Build4Asia Awards 2020 Innovation Category Winners

(19 November 2020, Hong Kong) Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and the Construction Industry Council (CIC) co-hosted SciTech Challenge 2020 today to give promising innovators the opportunity to develop market-ready solutions to cater to industry demands, and propel the construction sector into the digital era. Node THL, an incubatee of HKSTP, was crowned champion of [...]

World Architecture Festival is delighted to reveal the WAFVirtual Programme. Keynote speakers will include; Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, Anuradha Mathur of University of Pennsylvania, Dilip da Cunha of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Ralph Johnson and Jean Mah of Perkins&Will, Ole Scheeren of Büro Ole Scheeren, Vicente Guallart of [...]

Honeywell has won the coveted Outstanding Security System Award at the inaugural Build4Asia Awards 2020 held on 12 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The winning entry, Pro-Watch® Integrated Security Suite – Integrated software, is designed to meet the complete security needs of an enterprise, from access and intrusion management to video surveillance from a [...]

The Jerde Partnership has won the coveted Project of the Year (Commercial) for their project Shanghai World Trade Centre Phase III in the inaugural Build4Asia Awards held on 12 Nov at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Jerde Shareholder, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Phil Kim, described the winning project as creating a new social hub and hearth for the community, Riverfront [...]

Designed by Decibel Architecture dB(A), Eco Green Tall Tower in Saigon, Vietnam has triumphed in the Future Projects category at the inaugural Build4Asia Awards held on 12 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Eco Green Saigon Tower is a mixed-use development commissioned by Xuan Mai Saigon, a major Vietnamese construction, development, and integrated services [...]

The change and uncertainty of 2020 has shown how vulnerable we all are. However, as we look forward to 2021 and beyond, we have the power to change how we view these times, find fresh impetus and imagine new possibilities based on our real needs and what truly matters. Business of Design Week (BODW), Asia’s leading event on design, innovation and brands, organised by Hong Kong Design Centre [...]

The California Preservation Foundation recently announced its California Preservation Awards, “a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation” and related works. The 37th edition recognizes four new efforts involving Page & Turnbull, an architecture, planning and preservation firm well known for guiding the future of the country’s oldest architecture, [...]

ISH China & CIHE – China’s leading international trade fair for Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Sanitation & Home Comfort Systems has confirmed the dates and venue for its 2021 edition as 12 – 14 May at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. The show will once again present fairgoers with trend setting HVAC, plumbing, smart heating and home comfort [...]

(2 November 2020, Hong Kong) ReThink 2020 came to a close last week, and as over 700 of the city’s top business leaders came together, it was clear that Hong Kong needs to expediate the adoption of  sustainabilty practices. ReThink HK has been designed specifically for Hong Kong business leaders, sustainability practitioners and those responsible for researching and resourcing new [...]