Share your views and thoughts about interior design industry in Penang

Hi Mates!

Regardless of years of experience in Interior Designing field, what do you guys think of the interior design industry particularly here in Penang??

Do you guys still think that there are still hopes and dreams to bring up Penang as one of the toughest Interior Design contender compared to other states and country??

PGCC - PENANG GLOBAL CITY CENTRE

Future development at Penang Turf club.

An exhibition and conference centre, shopping complexes and hotels.

Penang Global City Centre (PGCC), will be built over 15 years

RM25bil project, covering 104ha, brainchild of Equine Capital Bhd.



The Architect:

A S Y M P T O T E
New York firm with international portfolio, their projects range from spatial experimentation and installations, to building and urban design, ...www.asymptote-architecture.com/

What next??

PENANG TIMES SQUARE

PENANG TIMES SQUARE, an urban village within the city, is where the historical events in the past will be retold and future events will unfold, a place where Georgetown will relive its glorious past.

Perfectly located along Jalan Dato Keramat, with Jalan Kampung Jawa Baru as the future link to Jelutong Expressway, Birch The Plaza at Penang Times Square has one of the most exclusive addresses in the heart of Georgetown. Being an address of one of the future monorail station, it will be just as accessible either by road or rail in the near future.This inevitably makes Penang Times Square the perfect location in Georgetown's city centre.

It is a large development project. Hence, the development plan is divided into 4 phases.
Phase I – Birch The Plaza
Phase II – Birch Regency
Phase III – Commercial, Cineplex, Exhibition and Serviced Resident
Phase IV - Hotel

As the PGCC issue has been brought to peace, one of our giant leap from the conventional building designs hope and future have been shattered. I heard from someone is that our very own Penang Times Square developed by Ivory Properties Group, the number shops doing renovations is very limited.

It might have been affected by the economy and people are becoming more skeptical in spending. Unlike during the 90s, people are willing to give in huge budgets to design interior spaces, now it is like everyone is paying 20cents for a BMW!

What can we do to bring back the 90s thinking into the present??

Save the future of designs!!

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