A Writer’s Singapore Apartment Gets a Breezy Refresh
Architect Ling Hao allows the pad’s vintage details to sing.
Architect Ling Hao allows the pad’s vintage details to sing.
When writer Elwin Chan decided to move out of his family home in Serangoon North, a residential section of Singapore filled with high-rises, he was seeking a stronger sense of community and street life. He was drawn to Tiong Bahru, an area closer to the center of the city that features low-rise Art Deco and International Style blocks built in the 1930s and ’40s.
Architect Ling Hao brought new life to writer Elwin Chan’s apartment in Singapore’s Tiong Bahru neighborhood, an area known for modernist housing built in the mid-20th century.
Photo by Fabian Ong
Though gentrification has transformed many of Tiong Bahru’s mom-and-pop shops into chic cafes, the area’s historic architecture preserves its charm. "I like neighborhoods with character," Elwin says. "I like that I can see people strolling past and watch bustling mornings fade to quiet, lazy afternoons."
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