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The Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) is a voluntary welfare organization, better seen as a community, that provides support to and advocates the interests and causes of persons with intellectual disability. Among donating to the needy, IDA believes it is important to connect and interact with members who benefit from our contributions.

This year, we booked one of Singapore’s infamous Hippo private buses and took the members of MINDS on a city tour through Singapore. We stopped at Gardens by the Bay for some photo ops, and headed back to MINDS for a lunch gather. The joy and appreciation seen on these members’ faces, and the opportunity to witness our colleagues’ compassion and interaction with the members, made all the planning, and braving the heat, worth it. You can visit MINDS here.

A VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) Session has been held at the IDA Office with invited guest Mr Edmund Leong of Straits Construction Pte Ltd. Mr Leong delivered a highly informative talk on VDC touching on its relevance in the construction industry. Notable is the frequent reference on the Stanford University model – VDC as a methodology, aims to: achieve better building performance with higher accuracy and quality, lower costs, expedite schedules, improve communication, and improve worker safety. More can be found in here.

Yang Cheng Design Alliance is a group of Guangzhou-based architects who were in town for an exposure and collaborative visit to Singapore. IDA graciously hosted the guests and presented various IDA tech capabilities and standards. In turn, the Yangcheng Design Alliance participants shared their group’s advocacy and contributions to Guangzhou. The Saturday talk became a fruitful exchange of ideas and ended with both parties having afternoon tea and a tour of the IDA office. To know more, visit their site.

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6 months after moving into our new and chic office, we decided to throw a family game day to show off our new work space. Overnight, we transformed the entire office into pockets of entertainment spots, which included a cinema room, karaoke, art station, computer and video game stations, chalkboard graffiti wall, and of course, lots of food. We had no idea how we would squeeze over 60 people into this space, but we did, and it was a blast! #idarchfamilyday2016

BCI Asia has once again recognized IDA as one of the Top 10 Architects in Singapore. The BCI Asia Top 10 Awards provides an overview of the regional building and construction industry by recognizing the top architectural firms and developers that had the greatest impact on the built environment in Southeast Asia. A full list of the BCI Asia Top 10 Architect awardees can be found here.

For the first time in over 20 years, IDA has been recognized as being one of the Top 10 Architects in Singapore! BCI Asia has conferred the award during a ceremony held last May 7, 2016. Several IDA team members attended the event. It was truly a remarkable milestone for IDA, with 2016 seeing several leaps and bounds for the group: a new office environment, and new members. A full list of the BCI Asia Top 10 Architect awardees can be found here.

Forget your typical metropolitan company tours, we saddled up and flew to the beautiful, authentic, and untouched Sri Lanka. Besides the important landmarks, our adventures included long bumpy coach rides, tea tasting, elephant feeding, and Geoffrey Bawa works in between. We then took the opportunity to pay a visit (and shopped!) to our very first project in Sri Lanka, House of Fashions Mega Mall, completed in 2013. A couple of mishaps, a load of crazy adventures, and a delayed return flight later, we’re back in first world Singapore with many stories to tell. #idarchsrilanka

From moving to a new office, to being declared one of BCI Asia’s Top Ten Architects, turning 28 was definitely one of those significant milestones we hit in 2016. This year, we (and some of our spouses) showed up dressed as super heroes and various characters to join our sci-fi/fantasy themed annual dinner. We were greeted with a giant green screen photo booth, and our photos were later edited with fun backgrounds to suit our costumes. The evening kicked off with a video that compiled a series of commentaries from everyone around the office, and then progressed into a night of food, games, prizes, and costume contest – our winner was Tinker Bell! #idarch28