d+a Issue No. 136 (October 2025)

This issue of D+A features projects that transform heritage and industry into cultural landmarks for the future. In Yixing, Kengo Kuma & Associates’ UCCA Clay revives the city’s 7,000-year-old ceramic tradition through porous architecture and a vision for cultural regeneration. South Korea’s Park1538 reimagines the POSCO Steelworks as a civic commons where steel, landscape, and art converge. The Hanok Heritage House near Seoul modernises centuries-old Korean architecture through innovation, while Thailand’s Indigo Loom House celebrates weaving as both craft and community ritual. We also checked out the modern interiors of some of Asia’s luxury hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok and Alila Shanghai.