Amber Skye, with its timeless appeal, continues to be recognised internationally. Recently, it received another accolade, a Platinum trophy in the TITAN Property Awards under the Architecture, Residential High-rise category.

The TITAN Property Awards honours each professional from the real estate industry who creates projects that redefine the grounds. The platform celebrates the ingenuity of the designers, the efforts of every dedicated worker, and the social impact these professionals bring in the modernised industry.

Recently, at the Dot Property Vietnam Awards 2021, the most prestigious real estate award in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, DOJI Jewelry Group - DOJI Land, triumphantly won two awards: Best High-end Real Estate Developer in Vietnam and Best Luxury Residence and Hotel Iconic Design for its development, the Diamond Crown Plaza in Hai Phong.

The luxury apartment and hotel project, which won the most beautiful iconic design in Vietnam 2021, is the craftsmanship of Italian designer Massimo Mercurio of Mercurio Design Lab. The project, a partnership between the no. 1 jeweler in Vietnam & the avant-garde Italian studio, is inspired by the beauty of the image of "Lotus Crown." Moreover, it is the first twin tower complex in Asia with a Diagrid Structural System, showcasing an outstanding and unique facade with LED lines embedded within the lattices. With its beautiful dynamic programming, the Diamond Crown Plaza in Hai Phong represents the strong temperament of the leading and fast-paced New Hai Phong.

Mercurio Design Lab and Metakaos (an affiliated company of MDL specializing in creating customized collections and sculptures) were both announced Winners in the 2021 World Design Awards. Dusit Thani Laguna won in the Hospitality Built category, and the Superstring championed in the Product Design category.

The WDA competition is a forum that examines the relationship between architecture and the natural world, architecture and the community, and the architects and the city. It is judged by two stellar panels: one for design, another for architecture.

Luxury Society Asia featured Dusit Thani Laguna after winning an accolade in the 2021 Luxury Lifestyle Awards. The article writes about why Mercurio Design Lab's iconic design in the heart of Singapore impressed the jury of the competition, leading to a decision to award Dusit Thani Laguna with the title Best Hotel Architecture for Singapore.

The Luxury Society Asia is an online community site that received the following recognitions: Top 20 Thailand’s Best Blogs 2021, Asian Up’s Top 50 Luxury Lifestyle Blogs, and Top 25 Websites for Thai People in 2020. Read more »

Indonesia 1, set to be the tallest twin tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, won its FIRST award in the 2021 International Architecture Awards organized by The Chicago Athenaeum. The under-construction development is said to change the capital skyline upon its completion in 2022.

The Chicago Athenaeum, a private museum of architecture and design based in Galena, Illinois, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd., has organized The International Architecture Awards as a way in which to honor the best, significant new buildings, landscape architecture, and planning projects designed and built around by the leading architects, landscape architects, and urban planners practicing nationally and internationally. The program is one of the museum’s most important public education outreach initiatives that pays tribute to new developments in design and underscores the directions and understanding of current cutting-edge processes consistent with modern design thinking.

Renowned Dusit Thani Laguna in Singapore reached high-profile Chinese investors and luxury property buyers when published in a three-page story of a prestigious VIP-only platform China media, the LPS China Ferretti Group Magazine. The copy is bilingual, written in English and Mandarin Chinese, and is exclusive and dedicated to reaching a targeted audience: the Chinese leader market.

The print version of the magazine is delivered to 30,000+ VVIP and VIP subscribers and distributed to networks of Chinese yacht owners, affiliated marinas, and yacht clubs throughout China’s coastal cities— from Shanghai to Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Sanya, Dalian, Xiamen, Qingdao, Suzhou, and Hong Kong. An e-version circulates on the LPS-China Official Wechat account that gathers over 17,000 subscribers.

The Dusit Thani Laguna in Singapore made another milestone when ranked among TIME magazine's World’s Greatest Places 2021. The integrated hotel and golf resort, unique for its sleek, curvilinear roofing coupled with iconic Thai hospitality, was described by the publication as something that feels like an isolated oasis.

TIME, a renowned international title since 1923, has a current global reach of more than 100 million people worldwide. Read more »

Italy-based leading publisher on architecture and design, l'Arca International magazine, featured Dusit Thani Laguna in a 12-page article, profoundly writing the details of what sets Dusit Thani Laguna apart from the other hotel and golf resorts. The write-up is a testament to Mercurio Design Lab, an Italian studio and worldwide trendsetter in design.

l'Arca International is a twenty-year-old magazine entirely devoted to the world of modern-day design. Published in three languages—French, Italian, English— it is distributed in Europe, French-speaking nations, Italy, United States, Korea, Japan, and China. The magazine is also visible at all the major professional shows and exhibitions: Batimat, Interclima+Elec, Idéo Bain, Mipim, Equip’Hôtel, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Architect&Work, Made Expo, Saie, Cersaie, Equip’Baie, and Metal

Amber Skye, a multi-residential project of Mercurio Design Lab, inspired by the endless motion of the sea, again proves its timeless appeal as it continues to stand out in its surroundings and made a new wave in Singapore news.

In the August 10, 2021 issue of The Strait Times, a Singapore-based English-language daily broadsheet newspaper established in 1845, the article writes: "In city fringes, the highest transacted price was $6.5 million for a freehold unit at Amber Skye in Marine Parade." Read more »

Three of Mercurio Design Lab's residential projects have received the top accolades from the Urban Design & Architecture Design (UDAD) contest, with Villa Otto winning in the House Design Built category, Villas Alba in the Private Housing Built category, and iLiv@Grange for the Housing Multi-Family category.

Organized by the Architecture Press Release—a leading body of architecture press around the globe—the UDAD platform gives respect to notable projects that redefine Architecture design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. It recognizes designers who incorporate in their creations the relationship between architecture and the natural world and community, and the architects and the city.

Two of Mercurio Design Lab’s projects, Villa Mistral and Dusit Thani Laguna, were announced as Platinum winners in the Titan Property Awards. Villa Mistral, a Good Class Bungalow named after the seasonal north-westerly wind that blows across the Mediterranean, was highly regarded under the Residential category competition. Dusit Thani Laguna, an integrated golf resort and a five-star hotel development, won under the Hotel & Resort category. Both exemplary projects, the received accolades prove MDL's ingenuity across the different sectors—hospitality, mixed-use, commercial, sports and recreation, residential, and masterplan.

The TITAN Property Awards honors each professional from the real estate industry who creates projects that redefine the grounds they build on. The platform celebrates the ingenuity of the designers, the efforts of every dedicated worker, and the social impact these professionals bring in the modernized industry.

Mercurio Design Lab was awarded "Best Five-Star Hotel Architecture" in the last Asia Pacific Property Awards Red Carpet Presentation for Dusit Thani Laguna. Presenting an avant-garde design characterized by the unique curvilinear roofing shaped to complement the undulating landscapes of the surrounding golf course, the project has achieved many records of win since its completion last December 2020.

The Asia Pacific Property Awards is a platform that recognizes design institutions that excel and spearhead architectural innovations in the residential and commercial sectors in Africa, Asia Pacific, Arabia, Canada, Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, UK, and the USA regions.

d+a Magazine, a Singapore-based design and architecture publication with a quarterly print and digital presence, makes Dusit Thani Laguna its cover story on its 20th-anniversary celebration. The issue is notable as it also marks the two decades of 120 published editions to date.

Inside, the cover story includes an exclusive interview with MDL's Managing Director and Designer Massimo Mercurio and the story behind the unique blueprint of the building, inspired by the green undulations of the beautiful golf course of the renowned Laguna National Golf & Country Club.

Luxury Lifestyle Awards lauds Mercurio Design Lab’s Dusit Thani Laguna as the “Best Hotel Architecture in Singapore." The integrated golf and five-star hotel development highlights a sleek curvilinear roof which is inspired by the green undulation of the golf course. A noteworthy project, Dusit Thani Laguna which was only completed last December 2020, has already gained the attention of many international competitions.

Luxury Lifestyle Awards is known around the world as a platform that recognizes and celebrates the top among luxury goods and services. Selecting from more than 10,000 hotels, banks, cars, gourmet restaurants, jewelry, and many more in 400 categories from 60 countries, the competition is also known for pioneering innovation and excellence exuded by renowned brands. Read more »

In the recently concluded 2021 A'Design Award and Competition, Mercurio Design Lab received three accolades: Gold for Dusit Thani Laguna and Bronze for Villas Alba in the Architecture, Building, and Structure Design category, and Silver for Doji Tower in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category. Since 2013, MDL is a consistent winner, garnering a record of 14 awards from the A'Design contest platform.

A'Design is a large international premier annual juried design competition that honors the best designs, design concepts, products, and services. The A'Design Award is an indicator of quality and perfection in design, and a certificate of excellence for designers, architects, engineers, design studios and design oriented companies.

MUSE Design Awards names Mercurio Design Lab’s (MDL) as a Platinum awardee for its project, Villa Otto, in the Architectural Design, Residential category. Villa Otto is a residential development that resembles the figure eight which signifies prosperity in Chinese culture. Established by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in 2015, MUSE Design Awards is an international competition for designers whose craftsmanship leave others in awe whilst redefining the boundaries and scope in the field of design.

With this, MDL becomes a triple-platinum award holder which proves the studio’s capacity as a leader in the architecture and design industry. In being recognized by MUSE, MDL is given a badge of excellence that serves as a marker of its continuous creation of noteworthy projects that represent innovation and ingenuity. Read more »

D + A Magazine writes about the newly constructed Dusit Thani Laguna, a union of a world-class golf club and a Dusit Thani-branded hotel whose story began with a single stroke, a powerful one at that. This simple stroke, crafted by Massimo Mercurio of Mercurio Design Lab, rises and falls from one end to the other represents the gentle undulation of the golf course—a perfect complement to the landscape that Dusit Thani Laguna stands on, which makes it capable of both blending in and standing out. Read full article here

The Global Excellence Awards of LUX Life Magazine names Mercurio Design Lab as one of 2021’s Leading Designers with the Award for Excellence in Innovation – Italy. Launched as an independent brand in the lifestyle sector in 2015, LUX Life Magazine is one of AI Global Media’s most popular standalone publications. It is known for recognizing the world’s most luxurious markets, businesses, and service providers by creating a space wherein they are put in the spotlight. Through its yearly international awards, LUX Life is able to honor the leaders of the high-end industry in different fields, from art, transport, leisure, design, and more.

The recently opened Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore, an urban golf resort development designed by Mercurio Design Lab, was promptly recognized as worthy of an award. The project received Bronze for its architectural design at the International Design Awards. IDA exists to celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries, and to uncover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design.

Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore, integrated golf and five-star hotel resort development designed by Mercurio Design Lab, was officially opened last December 2020. The project is located in the heart of the renowned Laguna National Golf & Country Club and displays a state-of-the-art union of a world-class golf club and a Dusit Thani-branded hotel.

The architectural design of Dusit Thani Laguna, inspired by the gentle undulations of the golf course, was paralleled by Travel+Leisure to the works of Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid. Read full article here

Villa Lambda won the topmost reward in the 2nd season of Muse Awards 2020. This is the second time in the year that Lambda was awarded with the highest recognition in Architecture category. Muse Design Awards honours design professionals of various expertise, whose works shoulder the weight of the future, despite the unknown. It is an International Awards Associates (IAA) competition participated by more than 100 countries, and with a jury of more than 180 internationally recognised professionals from the creative and design fields. All categories are ranked according to industry best standards. During blind judging, panelists evaluate the effectiveness design concepts to select the winners.

Mercurio Design Lab is honored to receive the topmost recognition in Global Future Design Awards. Villa Lambda, a Lamborghini inspired residential project, obtained the Winner Award in the category, House Design Built. GFDA is a competition that acknowledges the works of professionals and students across the globe in the fields of Architecture and Design. It is also hosted by Architecture Press Release, an international online Architecture awards portal and leading architecture press which has partnership with Architime.RU, Archidust, HAW Magazine, Building Indonesia, Arredativo Design Magazine, Infoarchitekta, Design Box, Intech, and more. Read more »

On September 7, 2020, Asia Pacific Property Awards announced the winners for the 2020 competition. Mercurio Design Lab was awarded with Five Star Best Architecture Single Residence Singapore and was nominated for Best Architecture Single Residence Asia Pacific Region for Villa Vento project. The Asia Pacific Property Awards, as part of the International Property Awards, is a highly prestigious awards programme and the best property accolade in the industry across the globe. This year’s event was participated by 27 countries from the Asia Pacific region with 1200 project entries.

Villa Otto by MDL received a Golden Award, the highest level of achievement in Architectural Design Category, in the recently concluded Novum Design Awards. NDA is the world's leading design competition which offers international fame and recognition for talented Designers in Architectural, Interior, Urban Planning and Landscape, Furniture, Lightning, Digital Art and Graphic, Packing, Jewelry, Fashion and Textile, and Photography and Photo Manipulation Design categories.

Sunshine Empire of Sunshine Group was awarded with the “Policy of Investment Decision: Project with the Largest Total Investment Amount” at the Hanoi 2020 Investment Cooperation and Development Conference held on June 27. This mixed-use commercial complex which has a total investment of more than seven trillion dong has also won a Golden Prize during the National Urban Planning, organized by the Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association (VUPDA) in collaboration with Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Mineral and Environment, and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry last April 25, 2019. Mercurio Design Lab was commissioned by Sunshine Group as the designer for this large development project. Read more on the details of the conference at viettimes.vn.

Restless Living is an e-Magazine that was launched in the beginning of 2020 when its Instagram page @restless.arch has reached 1,000,000 followers after 3 years of inception. Villa Mistral by Mercurio Design Lab is one of the privileged few to be featured in the early volumes of this publication. You can subscribe to the weekly e-Magazine on restlessliving.com.

Massimo Mercurio, Managing and Creative Director of Mercurio Design Lab, talks to China Daily about an architectural resolution to the environment’s recent dramatic changes caused by today’s pandemic, Covid-19. Mercurio’s ideas on designing buildings with balconies to give an impression of a greater space and smart system was printed in the July 13, 2020 issue of the newspaper along with the other interviews of known designers. China Daily is an English language newspaper published Monday to Saturday to serve foreigners in China and the citizens who can read in English. Read more »

Construction +, a quarterly magazine published by BCI Asia and with local editions in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, presented Indonesia -1 Tower, as one of the tallest twin buildings in Asia. Read more »

Mercurio Design Lab is honored to be included in Images Publishing’s ‘100 Houses: Nature and Nurture’ book for its project Villa Mistral. Following the publisher’s success of ‘100 of the World's Best Houses’ series, this new release features the sensitivity of today's design practitioners to the natural environment and their attention to interior designs for a comfortable and practical everyday living.

Managing Director and Principal Designer of MDL, Massimo Mercurio, flew to Vietnam last October to present Sunshine Marina and Sunshine Empire projects to the local media. Sunshine Marina is a resort-real estate development that drew inspiration from Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. It is set to rise on Nha Trang, and is about 27,300 sqm land area. Meanwhile, Sunshine Empire’s futuristic design inspiration was the Star Wars imperial cruiser. The site is a grand high-rise mix-used complex that is expected to become the number one financial center in Hanoi.

On November 30, 2019, MDL received multiple awards from Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards. Nassim Quattro as Winner for Residential Multi Family, Amber Skye as Second Award for Housing Built, and Villa Mistral as Second Winner for House Design Built categories. Read more »

Our studio celebrates 10 years of design through a partnership with Images Publishing Inc. Under The Master Architect Series, the book ‘Mercurio Design Lab, Italian Design in Asia’ was published. It features the projects we made from 2008 to 2018. On November 18, the copies were released around the globe. Currently, the book can be purchased at some local bookstores and online. Available online here

Muse Design Awards 2019 Season Two competition awarded Gold Winner for Amber Skye for the Architectural Design, Residential Category. This is the second time that Mercurio Design Lab received an award from the said competition for this year. Amber Skye, a multi-residential development on the east coast of Singapore, consistently receives prestigious awards and recognition from leading global awards competition. Read more »

The Architecture Community announced last October 30, 2019, the results for the International Residential Architecture Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. MDL joined this competition with two entries, Villa Lambda and Villa Mistral. The two projects emerged as First Award winners among the other entries, respectively for House Design and Residential Built categories. Read more »

Novum Design Award is a global design award that honors leading design ideas. It offers international fame and recognitions for talented designers from all over the world. Mercurio Design Lab won Silver Award in Architectural Design category for Villa Mistral project. Read more »

Managing Director, Massimo Mercurio was interviewed by Muse Awards, after winning Platinum Award for Villa Mistral for Architectural Design category. An inspirational award-winning designer of his time, Massimo speaks on his passion, vision, and aspirations. Read more »

Villa Otto, located in Jervois Hill, Singapore, was featured in the d+a issue 104. Read the full story on A Bungalow That Resembles A Spacecraft from the magazine’s digital copy. Read more »

Indonesia-1 Tower was officially launched in a press conference at Bromo Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Jakarta on 27th August 2019, with speakers Tay Swee Eng, Project Director of CS Land, James Allan, President of JLL Indonesia, Arief Rahardjo, Director of Strategic Consulting of Cushman & Wakefield and Massimo Mercurio, Managing Director of Mercurio Design Lab.

Built in the center of Jakarta's Central Business District, precisely on Jalan MH Thamrin, and with a direct connection to the Bundaran HI MRT Station, this 303 meter high mixed-use development will be the tallest twin tower in Indonesia after its completion in 2021. The structure has two cubes that crown the tops of each of the towers. The northern cube is wrapped in a mesh screen and includes the residential component of the complex. The southern cube is a lightweight steel-and-glass structure and features the CS logo as a sculptural element symbolizing infinity, hinting the longevity of the company. It offers a skyline view, a restaurant, and private club.

Set to become the landmark for Jakarta, Mercurio Design Lab, the design architect of Indonesia 1, designed this skyscraper commercial development with ambitions to go beyond the purely functional.Read more »

A' Design Award is a premier annual juried design competition that honors the best designers, architects, engineers, design studios and design oriented companies worldwide to provide them publicity, fame and recognition. On June 28, 2019, the winners of the competition celebrated in a special black-tie event, the Gala-Night, the results of the competition. Mercurio Design Lab received three recognitions: bronze award for Architecture, Building and Structure Design for Villa Vento and silver awards for Interior Space and Exhibition Design for Villa Vento and Villa Otto.

Among the 2,000 competing projects from 42 countries, Villa Mistral of Mercurio Design Lab has won the Platinum award for the 2019 Architectural Design, Residential category.

The Muse Creative and Muse Design Awards are international competitions for creative and design professionals from all discipline who help push the evolution of their industry in a positive direction. The awards are administered and judged by the International Awards Associates (IAA) and stellar panels of internationally-recognized professionals from the creative and design fields. All categories are ranked according to industry-best standards. During blind judging, panelists evaluate the effectiveness of creative and design concepts to select the winners. Read more »

Mercurio Design Lab was awarded by LUXlife Designer Awards as Italy’s Best Master Planning & Interior Design Studio.The LUXlife Designer Awards have been designed to recognise companies, teams and individuals who are excelling in the design’s ever-growing industry. LUXlife rewards those who exceed the publics’ expectations and those who set the highest standards by pushing creative boundaries within the industry of interior design and architecture.

Wintastar Shanghai in China is among Mercurio Design Lab’s projects to be constructed; a ski resort with integrated sports, entertainment, leisure and travel features. Set to be the world’s largest indoor ski resort to open in Shanghai, it made headlines in British broadsheet The Telegraph, which wrote: "Behind the space-age facade of the building [ the interior draws] inspiration from European ski resorts, icebergs and the charm of the alps.”  Read more »

Mercurio Design Lab, an award-winning Italian design studio, received six prestigious recognitions in 2018. Silver A’ Design Awards were given to Amber Skye for the Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category - Medium Rise Residential; as well as the Cultural Exchange Center, for the Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category - Convention Centre. A Golden A’ Design Award, on the other hand, was handed to Mercurio Design Lab for Superstring at Hamilton Scotts. Amber Skye bragged another award as Winner for Residential High-Rise Architecture in Singapore at the prestigious International Property Awards for Asia Pacific. Villa Vento, meanwhile, was shortlisted for design et al’s International Architecture and Awards 2018 competition. Finally, our creative director Massimo Mercurio moved to #31 in DAC’s World’s Leading Designers ranking from last year’s #46.

Mercurio Design Lab expands its operation. The year 2018 saw the opening of a thirty-strong Manila office, A.M. Associates (Philippines). In addition, new offices were registered in Shanghai, China, as well as Hanoi, Vietnam all within the same year.