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2010: Heritage Schools Pamphlet

Year Published: 2010

Remember the times we ran down the school corridor? Played hopscotch at the school canteen? Waited at the gate for mum to bring us home? For many of us, the schools that we grew ...

Looking at Heritage Buildings

Year Published: 2015

Produced by Mr John Koh with the support of the URA, this picture book introduces young readers to Singapore’s built heritage in a colourful and light-hearted way.

Conserving The Past, Creating The Future: Syed Alwi

Year Published: 2011

Like Joo Chiat, Syed Alwi Road Conservation Area, which is in the vicinity of the Little India Historic District and the Jalan Besar Secondary Settlement conservation area, has ...

Skyline Jan/Feb 2002: Historical Gems For Future Generations

Year Published: 2002

Skyline walks you through some of the recently gazetted conservation buildings.

Skyline Jul/Aug 1995 Vol. 35: New Awards For Excellence In Building Restoration

Year Published: 1995

Six buildings have been given the first-ever URA Architectural Heritage Award for excellent work in building restoration.

Skyline Jul/Aug 2006: Singapore's Conservation Programme Bags Prestigious Award

Year Published: 2006

More than twenty years' of visionary and strategic planning, detailed study and systematic implementation paid off when Singapore's conservation programme clinched the Urban Land ...

Skyline Jul/Aug 2007: Old School Charm

Year Published: 2007

As places where we spent a large part of our childhood and growing up years, schools hold fond memories for many of us. Some of us might have even met our life partners there! ...

Skyline Jul/Aug 2009: Conserved Homes Revisited, Reinvented, Revitalised

Year Published: 2009

We bring you the final instalment featuring the three winners of the 2008 Architectural Heritage Awards (AHA). Now contemporary family homes – sensitively restored, drawing ...

Skyline July/Aug 2011: Jalan Besar - The Building Of Shophouses

Year Published: 2011

The shophouses in Jalan Besar have a rich variety of architectural styles and designs, from the Traditional, Art Deco styles of the early 1900s to the Modern style of the 1950s ...

Skyline Mar/Apr 2009: 35 Did You Know

Year Published: 2009

35 Did you know

Skyline Mar/Apr 2009: 35 Hotspots

Year Published: 2009

What makes Singapore an endearing home for us? Do we anchor our sense of belonging on places or structures that we easily identify with and have loved all these years? Perhaps, it ...

Skyline Mar/Apr 2010: Faithful Makeovers

Year Published: 2010

The third instalment of the 2009 Architectural Heritage Award winners brings you the story behind the restoration of two very different heritage buildings. One, a former school ...

Skyline May/Jun 2011: Jalan Besar - From Mangrove Swampland To Charming District

Year Published: 2011

Jalan Besar is much loved for its casual charm, striking shophouses, eclectic style and famous landmarks. In a recent short book, Associate Professor Woo Pui Leng presents an ...

Skyline Nov/Dec 2004: The Sum Of Hearts

Year Published: 2004

Historic gems, gracious spaces steeped in memory, quaint streets and handsome landmarks - these have become an important part of Singapore's character adn soul, without which, we ...

Skyline Nov/Dec 2010: Additional Jalan Besar Shophouses Conserved

Year Published: 2010

Our built heritage is an important part of our city. It is a physical manifestation of our collective history and experiences as a nation.

Skyline Nov/Dec 2010: Final Batch Of Jalan Besar Shophouses Conserved

Year Published: 2010

More of the famous old world charm of Jalan Besar has been retained with an additional 51 shophouses and two Art Deco structures at Tyrwhitt Road conserved. This wraps up URA's ...

Skyline Sep/Oct 2008: Seven Projects Win The 2008 URA Architectural Heritage Awards

Year Published: 2008

Well restored residences were in the limelight for the 2008 URA Architectural Heritage Awards. Among them — Sri Temasek, a colonial style bungalow where the Prime Minister ...

Skyline Sep/Oct 2009: Eight Conservation Stars Unveiled

Year Published: 2009

The quality restoration and innovative adaptation of eight conserved buildings have won them the 2009 URA Architectural Heritage Awards. Among them are the former Victoria School ...

Skyline Sep/Oct 2011: Jalan Besar Landmarks

Year Published: 2011

“Jalan Besar today is quite different from the place where I grew up. Beyond the shophouses are high-rise housing developments and shopping malls. Like the mangrove swamps, ...