Architecture

Restoring St James Power Station, one brick at a time

The exterior (left) and interior (right) views of Waterwall House, featuring glass interfaces, open voids, split levels and raw concrete walls.
ARTS & DESIGN

Rare brutalist Singapore house opens to the public before changing hands

The New York-inspired "brownstone" house.
DESIGN

Inside a Singapore home that trades glass walls for New England charm

The intermediate terrace house sits on a 32-metre long plot.
DESIGN

An urban designer’s own, multi-generational home

In the kitchen are new alcoves set into the brick walls, a new dining table and dining chairs.
DESIGN

Home of the past, present and future

Until recently, Zach Lee has stayed under the radar. He wears a shirt from Boss, and overshirt and jeans from Zegna.
NEW-GEN HOTELIERS

Zach Lee: Architect of Hotel Royal’s new future

Density, resilience and self-sufficiency can be planned for in tandem. The writers make a case for reinstating the production of food, energy and water closer to where people live. Above is a 2013 proposal for Tengah Green by design agency WOHA.

When the gates close – designing the resilient city

The iconic rainbow blocks of Rochor Centre were demolished in 2018 to 2019 to make way for the North-South Corridor.
ARTS

20 photos that show how dramatically Singapore has changed in two decades

The Shanghai Municipal History Museum at the base of the Oriental Pearl Tower, a tribute to modernity built in the 1990s, celebrates the city as a melting pot.

‘City of parasites’ or ‘glamorous metropolis’? China’s cosmopolitan contradiction

The once-disused horse stables at the Perak Turf Club in Malaysia have been repurposed into the Ipoh Stables Market, a nostalgic modern marketplace.
BRUNCH

Turning stables and schools into lifestyle hubs: Malaysia reimagines its old spaces