the inaugural singapore 'archifest' took place during the 2007 singapore design festival. the event featured an
exhibition, speaker forum and tours all devoted to architecture. in its first year the festival focused on the theme
of 'aspiration to realization' throughout all the various activities. this theme was very present during the two day
forum which featured a prestigious line-up of international architects and designers.

designboom spoke to a number of the keynote speakers including, dr. manabu chiba from japan, ma yansong
from china, takaharu & yui tezuka from japan, ma qingyun from china, kevin mark low from malaysia and
chan soo khian from singapore. stay tuned for designboom interviews with these architects in the near future.

japanese architect hitoshi abe revealed his new 'frp' project during the event as well. the building features a
textured exterior cladding that has an undulating pattern and multiple cut-aways. architectural works by the
speakers were also on show at old city hall in the archifest exhibition.


ma qingyun of mada s.p.a.m. & 'vanke' residence by mada s.p.a.m.


'well hall' by mada s.p.a.m.




'singapore high commission' (new delhi, india) by scda architects


ma yansong of mad & 'hong luo club' (china) by mad
portrait © designboom


'the absolute tower' (mississauga, canada) & 'sinosteel plaza' (china) by mad




'dog training center' (shizuoka, japan) by chiba manabu architects


'fuji kindergarten' (japan) by tezuka architects & takaharu & yui tezuka with their children
portrait © designboom


'matsunoyama natural science museum' (japan) by tezuka architects


kevin mark low of small projects & 'overhang house' by small projects


'brickwall house' & 'gardengate' by small projects


dr. hitoshi abe of atelier hitoshi abe & 'ssm / kanno museum' (shiogama, japan) by atelier hitoshi abe


'reihoku community hall' (reihoku, japan) by atelier hitoshi abe


'f-town project' (tokyo, japan) by atelier hitoshi abe