Cultural Centre Nears Completion
Phuket’s first self-sustaining cultural centre and live museum dedicated to preserving the island’s sea gypsy traditions is nearing completion and set to open early 2012. The award-winning energy efficient design by Able Architects was inspired by the hand-made fish traps used by the Urak Lawoi …
Phuket Cat Hospital Opens
The new cat hospital at the Phuket Soi Dog Foundation began treating its first feline patients last month. Named the Jeanne Marchig Cat Hospital, the building was specially designed by Able Architects as as a place where cats can undergo operations and recovery in a …
Asia’s first Urak Lawoi cultural center set for Phuket
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office is pushing ahead with the construction of a 5.4-million-baht culture center for Urak Lawoi sea gypsies, with the facility set to become the first of its kind in Asia. The center, which is more than 70% complete, will aim to …
SCB Backs New Bt-500m Patong Resort
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) executives and Phuket resort developers Limsup Grand Co., Ltd have sealed a Bt-500m deal to finance construction of the Andaman Embrace Resort & Spa, a modern Sino-Portuguese style hotel on Patong Beach front, replacing the Club Andaman Beach Resort. The 10-rai …
Phuket culture center construction stalled
RASSADA, PHUKET: Development of a new cultural center in Phuket to educate visitors about Phuket’s sea gypsy traditions is on hold until more funding can be found to complete the project. Another two million baht is needed to complete the Urak Lawoi Culture Center, which …
Exclusive Interview
Amidst an environment of economic challenge where designers, builders and architects are all feeling the pinch, architect Pakhin Aunggulsant and his company Able Architects are comfortable in the knowledge that their business is doing just fine. Over the last three years Pakhin has innovated his …
Phuket Architects 09 Seminar
Discussions centered on how Phuket Architects should be respond and react to Phuket Internatinal Airport’s expansion project for 2014. Click here for more information.
Teakwood luxury on the lakeside
Viewed from the road, the facade of this simple Thai contemporary house looks much like many others of its type. It is only on entering the property and passing beneath the elegant twometer gable that you begin to get a sense of the uniqueness of …
AEP Group on the Tropical Living Magazine
AEP Group is a collection of companies comprising teams of leading design and engineering experts, including specialist architects, structural and electrical engineers, and construction professionals that deliver one-stop solutions for modern architectural and design challenges. Lead by Mr. Pakhin, the companies Able Architects, Edifix and …
Defining the art of Tropical Living
The popularity of European architectural concepts in Thailand has seen many of the country’s architects rushing to learn the building practices and styles of the West so they can bring their concepts back home to cater to the demand from foreigners and Thais. The most …
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