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The Need for Fire Safety Standards
Cambodia is advancing very quickly in the way we construct buildings, the size of these building and the materials used in this construction. However, are we looking at the effect these advancements have on the safety of those that occupy these buildings?
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Future Vision: Planning Mass Transit in Phnom Penh
Congestion, traffic jams, and gridlock are becoming familiar, time-consuming daily experiences for Phnom Penh’s residents. Despite the government’s efforts to ease the problem through the construction of flyovers, tunnels and widened roads, and a limited public bus service, many architects and urban planners are increasingly advocating the implementation of a more comprehensive plan as the only sustainable solution.
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World-class Sanitary Ware Brand Arrives in Cambodia
July 2015 marked another milestone for the Cambodian market when it welcomed E.C.A Serel, the world-class quality and eco-friendly sanitary ware brand which has been attracted to invest by the kingdom’s double-digit building boom growth.
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Zaha Hadid Unveil Sleuk Rith Institute Design
World renowned, award-winning UK architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled her company’s design for the Sleuk Rith Institute which will house the archive of the Documentation Center of Cambodia and function as a centre for the research of genocide.
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Kingdom’s First Neuroscience Center Opens
Cambodia’s first ever neuroscience center, located inside Calmette Hospital, was inaugurated in early October by His Majesty the King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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A Story of Opportunistic Architecture
Architects are known to create buildings and spaces inside them. Providing a story behind the design concept is an opportunity to explore constraints and tactics for an architectural intervention. Examples of constraints are the restriction of the site and operational requirements as unavoidable limitations, whereas, the site movement, environmental factors, local context and economic use of space can be viewed as a catalyst for an opportunistic architecture. Directing an architectural story can bring the unexpected discovery of the architect’s role in shaping the built environment.
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Lighthouse Club to Expand Impacts
Launched in early 2011, the Cambodian chapter of the Lighthouse Club, part of a global network for construction professionals with branches in over 50 countries, is planning bigger contributions to society.
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Construction Start on China’s 4th Tallest Building
The Chinese property developer, Greenland, has begun construction on what will be the tallest skyscraper in south-western China in the city of Chengdu and the fourth tallest in China.
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US$300m Gov’t Bond to be Issued in September 2022
Samsung C&T, the construction division of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is to build the US$310m Star Development in the center of Kuala Lumpur.
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Singapore Wins Myanmar Airport Contract
A US$1.5bn contract for Hanthawaddy International Airport, outside the Myanmar capital of Yangon (formerly Rangoon), has been awarded to a Singapore-led consortium.
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