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studioMilou winner of the competition for the Ho Chi Minh city opera house

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studioMilou winner of the competition for the Ho Chi Minh city opera house.

studioMilou and our local partner, HDC along with our international engineering team from ARUP, are honored to have been awarded the Jury’s highest ranking for our design creating a spectacular home for the new Ho Chi Minh’s City’s Ballet, Symphony, Orchestra and Opera House. The Award was presented on 10 December after an international competition, and we wish to thank our talented teams in Vietnam and Singapore for their tireless commitment to achieving this primary result.

The design evolved over the course of several months of research and relentless attempts to define forms at once harmonious with the spectacular Saigon riverfront location and the dynamism of its fast-evolving context in the Thu Thiem New Urban District.

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12 ministries and 1000 trees in the heart of Hanoi

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12 ministries and 1000 trees in the heart of Hanoi

studioMilou is proud to have received second place out of 12 short-listed entries for its design for the international Ministries of Hanoi competition, a 500,000m2 project, to house 12 buildings and 11 ministries in the capital’s centre. Our approach created a linear east- west pedestrian landscape composed of many gardens, around which an elegant series of ministry buildings creates an architectural ensemble unified with undulating veils of metal, glass and perforated GRC panels. Designed to protect pedestrian and offices from the elements and soften the light, this signature element also references the colours and moods of traditional Vietnamese weaving. By night, depending on the lighting scheme chosen, transparency between the veil, offices and the gardens creates a lantern like effect. Interiors, like the exterior, create harmonious environments, including working, common and exhibition spaces, among others.

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Fernando Javier Urquijo, photographer, Georgia 2020

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Fernando Javier Urquijo, photographer, Georgia 2020

Today, our close friend, exceptional artist and photographer for studioMilou for over twenty years, Fernando Javier Urquijo, sent us one of his works. This beautiful, poignant image of a shepherd resonates with the underlying messages of Easter, especially the sacrifice of human company. And so it also resonates with things too many are feeling at this time, worldwide.

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Night photos of National Gallery site in 2012

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Night photos of National Gallery site in 2012

Between 2011 and 2015 the National Gallery construction main contractor Takenaka was working around the clock, with 4 shifts of 8 hours, to catch up with the work schedule and to complete the Gallery before the deadline of august 2015.

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Open position, Architectural assistant in Singapore office

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Open position, Architectural assistant in Singapore office

We’re looking for an architectural assistant in our Singapore office. A motivated and talented professional who has a good eye for detail, excellent communication skills and an appreciation of our studio’s ethos and projects.

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Visite de la National Gallery Singapore par François Hollande, president de la République, 17 Mars 2017

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Visite de la National Gallery Singapore par François Hollande, president de la République, 17 Mars 2017

Il y a quatre ans François Hollande, Président de la République Française a visité la National Gallery Singapore a l’occasion d’une visite officielle à Singapour.

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The Avenir, River Valley Close, Singapore. Construction in progress, February 2021

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The Avenir, River Valley Close, Singapore
Construction in progress, February 2021

The Avenir project is under construction today. It has been designed by StudioMilou in partnership with ADDP. It will include 374 luxury apartments and all the common facilities. It will be completed on the 9th March 2023.

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StudioMilou offices in Melbourne

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StudioMilou offices in Melbourne

Thanks to the generous support of Noel Firmanis and Megan Ponsford, StudioMilou has created its first Australian office in Melbourne, 6, Oxford street Collingwood 3066, discretely installed within the Oxford street chapel.

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Seoul Compact City international design competition architectural review

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Seoul Compact City international design competition architectural review

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Housing and Community Corporation published a very detailed architectural review of the international design competition for the Seoul Compact City, Gangil public garage project.

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Adaptive reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore

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Adaptive reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore

The Hong Kong university press just published a volume on Asian revitalization experiences and adaptive reuse in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai edited by Katie Cummer and Lynne DiStefano.

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Studies on 3D Public Spaces Extension of the LASALLE School of the Arts, Singapore, 2020

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Studies on 3D Public Spaces Extension of the LASALLE School of the Arts, Singapore, 2020

In 2020, studioMilou designed a project for the extension of the LASALLE School of Arts. This project was part of an expression of interest application submitted with the local practice Swan & Maclaren and was not finally selected. The concept of the project is to create the two wings of the school organized around a three dimensional layering of circulation and shared living spaces for the students and the professors open widely to the city life.

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Choa Chu Kang HDB, Singapore, February 2021

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Choa Chu Kang HDB - A study on 3 Dimensional Public Spaces

In 2019, studioMilou designed an integrated project including - residential, nursing buildings home, clinics, restaurant, shops and community spaces around a spectacular public spaces linking the metro station close by and a public garden. The design developed with the local practice ADDP, proposes to organise all the elements of the brief around a Piranesian style of vertical public spaces open to all and protected against the rain and the sunlight by the cantilevers of large balcony and suspended gardens.

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Gangil Seoul Compact City, Korea, February 2020

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Gangil Seoul Compact City - A study on 3 Dimensional Public Spaces

In 2020, studioMilou designed a low-rise integrated design, including, residential, community spaces, shops, bus garage, bus terminal around an enclosed vertical garden. This garden was designed to be used at all seasons with water features becoming an ice skating ring in winter. This public space was protected by a spectacular urban canopy and was surrounded by many layers of pubic circulation. The project shortlisted as the best scheme in the first round was not selected finally by the client.

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A Concept for a City in the MENA Region, January 2020

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A Concept for a City in the MENA Region

studioMilou is working to refine a concept for a city in the MENA region. This beautiful project, intended for integration into an urban master plan, is inspired by traditional heritage earthen architecture structures and low-rise pedestrian-friendly spaces. Using shade and vegetation, along with carefully calculated positioning of pillars and walls, the design facilitates natural ventilation and heat protection. More to come!

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'The Architect's Collection': The Bronze Cowrie

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'The Architect's Collection': The Bronze Cowrie

The second work from studioMilou’s ‘Architect’s Collection’ of unique sculptures has just been completed. This collection, for which handcrafted objects are designed or commissioned by Jean Francois Milou, engages skilled trades and craftspeople. Below, the work is based on a small, 18th century English engraved conch shell bought by the architect on auction in Paris over twenty years ago. Appreciated for the skill of the engraving above all, Jean Francois Milou recreated it as a gift, using the cameo technique and enlarging its 100's of times. Our sincere thanks to Singapore-based Metalworks, and their committed team of tradesmen who with us worked on this beautiful, permanent object.

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