A New World in the Making Life and Architecture in Tropical Asia / Tay Kheng Soon.
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Singapore :
NUS Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Full-title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Beginnings
- Family
- Sibling Rivalry
- Second World War
- The Language/Class Divide
- Life in Cameron Highlands
- Return to Serangoon Road
- Becoming
- Off to School
- Adventures in Braddell Heights
- Adolescence, Power and Purpose
- Scouting Days
- The 12 School Boy "Apostles"
- The Spiritual Experience
- Pursuing Architecture
- Taking Charge of One's Own Learning
- Trip to Java
- Being
- Malayan Architects Co-Partnership
- Chong Keat versus Willy
- The Rise of Local Firms
- Awakening the Malayan
- Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group
- Meeting Lee Kuan Yew
- To Kuala Lumpur and Back
- My Explusion from Design Partnership
- A Tribute to the Malayan Generation
- Essays
- The Cultural Role of Singapore City
- The Future of Asian Cities
- Collyer Quay's 12-Lane Coastal Superhighway
- Development and its Impact on Changing Values
- Singapore's Transport Dilemma
- Is Singapore Architecture "Obiang"?
- Heritage Conservation's Political and Social Implications: The Case of Singapore
- Scope for the Economic and Cultural Invigorationof the National Sector
- Civil Society's Contribution: Beyond Power Politics
- Creating Cultural Capital in Singapore
- Beyond Current Reality: A New Singapore, Perhaps?
- Interrogating Great Asian Streets
- Hanyu Pinyin and Singapore Street Names
- Singapore Colloquial Values that Strike a Chord
- Singapore: A Paradoxical Paradise
- Ideas and Proposals
- Proposal for "South Sea Lagoon Project" at East Coast Reclamation
- Housing for Industrial Centres
- Locate Airport at Changi
- Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Towards a More Sociable Housing Form
- Synopsis of Concepts of the Intelligent Tropical City
- The Kampong Bugis Case Study
- Retirement Cottages: An Option for Housing Singapore's Elders within the Community
- Building Linear Blocks Over Roads: A Prelude to The Singapore Management University Saga
- Proposed Indo-Pacific Cultural Centre at Marina Bay Singapore
- Singapore Version 2.0
- Rubanisation
- Afterword
- List of Images
- Index