Everyday modernism : architecture and society in Singapore (Record no. 72375)
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| fixed length control field | 02785 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789813251878 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 720.95957 |
| Item number | CHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Change, Jiat Hwee |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Everyday modernism : architecture and society in Singapore |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Singapore |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Ridge Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 352p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Introduction<br/>Everyday Modernism: The Singapore Vernacular 67<br/>LIVE<br/>1 Public Housing: The Many Shapes of Home 86<br/>2 People's Park: Pioneering Integrated Living in a Denser City 92<br/>3 Futura: The Past and Future of Luxury High-rise Apartments 96<br/>4 Pandan Valley: The Domestication of "Rural" Singapore 102<br/>5 Pearl Bank Apartments: How Can We Maintain the High Life? 108<br/>PLAY<br/>6 Cinemas: The Architecture of Advertisement 116<br/>7 Shopping Centres: Moving Retail from the Streets to the Interior 122 <br/>8 Hotels: Singapore as a Tropical Asian Paradise 128 <br/>9 Lookout Towers: Views of Singapore's Modern Development 134<br/>10 East Coast Park: "The Singapore Way" of Recreation 140<br/>11 HOB Playgrounds: Sandboxes for Moulding Model Citizens 144<br/>12 City Council Pools: Swimming for Health, Leisure and Survival 148<br/>13 Former Singapore Badminton Hall: Financial Gymnastics and Sporting Venues 152<br/>WORK<br/>14 Shenton Way: Singapore's Commercial Centre Grows Up! 160<br/>15 Industrial Spaces: Housing Industrialisation, then a Tech Revolution 166<br/>16 Jurong Town Hall Road: The Industrial Future as Brutalist 172<br/>17 Tan Boon Liat Building: A Modern Godown for the Creative Economy 178<br/>TRAVEL<br/>18 Market Street Car Park: Up, Up ... and Who Pays? 184<br/>19 Pan-Island Expressway: Speeding Up and Spreading Out Modern Life 190<br/>20 Pedestrian Overhead Bridges: Staying Safe Amidst Accelerated Development 196<br/>21 Interchanges: The "Nerve Centre" of an Efficient Public Transport 202<br/>CONNECT<br/>22 Public Schools: In Search of a Flexible and Identifiable "Instructional Equipment" 208<br/>23 Institutes of Higher Education: Systems Planning to Support a Technocratic State 214<br/>24 Institutional Buildings: A New Monumentality 220<br/>25 Public Libraries: " Palaces for the People" 226<br/>26 Community Centres: Modernising the "Central Nervous System" of Singapore 232<br/>27 Hawker Centres: Regulating Itinerant Individuals into a Social Institution 238<br/>28 Lucky Plaza: A Mall for the Migrants Who Modernised Singapore 244<br/>PRAY<br/>29 Churches: Bringing God Closer to the Suburbs and the People 252<br/>30 Cinema-Churches: From a "House of Pictures" to a "House of Prayers" 256<br/>31 Darul Aman Mosque: A Modern Revival of the Traditional 260<br/>32 Columbaria: Raising Up the Dead for the Living 266<br/>Index 272<br/>Image Credits 284<br/>Biographies 288<br/>Acknowledgements 289<br/> |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Zhuang, Justin |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | Singapore |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 23/07/2024 | amazon.in | 3821.00 | 1 | 720.95957 CHA | 026486 | 17/08/2024 | 11/08/2024 | 3821.00 | 23/07/2024 | Book |