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Everyday Modernism - Architecture and Society in Singapore (Paperback)
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Everyday Modernism - Architecture and Society in Singapore (Paperback)
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A richly illustrated account of the development of Singapore’s
modern built environment. Â Everyday Modernism is the first
comprehensive documentation of Singapore’s modern built
environment. Through a lens of social, cultural, and architectural
histories, the book uncovers the many untold stories of the
Southeast Asian city-state’s modernization, from the rise of
heroic skyscrapers, such as the Pearl Bank Apartments, to the
spread of typical utilitarian buildings like the multistory parking
garage. It investigates how modernism, through both form and
function, radically transformed Singapore and made its inhabitants
into modern citizens. The most intensive period of such change, the
author shows, happened in the 1960s and 1970s under the rise of a
developmental state that sought to safeguard its new-found
independence. The book also looks both earlier and later, however,
ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s to cover a wider range of
histories, building types, and architectural styles, expanding from
the International Style and Brutalism into Art Deco and even a
touch of Postmodernism. The book’s essays are richly illustrated
with hundreds of archival images and illustrations, as well as
contemporary photos by architectural photographer Darren Soh. By
examining the evolution of the once exceptional into the typical
and by learning how abstract spaces become lived places, the book
traces how modernism has become part of everyday life in Singapore.
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