Nudging the construction industry towards digitisation

By Rachel Chew Oct 26

According to McKinsey Global Institute’s Industry Digitisation Index 2015, the construction and agriculture sectors are among the least digitised.

Smart cities — where are we now?

By Natalie Khoo Oct 12

The term “smart cities” has been uttered by many, but what makes a city intelligent? Are we really there yet in terms of developing smart cities? Does a smart city equate to less human interaction and render a city soulless?

Technology and innovation to drive future cities

By Tan Ai Leng & Natalie Khoo Sep 09

PETALING JAYA (Sept 10): The concept of building a smart city is not about constructing a new city from scratch but how to improve the daily lives of city dwellers through technology, innovative ideas and sustainable design. And to achieve that would involve the participation of both the private and public sectors.

Smart design and affordability — can they go hand-in-hand?

By Lum Ka Kay Aug 31

PETALING JAYA (Aug 29): Our lives are becoming increasingly “smarter” as we move into the future. However, for the ordinary man on the street, can they afford to be smart?

Taking stock of the future

By Natalie Khoo Aug 21

PETALING JAYA (Aug 22): Sustainability may be a trendy word right now but how seriously do we take it and what does it mean in our everyday life and business?

Rehda Youth’s Mapex to attract 15,000 visitors

By Lum Ka Kay May 19

PETALING JAYA (May 19): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Youth, the organiser of the 2017 Rehda Youth Malaysia Property Exhibition (Mapex), which is currently taking place until Sunday (May 21), hopes to attract some 15,000 visitors.

DBKL to gazette KL City Draft Plan 2020 selectively

By Lum Ka Kay May 11

PETALING JAYA (May 11): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will not be gazetting the entire KL City Draft Plan 2020, but is thinking of gazetting selected portions of it.

Rehda Youth members look into ‘vertical programming’ in April study tour

By Lum Ka Kay Apr 25

PETALING JAYA (April 25): Some members of The Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Youth section (Rehda Youth) drew lessons in planning for vertical spaces and projects during its April study tour of two projects in Kuala Lumpur.

Rewriting the narrative

By TheEdgeProperty.com Oct 07

WHILE he is no architect, Ee Soon Wei is no stranger to the practice of adaptive reuse. In 2012, the 36-year-old spearheaded the transformation of The Royal Press, his family’s printing press business in Melaka, in a bid to preserve the family legacy and revive the dying art of the letterpress.

The case for adaptive reuse

By TheEdgeProperty.com Oct 07

STANDING at the corner of Leith Street in George Town, Penang is the iconic indigo blue-walled Cheong Fatt Tze Blue Mansion.