New team photo

Photo link from we make money not art.

Have been sporadically thinking about a team photo- the current chess picture just doesn't cut it for that specific purpose.
Was thinking of something very clean- blue jeans and white t-shirt sort of thing.
Or a bad imitation of trainspotting.
Then I saw the above photo of the fabrica team via wmma's website.
Looks cool(although I still like the trainspotting idea...)

Asymmetry

Ever since Rei Kawakubo joined the dots between architecture and fashion, allowing asymmtery and deconstruction(in the fashion, not the ct sense) to be seen as 'fashionable', asymmetry has been replicated almost to the point of turning into an unfortunate cliche of 'avant garde fashion'.
To reverse the order of influence somewhat, Daniel Libeskind has drawn upon this asymmetry and transposed it to the realm of architecture. The result is Reflections at Keppel Bay.
While it's not the first development in Singapore designed by a 'starchitect', this is the first development where the marketing collaterals are centred around the architect.
An arty advertisement in sepia featuring Libeskind and a website that replicates the asymmetry of the buildings has information on the architect and the surrounding neighbourhood and views(but no information that I can find on the floor plans).

Where the hospitality and real estate industries meet

It's been done before- Ian Schrager's 40 Bond, the Four Seasons Hotel and St Regis Residences; where leaders in the hospitality industry transpose their winning hospitality formulas into real estate development.

Recently noticed that the Sukhothai and the Beaufort groups have come together on 'Beaufort on Nassim'. I happen to love both groups, especially the former. My imagination has been captured, especially by the garden residences. While the concept of water feature in place of the balcony isn't new(there's a condominium in the East Coast that has built in a feature pool for every ground floor unit)- the lush setting of Nassim, the large outdoor space, duplex nature of the units and luxe fittings- seem to promise a slice of heaven on earth- Singapore-style.

On the wish list: Aman Resorts' residences(although I wouldn't be surprised that's not in the pipeline already).