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EDITOR’ SNOTE
Global demand remains lacklustre in 2016 as most of the world’ s key players and many emerging-market economies are performing
below their potential. As we enter into the second half of the year, growth estimates remain unchanged for most Asian countries. However, business must go on and we are seeing property launches picking up again. Investors are still out there hunting for bargains and some of the reasonably-priced property units are still being snapped up.
In this issue, we highlight some interesting projects like: Rimbawan Residences @ DeCentrum City( pg 6); DoubleTree Resort by Hilton in Penang( pg 8); Hong Kong International Airport Midfield Concourse( pg 10); and a yet-to-be-named building in Putrajaya, Malaysia( pg 12).
Featured on the cover is Lysaght Malaysia’ s range of steel roofing solutions that resulted in the completion of the unique building of the Malaysia Academy of Han Studies in the historic city of Melaka( pg 32).
We also met up with CSC Steel Malaysia’ s management team for an update on their operations and plans for the future( pg 14); and also the management team of PECOL on their new vision and re-branding( pg 18).
In our Design Feature section, we showcase the award-winning Windhover Contemplative Center, a spiritual retreat near San Francisco( pg 56); some of the‘ illuminating’ projects that made use of lighting engineering in Canada( pg 58); a‘ hybrid’ design that turned an old brick building into a fun workplace for a creative firm in the US( pg 60); a Danish architect’ s inspiring work on a school in Copenhagen( pg 62); and an interior designer’ s award-winning design for a play space surrounding a pool in Canada( pg 64).
Meanwhile, if you have suggestions to offer, projects to highlight or events that you would like us to cover, do kindly drop us a note.
Happy reading!
ERIC TAN, Editor b-i @ b-i. biz
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