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Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Indonesia

Istoqlal Mosque, literally mean “Independence Mosque”, is a mosque located in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is the largest mosque in the entire Southeast Asia and the third largest mosque in the world in term of capacity. Istiqlal is the national mosque of Indonesia was built to commemorate Indonesian independence.

Designed by Frederich Silaban, a Christian-Indonesian architect, the mosque  has seven entrances, and all seven gates are named after Asmaul Husna, the God names in Islam. The seven represents the seven heavens in Islamic cosmology. The rectangular main prayer hall building is covered by a 45m diameter central spherical dome; the number 45 symbolizes the 1945, the proclamation of Indonesian Independence year. The main dome is supported by twelve round columns, and the prayer hall is surrounded by rectangular piers carrying four levels of balconies. Twelve columns represent the birthday of the rophet Muhammad in 12th Rabi’al-awwal.

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Restaurant Kapal Bambu, Bukit Lawang, Indonesia

The Kapal Bambu restaurant is a restaurant located in Ecolodge, Bukit Lawang, Indonesia. Constructed from natural and sustainably harvested bamboo, which are found in sufficient quantities in the local environment of Bukit Lawang. This innovative design serves as a showcase for sustainable development. Almost all building materials such as facades, roofing, stairs, railings, lighting and furniture are all produced from bamboo. The floor of the basement is manufactured from a polished terrazzo cement floor while the bar counter, a concrete moulding, and the walls are made from clay.

All the bamboo luminaries have been designed by the architect and produced in the workshop on the ground of Ecolodge Bukit Lawang, positioned so as to highlight the innovative structural framework. Most of the bamboo originates from surrounding area. The unique bamboo building has been designed and built by Swiss architect Lukas Zollinger in collaboration with the German-Colombian bamboo expert Jörg Stamm. Design, material and construction focuses on sustainability in accordance with the green vision of Ecolodge Bukit Lawang.

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Jakarta History Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia

The Jakarta History, also known as Fatahillah Museum is a museum located in the old town of Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was built as a Batavia’s city hall. Jakarta History Museum displays objects from the prehistory period of the city region, Jayakarta era, and the Dutch colonization period from the 16th century until Indonesia’s independence in 1945. Located in south side of Fatahillah Square, former Batavia Square. The architectural style of the City Hall (Stadhuis) of Batavia was meant as a replica of Amsterdam's de Dam palace in smaller scale. Similarities including architectural feature of domed cupola crowning the structure. 

After the declaration of Indonesia’s independence in 1945, the building was used as West Java governor office until early 1960, when Jakarta was declared an independent autonomy. Afterward the building was used as governor office of DKI Jakarta. In 1970, the Fatahillah Square was declared a Cultural Heritage. The Jakarta History Museum was inaugurated on 1974 as the center for collection, conservation and research for all kinds of objects of cultural heritage related to the history of the City of Jakarta.

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National Textile Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The National Textile Museum is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by Arthur Benison Hubback in an Indo-Saracenic and Moorish architecture, the building was originally the headquarters for the Federated Malay States Railways and other government offices, before being converted for use as the National Textile Museum and opened for the public until today.

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Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building is a historic building located in front Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and later renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began. Today, the building houses the offices of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture of Malaysia.

The building was originally designed by Arthur Charles Alfred Norman and his assistant Regent Alfred John Bidwell in Renaissance style, but then reworked in a style variously described as Neo-Mughal or Moorish Architecture. Later Arthur Benison Hubback who had just starting working for the colonial government in Malaysia as a senior draughtsman also worked on this building.

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The Hive, Singapore

The Hive, also known as the Learning Hub, is a building located in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It was designed by British Designer Thomas Heatherwick. The building has been dubbed as the “dim sum basket building” for its resemblance to the stacked steamer baskets used to serve dim sum.

To avoid creating kilometers of corridors linking conference rooms and classrooms, the building was designed as a group of conical towers that surround a large atrium. The idea was to combine learning facilities with social spaces, including balconies, gardens and outdoor aisles, to encourage as many opportunities for interaction between staff and students as possible. The balconies extend around the inner atrium of the towers and reach greater surface as they rise towards the coronation, offering views of the central atrium. This space not only acts as a visual connector between the classrooms and meeting space, but naturally allows air to circulate through the tower. This strategy is important in a region with annual hot tropical temperatures.

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School of The Art, Design and Media, Singapore

School of the Art, Design and Media is one of many colleges and schools in The Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Designed by Singapore-based CPG Consultants, it has most prominent feature of the building which is expansive green roofs. The main structure features three sweeping curves that slope, taper and interlock. Aside from the aesthetic appeal, the green roof helps to absorb the intense sun and reduce thermal gain within the building, more or less a natural form of insulation. It also harvesting rainwater and aid in cooling the surrounding air. The roofs also offer outdoor gathering spaces for students, faculty and visitors, as they are accessible by stairs along the edges or directly at some points where the roof rises from the ground.

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School of The Arts, Singapore

School of The Arts, or SOTA is a school which specialised in arts such as; dance, music, theater, visual arts, film, and literary arts. The campus of the School of the Arts is located off Orchard Rd, Singapore. with design by  Singaporean architectural firm WOHA, the campus features two distinct layers. At ground level, public performance venues and public spaces provide opportunities for arts students to display their work. The academic spaces are raised up to provide comfortable naturally-ventilated education facilities.

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National Museum of Singapore

The National Museum of Singapore is the oldest museum in Singapore. It was called the Raffles Library and Museum, and exhibited items of historical and archaeological value from Singapore and elsewhere in Asia. This museum focuses on exhibits related to the Singapore history. It is one of four national museums in the country.

National Museum was designed in Neo Palladian & Renaissance style and consists of two rectangular parallel blocks, with a dome at the front. The original architects were Henry McCallum who designed the original version and J.F. McNair who designed the scaled down version of the building. The building has two rotundas, a new glass-clad rotunda at the rear area of the building. Its glass rotunda is a cylindrical shaped building which is made up of two drums, with the outer one made of glass which sheaths an inner one made of wire mesh. 

The redeveloped building was designed by local W Architects with the glass-clad rotunda designed. The new glass clad building was designed such that the old building would still be the centrepiece of the museum. The gap that exists between the back of the main museum building and its new annexe as conservation guidelines do not allow old and new buildings to be directly connected. In the gallery theatre, bricks are designed in a herringbone pattern, which helps to control the echoes and acoustics in the space.

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Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore

Parkroyal on Pickering is a luxury hotel located in Singapore. The building's "hotel-in-a-garden" design has been lauded for its unique architecture. It was designed by WOHA, a Singapore-based architecture firm known for incorporating extensive greenery in their buildings. Designed to be a "hotel-in-a-garden", Parkroyal on Pickering features extensive greenery, including green walls, water features, and sky gardens.

The hotel's sky gardens are designed to be self sustaining and consume minimal energy through the usage of solar cells, rainwater harvesting and reclaimed water.

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Gardens by The Bay, Singapore

Gardens by The Bay is a nature park of reclaimed land in central part of Singapore. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. 

Gardens by The Bay had two conservatories; the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest Dome. The conservatories, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, are intended to be an energy efficient showcase of sustainable building technologies and to provide an all-weather edutainment space within the Gardens. Both are very large and the Flower Dome itself is the world's largest columnless glasshouse.

The construction of the glasshouses is special in two ways. First of all by being able to have such large a glass-roof without additional interior support (such as columns). Secondly because the constructions aims strongly at minimizing the environmental footprint. Rainwater is collected from the surface and circulated in the cooling system which is connected to the Supertrees. Supertrees are tree-like structures that dominate the Garden’s landscape. They are vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens. The Supertrees are used both to vent hot air and to cool circulated water.

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Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort in Marina Bay, Singapore. This resort is designed by Moshe Safdie, who says it was initially inspired by card decks. A distinctive feature of the hotel is the Sky Park, a three-acre park on top of the building with swimming pools, gardens, and jogging paths. The structure bridges all three towers with a segment cantilevered off the north tower. The three towers are broader at the base and narrow as they rise. Each tower has two asymmetric legs, with a curved eastern leg leaning against the other.

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Esplanade - Theatres on The Bay

Esplanade - Theatres on The Bay, also known as the Esplanade Theatre, is a performing arts center located in Marina Bay, Singapore. Named after the nearby Esplanade Park, it consists of a concert hall for the performing arts. 

The building was designed by two architectural firms working together; DP Architects of Singapore and the London-based Michael Wilford & Partners. The design consists of two rounded space frames fitted with triangulated glass elements and sunshades, which balance outward views with solar shading.

A lot of triangular aluminium sunshades that cover its two circular glass shell structures looked somewhat like spikes on two halves of the durian fruit. The structure itself wasn’t meant to be like a durian. They wanted to use glass because the views from Esplanade are beautiful in all directions, but since Singapore is so close to the equator, the structure also had to be protected from the sunshine and heat radiation.

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National Gallery, Singapore

The National Gallery Singapre is an art gallery located in the downtown core of Singapore. This gallery oversees the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian art, consisting of over 8,000 artworks.

Located in Singapore’s Civic District, the Gallery consists of two national monuments; the former Supreme Court Building and The City Hall.

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National Stadium, Singapore

The National Stadium is a multi purpose stadium located in Kallang, Singapore, and replacing the former National Stadium at the same site.

Designed by Arup Associates and DP Architects, it features a domed roof structure with a retractable roof and configurable seating on the lowest tier to make it the only stadium in the world that is custom designed to host football, rugby, cricket and athletics events. It is also the worlds largest retractable dome.

The stadium is a part of the large multi-purpose Singapore Sport Hub complex. The stadium is also home to the Singapore national football team for their international football matches.

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Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore

Reflections at Keppel Bay in Singapore is a leasehold luxury waterfront residential complex, and designed by Daniel Libeskind. The six glass towers afford panoramic views of Mount Faber and Sentosa Island. This building is located on Keppel Bay View, off Telok Blangah Road.

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Putra Mosque, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Putra Mosque is the principal mosque of Putrajaya. It’s located next to Perdana Putra which is houses the Malaysian Prime Minister's office and man-made Putrajaya Lake. The pink-domed Putra Mosque is constructed with rose tinted granite and consists of three main functional areas; the prayer hall, courtyard, and various learning facilities and function rooms. The mosque can accommodate 15,000 worshippers at any one time.