Thailand's International Sustainable Developmental Studies Institute teaches American students about sustainability, so it makes sense that when it needed a new campus, it used shipping containers. Nothing went to waste, with off-cuts reused as doors, walls, and the like.
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Duangrit Bunnag Architect Limited (DBALP) has unveiled an eye-catching design for a new airport terminal in Bangkok that features intricate wooden detailing and an indoor forest. The new building is reportedly expected to be operational in 2025.
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Some impressive examples of bamboo construction can be found in the Asian tropics, including the latest handiwork of Chiangmai Life Architects which has used the sustainable and cheap material to craft a school sports hall in the mountains of Thailand.
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The completion of Thailand's tallest tower was celebrated last week with a spectacular light show. The MahaNakhon, which covers an area of 14,950 sq m in Bangkok's Sathorn Central Business District and rises to 314-m, is wrapped in a distinctive ribbon of pixels.
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A new skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand, is wrapped in a spiralling pixelated ribbon that gives the sense of the building being unfinished. The MahaNakhon is the Thai capital's tallest tower at 314 m (1,030 ft), boasting luxury residences and a sky bar.
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Although solar panels can be used to power a home with clean energy, demand for power fluctuates during the day and excess power is often also produced. A new development in Chiang Mai, Thailand, reportedly solves these problems. It converts excess power to hydrogen and stores it for use later.
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Keeping kids occupied can be a job in itself. That is, unless your house is one big adventure playground. Jerry House, designed by Thai architecture firm Onion, has nets, ladders and tunnels that provide both an environment in which kids can play and a means of moving around the house.
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As modern cities grow more densely populated and available living space shrinks correspondingly, ensuring that space is maximized to its full potential is essential. One proposal for making the most of the space we have comes via Thailand-based company Apostrophe's Living in the City housing unit.
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The DIY Storytelling Kit created by Supaksirin Wongsilp is designed to bring parents and children living in poor communities closer together by letting parents narrate a story as they assemble story characters along with their children to hang inside a mosquito net.
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Thailand's Songkran Festival is unquestionably the world's biggest waterfight. Sixty million people going nuts for a week. Another must-see photo essay.
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