Tamara Thiessen

Architecture & Design

I am fascinated by architecture and design. Both the creative process and the way urban planning issues shape the future. I am drawn to subjects around the world that bring together sustainability and humanism, culture and visionary design. From Rotterdam’s migration museum – and the city’s floating farm – to a replica of Paris in Hangzhou, China. Or the mission by a Chinese architect to revive traditional rural design amid the country’s rampant urbanisation. And the radical move to combat urban loneliness through high-rise housing design from Hong Kong to London.

ArchitectureDesign: Building Communities with Buildings

All these subjects seem so intricately woven into the urban fibre of today and tomorrow. Of building communities that are both sustainable and healthy. This is becoming increasingly critical. And brilliant designers from London to New York – featured in the stories below – will continue to tackle those challenges with their incredible creative imaginations.

story on the architecture and design of the world's first floating farm in the Netherlands by Tamara Thiessen
Unbelievable ingenuity in the land of inventiveness (‘God made the world and the Dutch made Holland’), with the world’s first floating dairy.

 

Story by Tamara Thiessen on tackling loneliness through architecture in the South China Morning Post
Tackling loneliness through architecture
Tamara Thiessen architecture and design South China Morning Post Rotterdam
Cultures collide in Rotterdam, city of the future, at the future migration museum, South China Morning Post

 

Back to the Future in China

Story on Chinese architect Wang Shu by journalist Tamara Thiessen in the South China Morning Post.
Wang Shu and his wife, Lu Wenyu, want to protect Chinese culture and history by returning to traditional building. South China Morning Post.

 

A story in the South China Morning Post by Tamara Thiessen on photojournalist and art collector Keren Su who is recreating hotels as 'living museums' in an effort to revive traditions.
A story on photojournalist and art collector Keren Su who is recreating hotels as ‘living museums’ in an effort to revive traditions.

 

Architecture Place-Warp: Paris-China

Tamara Thiessen architecture and design South China Morning Post Paris Hangzhou
Go on! You’ve been waiting all your life to visit China to see the Eiffel Tower. Now’s your chance! South China Morning Post.