Key takeaway The site of Beauty World Centre in Bukit Timah has shifted from open-air markets and gambling dens during and after the Japanese occupation to a planned shopping and residential complex c...
Key takeaway People’s Park Complex, completed in 1973 in Chinatown, was Singapore’s pioneering mixed-use development. Its six-storey podium housed the country’s first shopping atrium, while a 25...
Key takeaway The Colonnade in Singapore is Paul Rudolph’s bold concrete vision made real, a sculptural residential tower literally lifted off the ground by two closely-spaced rows of columns. Its de...
Key takeaway Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, the pink mall built in 1981, is one of Singapore’s first fully air-conditioned shopping complexes. It combines retail and office space in a 22-storey struct...
Key takeaway Duxton Plain Park is a peaceful, narrow green space in Chinatown that sits right on the route of a former 1907 railway. What was once noisy train tracks is now a calm linear park, preserv...
Key takeaway Golden Mile Complex, also known as Singapore’s “Little Thailand,” is a striking example of Brutalist architecture and a pioneer in mixed‑use megastructures. Built in 1973, it brou...
Key takeaway Old Changi Hospital is often called Singapore’s most haunted building. Built in 1935 by the British as a Royal Air Force hospital, it has a dark and complex history, from treating POW...
Key takeaway The Singapore Power Building, originally known as the PUB Building, was the winner of a 1971 design competition because of its bold inverted-ziggurat form, crafted by Group 2 Architects. ...
Key takeaway The Grandstand in Bukit Timah started as the grandstands of Singapore’s Turf Club, hosting horse racing from its Farrer Park beginnings until the late 20th century. After 182 years of h...
Key takeaway 25 Owen Road was one of Singapore’s first public housing flats built immediately after World War II. As a project under the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), its design, allocation m...
