Designing for a Malaysian climate without the cliches
Deep eaves are not the only answer. A look at how we plan for monsoon, midday heat and the slow chemistry that humidity does to a finish.
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Notes from the studio.
Slow, considered pieces from the desks of Reachbay — written when there is something worth saying about materials, the realities of Malaysian construction, or the patient art of briefing a designer.
Luxury on a budget: where to spend, where to hold
Not every line in the spec deserves the same treatment. Where to invest, where to stay quiet, and how to stop a project from quietly inflating itself.
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How to brief an interior architect (and what we wish we’d been told)
The brief is where most projects quietly go wrong. A studio’s view on the seven things that genuinely matter — and the four that do not.
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