Title: Architecture of Singapore - Wikipedia
Headings: Architecture of Singapore
Architecture of Singapore
Contents
Pre-colonial architecture
Colonial period
Shophouse
Black and white bungalow
Traditional places of worship
Civic and commercial buildings
Art Deco architecture
Post-colonial modern architecture
Public housing
Skyscrapers
Contemporary architecture
Distinctive structures
Critical regionalism
Historic preservation
See also
References
External links

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Architecture of Singapore
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The Esplanade during the blue hour
Lai Chun Yuan opera house in Chinatown. Golden Mile Complex
The architecture of Singapore displays a range of influences and styles from different places and periods. These range from the eclectic styles and hybrid forms of the colonial period to the tendency of more contemporary architecture to incorporate trends from around the world. In both aesthetic and technological terms, Singapore architecture may be divided into the more traditional pre- World War II colonial period, and the largely modern post-war and post-colonial period. Traditional architecture in Singapore includes vernacular Malay houses, local hybrid shophouses and black and white bungalows, a range of places of worship reflecting the ethnic and religious diversity of the city-state as well as colonial civic and commercial architecture in European Neoclassical, gothic, palladian and renaissance styles. Modern architecture in Singapore began with the transitional Art Deco style and the arrival of reinforced concrete as a popular building material. International Style modern architecture was popular from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially in the public housing apartment blocks. The Brutalist style of architecture was also popular in the 1970s. These styles coincided with the great urban renewal and building boom periods in Singapore history, and consequently these are the most common architectural styles seen on the island. Some of the more architecturally significant works of this period include Pearl Bank Apartments by Tan Cheng Siong, and the People's Park Complex and Golden Mile Complex by Design Partnership.