Our National University of Singapore masters course in resort design wound up on November 20 with a rapid-fire mixed-mode crit session. Reviewing remotely were Darlene Smyth (who wrote the book, literally, on Bedmar and Shi), Susan Tan, Senior Design Director for IHG and David Gowty of Hassell, Brisbane. Matt Shang, founder of interior designers MSDO, joined in person. After fourteen weeks of focused research and design effort, eleven students presented their innovative work in four short hours.

Fiona Nixon and Kristian van Schaik both graduated from RMIT University and spent nearly two decades working in Asia for leading architectural firms before merging their practices to create STUDIO NvS.