encourages participants to work as integrated teams in producing holistic Green building solutions.
     
     

Architecture 4th Year students won third prize in the 6th IAHH International Student Design Competition 2008 at the 10th International Conference of the International Association of Humane Habitat held on 25-27 Jan 2008 in Mumbai India. The conference was hosted by Rizvi College of Architecture.


Industrial Design alumni Donn Koh's thesis project "Leapfrog" has been selected the first 30 of the “Best of 100” which shared a total of 30,000 Euros in prize monies. . A total of 2,100 entries from 37 different countries were submitted this year. The IF award is one of the most prestigious design awards (e.g. iF Award, Red Dot Award, G-Mark Award and IDEA) recognized by industries globally.

Leapfrog


4 Industrial Design final year students, Cheong Yiang Ling, Cindy Liew, Lionel Wong and Joanne Lin entries have been selected as Notable Entries in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008. The Greener Gadgets Design Competition took place during February 2008 as part of the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City. Core77 challenged the global design community to design a "greener gadget"; to create innovative solutions addressing the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle, and social development.

   
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