EVENT DATE : April 17, 2019

SME and United Overseas Bank (UOB). The Awards are said to be the first and only award here that acknowledges SMEs for their digitalisation efforts through assessment of the competing companies in three areas, namely digital enablement, employee development and leadership direction. (Featured on Leap Winner Stories – Asia Tonight CNA documentary)

EVENT DATE : January 17, 2019

We are pleased to announce IM-ARCH ASIA -The first Immersive Architecture conference and workshop to be held in Singapore. We are inviting everyone in the Architecture, Engineering, Real Estate, Interior Design and Construction sectors, as well as Cultural Heritage professionals to participate in this extraordinary 3-day event, covering immersive technologies of VR, AR, and MR (virtual, augmented, and mixed reality).

For more details, visit link.

EVENT DATE : August 31, 2018

“In conjunction with Families for Life’s My Family Weekend 2018, Focus on the Family Singapore is pleased to offer a more meaningful take on ‘Bring Your Child to Work’ day on 31 August, Friday.

Inspire your employees by showing your organisation’s interest and support towards their families.”

For more info, click on this link.

EVENT DATE : July 27, 2017

We’ve had some great harvest lately! Our colleages have put our harvested greens to delicious use!

EVENT DATE : August 31, 2017

With the huge support of Focus on the Family, IDA launched our very first Meet My Boss Day! We invited our colleagues to bring their kids to work for a day of activities. The day started off with a Love Literate workshop facilitated by trainer, Darren Tan, followed by lunch with the bosses. After lunch, they had a taste of what it is like to be an Architect. As a team, they designed their very own school, and had the opportunity to enter the school they designed in virtual reality.

EVENT DATE : July 20, 2017

ID Architects was invited by BCA to speak for the Network for Productivity Leadership (NPL) Session last July. NPL members were given insights on how ID Architects have adopted VDC on Furniture Hub. The session hopes to encourage more participation from the building community to improve productivity through BIM / VDC.

EVENT DATE : July 7, 2017

IDA has conducted a staff meeting covering the new direction IDA is taking – VR Studio, Computational Design, the new Website, Green Fingers, and a briefing for the upcoming Company trip.

EVENT DATE : July 6, 2017

Architect Johan Hanegraaf from Dutch based design firm Mecanoo shared his knowledge with the IDA team covering topics from computational design, BIM, and VR based design. He also gave a preview of his ongoing project, Archispace, a solution for architects to design, simulate and communicate in a virtual space. Visit his blog.

EVENT DATE : May 26, 2017

For the annual International BIM Competition (IBC) organised by BCA, IDA gave a lecture at Singapore polytechnic as a primer to the competition, preparing the students and participants for the competition. the topics covered included application of computational design to actual practice scenarios, and aimed to inform and inspire the participants on the utility and potential of the tools available.

EVENT DATE : June 13, 2017

IDA received the BCA BIM Gold Award at an event held on June 13, 2017. IDA was recognized for its innovation efforts – adopting computational design and an improved BIM workflow. With this milestone, IDA is committed to collaborating and sharing these innovations with other industry affiliates. One of the goals is to build a community where ideas will spur transformation of the building industry as a whole. Investment on new technologies such as VR and AR will be paramount. For more information, visit the BCA Site.

EVENT DATE : June 10, 2017

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.

EVENT DATE : June 7, 2017

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.

EVENT DATE : May 6, 2017

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.

EVENT DATE : June 6, 2017

Coming Soon!

EVENT DATE : October 15, 2016

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

EVENT DATE : May 19, 2017

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.

EVENT DATE : May 7, 2016

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.

EVENT DATE : November 11, 2016

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

EVENT DATE : September 30, 2016

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