GLOBAL UPDATE
News from global architecture, design and development.

PROJECTS
22 PALESTINE: Beacon of Hope
The Mausoleum to honour the ultimate freedom fighter, Yasser Arafat.

26 SINGAPORE: A New Lease of Life
Alsop’s colourful and vibrant transformation of Singapore’s historic Clarke Quay development.

32 SAUDI ARABIA: Scientific Awareness
The new Prince Salman’s Scientific Oasis Centre aims to makes scientific awareness effortless

BIG STORY
42 SOUTH AFRICA: Proudly South African
Rising out of the Indian Ocean on the Southern Edge of the African continent lies Pezula – nearly 1,000 hectares of prestigious South African real estate located between Knysna’s Eastern ‘head’ and Noetzie Beach. The picturesque town of Knysna with its renowned estuary lies just minutes from the entrance to Pezula. Bordering on the Sinclair Nature Reserve and the Noetzie River, Pezula forms part of a diverse and rare piece of coastal paradise.

IN HOUSE
56 USA: Stal Tre Hus (Steel Tree House)

65 AUSTRALIA: Australian Sensibilities

TREND SETTER
Global happenings and products from the world of interiors

INTERIORS PLUS
80 UK: A Tranquil Refuge
The Hilton London Canary Wharf offers a tranquil refuge in the bustling London city

86 CHINA: Infinite Interior
Innovation explored through Bamboo in a private residence by the world-renown Bernard Tschumi Architects

88 SWEDEN: Happy Fusion
Not just another sushi bar, the Happy Fusion Restaurant offers ‘well prepared, plain Japanese-Swedish crossover food’

94 UK: Seeing Red
The new headquarters for Red Bull in London aims to personify all the qualities of the famous energy-drink

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
102 SYRIA: A Private Desert Affair
A place to retreat and entertain in Yaafur, Syria by the Lebanon-based landscape architects Vladmir Djurovic Landscape Architecture

COMMUNITY & PLANNING
108 SPAIN: EcoBoulevard
The multi-award winning EcoBoulevard urban project in Madrid, Spain

114 AUSTRALIA: Waitangi Precinct

SMART ENVIRONMENTS
118 NEW ZEALAND: Basket of Knowledge
The AUT School of Business at the AUT University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand

124 UK: A Hospital Like No Other
The multi-award winning children's hospital Evelina in London by Hopkins Architects

129 UK: Thunderbird
Innovative use of Copper for this residence

CONSERVATION & PRESERVATION
130 OMAN: Poetry and Tradition
The Vernacular Architecture of Oman

VIEW POINT
136 The Meek Shall Save the Earth

PEOPLE & PRACTICE
139 Facilities Management Group Formed in Response to Industry Boom

139 Concrete Legislation Required to Bolster Real Estate Growth in the UAE
140 UAE: Workers Abused in Construction Boom

141 Dubai on Track to Host Asia's Largest Airport Build Exhibition

141 Health and Safety Conditions are inspected and offenders identified

142 Industry News

ASPIRING ARCHITECT
146 CEPT's School of Architecture at Ahmedabad

147 The impact of colonialism on a traditional South Indian temple-centred settlement: Triplicane, Madras

147 Evaluation of Impacts of Developmental Activities on Natural Resources of a Region. Case study- The State of Goa

148 INDIA: Shesha-Kshetra/ Urban Waste Recapitulation Centre

149 INDIA: Bollywood – reinterpretation of the cluster
150 SRI LANKA: The transforming commercial core: Architecture of its crust