The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know

Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho illuminates the architect’s idiosyncratic approach at a refreshingly deep level

The young artist is already building a compelling body of work that combines concrete with other materials from steel to textiles, creating installations that speak to an architectural approach

On a ridge overlooking Lombok’s coastline, Kastil Utara by Cáceres Tous is shaped by the terrain on which it sits, its low-slung form tracing the contours of the land to frame the mountains and sea beyond

In an age of excess, Signyan Design recasts luxury through calm environments with a heightened sense of care and connection. While its reach extends across China and abroad, the practice remains firmly rooted in its native Chongqing

Inside a converted warehouse on the Singapore River, STPI combines a gallery and printmaking workshop, where artists from Seoul to Yogyakarta have made some of their most unexpected work

Through void landscapes and weathered buildings, Andy Dewantoro’s paintings dwell on space, absence
and the quiet imprint of time.

Few neighbourhoods in Singapore marry the city’s creative and historical identities as deeply as Bras Basah Bugis, where independent spaces, long-loved local businesses and heritage architecture continue to thrive amid urban change

he designs by Singapore’s LTW Designworks take their cues from hospitality, offering an elevated experience that draws on Korean traditions without descending into pastiche

The Australian designer and artist has revisited his fascination with metal accumulation in collaboration with the UNESCO-listed heritage craft of the Thathera community

Tucked inside a leafy side street in Ho Chi Minh City, Gallery Medium blends vernacular charm with contemporary design, fostering a communal platform for Vietnam’s burgeoning creative scene to flourish

Created for a visual merchandiser who often sleeps during the day, this 28-square-metre Taipei apartment by Horizontal Studio filters daylight into a softened interior made for rest

The tunnel-like flats of Tiong Bahru’s old Streamline Moderne walk-ups are built to be dim. For one ground-floor renovation, Monocot helped the light find its own way down the middle

Following an 18-month renovation, Park Hyatt Tokyo returns with a sensitive refresh by Jouin Manku, replacing much of the interior while preserving the spirit of the 1994 Tange–Morford original

For Cave Urban co-founder Jed Long, whose practice explores bamboo and adaptive reuse, designing his Bali home became an opportunity to test many of the ideas that have shaped the studio's work over the past decade

The monthly briefing from Design Anthology’s editors on the most interesting things to see, places to go and products to know

Carly Tarkari Dodd’s woven works explore the experiences of Australian First Nations people while reimaging traditional techniques she was taught as a child 

Conceived by Atelier Guo, the new dining pavilion at Yangshuo Sugar House Hotel draws on the site’s karst landscape and former life as a sugar mill to create an intimate chef’s-table setting

Australian research studio Other Matter has released Other Matter Leather, a reimagined circular product created from used bioplastics

Wuuu Studio kept this Damansara home’s old colonial shell and reworked it from within, opening up the cramped rooms and shaping a dining space around unexpected structural columns