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On behalf of all of us at ReallyArchitecture, here’s wishing all our readers and dear friends a blessed Christmas! In this season of giving, we would like to encourage everyone to take some time to give to the less fortunate among us. May your giving bring your great joy and happiness in return! Merry Christmas!

NOT A STORY is a collection of books produced by Nota Group, a local multi-disciplinary design group which has, in a short span of six years, accumulated a portfolio of works ranging from interior design to architecture and master planning projects. Today, they operate out of their head office in Singapore, and associate offices in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok, Bandar Seri Begawan, Hong Kong, Wenzhou and Shanghai.This bookset chronicles 135 specially selected projects covering Residential, Hospitality,Commercial & Community projects that tell the story of Nota and is available at most leading Singapore bookstores for $50.00 (excluding GST). re:ACT is glad to be one of the official online media partners for this book launch and we being a great supporter of local talent, would like to encourage every one to go out and buy a copy. Especially since part of the sales proceeds are going to Nota’s adopted charity - Habitat for Humanity.

Due to your overwhelming response, we have reached the maximum capacity that our venue can take. Registration for Really Ar? 4 - “Mixed-use Developments: How they Work, Adapt & Influence” is therefore CLOSED. If you have not signed up for it, do look out for Really Ar? 5 and sign up early so you don’t miss it! To be honest, we did not really expect it. But seriously, we are really stoked by the response and support! I’m really looking forward to a great discussion tonight! See ya!

Ask anyone living in Singapore what they remember about their high rise mass housing apartment blocks and they are sure to tell you, the VOID DECKs. The Singapore housing landscape is filled with acres of these and it is also here that a rainbow of activities like chess, afternoon chats, beer-drinking sessions, impromptu soccer, skateboarding, funeral wakes, Malay weddings etc. can also be found. Given that the void deck has such intimate connections to our way life in Singapore, how would you re-design it given a chance to?

The Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) presents Operation Void Deck – an open competition to design an architectural intervention at the void decks of public housing estates. The competition aims to generate unique, exciting ideas that could improve the quality of life for the residents, and show how architecture and design can impact society in meaningful ways. The site is at Block 51 Marine Terrace and ideas can range from a furniture installation to the remodeling of an area within or surrounding the void deck, all factoring in mind a construction budget of SGD 30,000. Entries should present a vision of how to encourage community interaction and improve the quality of life of the residents across generations, especially the elderly.

If you feel your creative juices starting to boil, download the competition brief today and start creating! You stand to win the top prize of SGD 3,000 and the chance to further develop your proposal with support from SIA, to be potentially built in early 2010!