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A modular system table wrapped in canvas, landscaped in raw linen and grazed with rations. @marocollective @_rplusss @aesop #scenography

Memory is a bridge between the senses. Between sight and scent, landscape anchors. Memory’s Landscape Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection 16 May – 2 August 2026 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am – 6pm Level 4, GDP Campus 79, Jalan Setia Bakti, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur RM20 per entry. Purchase tickets to the exhibition at the link in bio.

“And while memory itself is not a place, it is always situated within one—landscapes.” Memory, and the act of remembering, is never straightforward. It is both active and passive, straddling the spectrum between the vague and the clear. Yet memory itself is not a place. Landscapes therefore give memory an anchor—a foreground, a background, and everything in between—ranging from scenes of retraced certainty and clarity, to messy and muddled impressions. GDP Architects and R+, supported by Aēsop, are delighted to present Memory’s Landscape: Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection. The curation and layout by R+, enhanced by an infusion of scents by @aesop , set the spatial and sensorial tone for the space at GDP Campus. Through a selection of 20 artworks by 19 visual artists, the exhibition rekindles the familiar yet interconnected ties between memory and landscape—in others, and of our own. Memory’s Landscape: Works from the Steve Wong Art Collection opens on 16 May. This is a ticketed exhibition. Link in bio to purchase tickets now.

In moments of trial, hope can be the loudest, much sought-after. Through art, hope is not only expressed, but also lends a sense of connection — through thoughts, emotions, senses, memories; all that is human. Coming soon to GDP Campus. 16 May – 2 August 2026. With credits to (L–R): Wong Perng Fey, Matthew Carver, and Faizal Suhif.

🟡 Material Matters: A Roundtable Talk  Date: 25 Jan, Sunday Time: 11.00am - 1.00pm Place: LOKL @ High Street Studios, KL  RM50/pax 🔗 RSVP via link in bio! [Edit: RSVP closed, capacity full] Light refreshments are included for all guests. Do materials shape culture or vice versa? Do you begin with ideas or materials? Across artists who work with found, raw and finished materials, this moderated session reveals how their practice converges and diverges on approach, and ways their craft reacts to and participates in culture, innovation and commerce.  Hailing from Vietnam ( Dương Gia Hiếu @nem.space ), Singapore ( Genevieve Ang @gellyvieve / @othersupply ) and Malaysia ( Joanne Chew @fictionistudio ), each artist brings a regional perspective — further illustrating the dynamism between culture, materials and the stories we tell. A selection of the artists’ works will also be on display at matlab next door 🟡 Photo of Joanne by @davidyeowphotography matfest is powered by @mythinkcity

The confettis are now settled and the glasses have all been raised, but no reflection is ever too late. To be grateful, they say, is to be counting one’s blessings — even when, in truth, blessings are but uncountable. And even more blessings are to be found in giving and in reaching out. 2025 had been that year: one that was full of offering, learning, discovering, empowering and connecting with one another, together. We walk into 2026 with reasons to try: to continue the attempts made in 2025 into this new one just arrived. Happy New Year everyone, from all of us at R+.

Two blue books 📘📘 Three design research practices A Sunday afternoon at @testing.grnd We put two blue books together and an engaging conversation brewed. @_rplusss met @e9a.architecture to have a chat on their respective titles — ‘group, design, partnership;’ on the life of a practice, @gdparchitects , and ‘Between Rail and River: Notes in Time on Kluang’ on the life of a place — to an effortless moderation by @suburbia.projects Both books were released in 2025 as a snapshot of their subjects at this particular juncture in time. Are they dissimilar? The conversation unveiled similar motives otherwise: from aiming to become a sort of time capsule and dossier, to being driven by the pursuits of dedication and documentation. Both sought a kind of storytelling that creates new access points: readable, reachable and relatable to a wider audience beyond architecture and design. Thank you all who joined in. Stay in touch for more reasons to share in 2026.

Bookmark the year-end with a book-to-book conversation between two design research practices, E9A Architecture and R+, on their respective titles, Between Rail and River: Notes in Time on Kluang and group, design, partnership;, both released in 2025. Join us as we read in between two blue books — both observational, documentative and reflective — as they each chart out the course of what makes a book, a project. The session will be moderated by Suburbia Projects, publisher of architecture and design. Sign up at our link in bio, limited seats available! 🗓️ Sunday, December 14, 2025 🕝 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM 📍 testing ground

2025 is drawing to a close and joy is in the air. We’re marking it with a year-end bazaar, Gerai Dalam Parking — a hearty invitation to our friends and family, and the neighbourhood and community. Come for the thrift, stay for the treats. Be among the fun and crafty as you browse, select and shop for the season’s most wholesome offerings, from pre-loved items to collectibles, home-baked goods and hearty bites. There’s truly something for everyone: don’t forget to take the chance to give back and share with a clothes donation drive by @klothcircularity Share the joy and a lighthearted moment or two. Fill this season of togetherness with many good reasons to share. 🗓️ Saturday, December 13, 2025 🕙 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM 📍 GDP Campus, 79, Jalan Setia Bakti, Bukit Damansara (Car park G, 1, 2)

As we inch closer to the year’s end, we find ourselves reflecting on the abundant opportunities and experience the year has offered us. In their various shapes and forms, one thing remains consistent, that is reasons to share. Reasons to share ideas, reasons to share gifts, reasons to share experiences. In that spirit, we invite you to a weekend of @gdparchitects ’s Year-end Bazaar at GDP Campus, a book talk moderated by @suburbia.projects , and the art book fairs that @_rplusss is participating in @klartbookfair and @bkkabf . Wrap up your 2025 with good reasons to share.

Ever wondered who designed some of Malaysia’s most iconic buildings? 🏙️ Walking through Kuala Lumpur, it’s easy to be distracted by its vertical ambitions. Merdeka 118, Pavilion, the Mandarin Oriental, Tun Razak Exchange, EQ Tower, names that have already become shorthand for the city. What most people don’t realise is that many of these buildings began in the same place: a desk at GDP Architects, a homegrown practice that has been sketching Kuala Lumpur & beyond into existence for decades. The GDP campus doesn’t feel like a showpiece. It’s made mostly of concrete, pale-grey and unpolished, but balanced in a way that feels deliberate. How the rawness of the surface brings out its precision. It’s reminding you that good architecture doesn’t need to shout. But it isn’t just about architecture. The campus doubles as a space for art, where sketches, models, and exhibitions tell the story of how cities take shape. The exhibition is free and open to the public! It leaves a way of seeing the city, not as a collection of towers, but as a place still being sketched, refined, and lived in. Check out their 35th anniversary exhibition now. ☻ 📆 Now ‘til 19 Oct 2025 (Free entry!) 🕰️ Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00; Mon to Wed 12:00 - 20:00 📍GDP Campus, Bukit Damansara, KL #rplusss #gdparchitects #kualalumpur #exhibition #kiakiaplaces

Architecture can never be the work of just one. We invite you all to group , design , partnership ; an exhibit that serves as a point of reflection for the first 35 years of our practice. Spread across two levels in GDP Campus, the exhibit showcases a selection of opportunities, pursuits and past endeavours undertaken by us — spanning from the minuteness of a room to the vastness of a country, right up to the recent completion of our new home. We also invite you to join us in revisiting our roots beyond the exhibit — in a series of conversations and guided walk-throughs which will unveil further reflections and experiences what has shaped this practice. For all this, truly, takes a village. group , design , partnership ; 30.08. – 19.10.2025 GDP Campus