Imbak Canyon, one of the last virgin lowland rainforests of Sabah, Malaysia, isn't for the faint of heart. DAY ONE 7:15 AM August 13, 2011 - Ian rolls up in with Ishmael in a beefy air-conditioned jungle truck and Daniele and I throw our backpacks in the back. For the first six hours the roads are paved and for the last two through the palm plantations, as bumpy as the surface of the moon. I am sick the entire time anyway and everyone is patient with my vicious heaves. Poor Ishmael is fasting all day long...

In true Arkitrekking fashion, Arkitrek trekked into the forest around Lupa Masa last week to “Forget Time, Think Arkitrek.” Everyone had thought of something they wanted to impart to their colleagues and had designed a task around this. Nick was first to kick things off with his programme: 'Building Engineering Basics for Architects - Buildings need to stand up and look pretty' Our task: to build the highest tower possible, capable of holding an egg with just 9 sheets of A4 paper. We were all put to shame by Charlie,...

Photos by Calvin Ng, courtesy of Borneo Nature Tours. One year after completing the renovation of the Main Lodge at Borneo Rainforest Lodge, here's what it looks like. To see what it looked like during renovation check out these earlier blog posts. BRL Renovation - Demolitions BRL Renovation - Update We gutted the old place and turned everything around and uplifted it. Two big themes in the design were to improve the feeling of connection to nature and to make the public areas more welcoming The bar is now in the heart...

By Ian Hall Two new architectural volunteers have arrived in Seplikok to help with the next phase of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC). They'll be working with organisations such as Raleigh to build peripheral infrastructure and at the same time assisting to prepare tender drawings for the new visitor centre that is hoped to start construction in early 2011. They are pictured here getting all enthusiastic with their sketchbooks at Ba Linn rooftop bar in Sandakan. Chris is an RIBA Part I student on his year...

'The architect ponders what went went wrong in comunications between the drawing board and the finished rainforest retreat.'