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Shophouse-inspired Soori Penang is a personal tribute to home and place

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Shophouse-inspired Soori Penang is a personal tribute to home and place

Architect Soo K. Chan restores the shophouse typology, informed by the memory of growing up in one within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town in Penang.

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Clare Cousins on Designing Retail Experiences That Connect People, Place and Product

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Material integrity at SJB’s Billyard Avenue

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Bringing timeless Italian glamour to the Illawarra

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Craftsmanship meets calm with Gaggenau at Woollahra Village House

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Vert: A practical solution to creating greener cities

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Join us for a talk on architecture and writing at fjcstudio!

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