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Singapore
WHEN Singapore-based architecture firm Woha decided in 2012 to employ Richard Kuppusamy, a wheelchair-bound Singaporean architect who had worked and studied in the UK for the past 16 years, it was clear that their five-storey shophouse office on Hong Kong Street had to be modified to accommodate his special needs.
Granted S$82,000 from the Building and Construction Authority's (BCA) Accessibility Fund, Woha added ramp thresholds, purchase…
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