Tag: Architecture
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London Spring 2022 | Art, Museums and Bookstores
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London! Ah, what a whirlwind it’s been! I’ve just returned to Singapore after a 3-week trip to London in May, which I feel like I’d been planning for the last 2 years? The main reason for it was to go to the archives for my PhD research — but when in London, how could I…
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Mondrian Makeover at Teck Whye
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It’s perennially summer in Singapore – with that, I wanted to share about these HDBs (public housing apartments in Singapore) that probably best showcase this summer-y feeling! Blocks 1 to 7 at Teck Whye Avenue have undergone a re-paint following the colour scheme of Piet Mondrian’s Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red. Upon hearing the…
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Prospect and Refuge | In Architecture, Art and in Life
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I first read about this term ‘Prospect and Refuge’ a few years back, and I’d always planned to put it up as a post title but haven’t gotten the right post to go along with it. Things have moved pretty quickly, I feel, since moving back to Singapore from Hong Kong last June, and then…
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March Art Events | Hong Kong & Singapore
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“I think there should be no end to experimentation.” – Zaha Hadid Spring is here! And along with that is a range of art events in Hong Kong for its Art Month in March. This year, the range of art fairs is happening in the later part of the month starting this week, and there’s…
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Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
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Time for some catching up with the places I visited during my summer trip to Singapore! The first thing on my itinerary was to visit Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. I’d driven past it a number of times but never thought much of it other than that it was an old abandoned railway station. While looking…