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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 ...
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Apr 2011: Conserving The Past, Creating The Future: URBAN HERITAGE IN SINGAPORE
Year Published: 2011
In the latest conservation book, "Conserving The Past, Creating The Future: URBAN HERITAGE IN SINGAPORE", Dr Lily Kong retells the age-old story in a refreshing, delightful way, ...
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Conserving The Past, Creating The Future: Kampong Glam
Year Published: 2011
Together with Chinatown, Kampong Glam was also one of the first historic districts given conservation status in 1989.
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Skyline Jul/Aug 2002:The Conservation Story
Year Published: 2002
So there we were, the members of the Conservation Advisory Panel, seated around a large boardroom having sandwiches for lunch, and listening to the different options that had been ...
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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 ...
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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! ...
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Skyline Mar/Apr 1995 Vol. 33: Commemorating Historic Areas On A Storyboard
Year Published: 1995
Have you ever wandered down the historic areas of Singapore and wished that somebody could tell you a bit more about this interesting backlane and that old building?
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Skyline Mar/Apr 1996 Vol. 39: Development Coordination: Bringing A Lifeline To Historic Districts
Year Published: 1996
The URA's mission is "to plan, facilitate and regulate the physical development of Singapore into a tropical city of excellence." The Authority's planning and regulatory functions ...
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Skyline Mar/Apr 1997: Updates On Construction Of Albert Mall And Bussorah Mall
Year Published: 1997
The stretch of Bussorah Mall immediately leading up to the Sultan Mosque was completed in 1993. It is now a traffic-free zone for residents and tourists visiting the Mosque, ...
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Skyline Mar/Apr 2009: 35 Did You Know
Year Published: 2009
35 Did you know
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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 ...
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Skyline Mar/Apr 2013: Creating a Small Slice of Pedestrian Haven
Year Published: 2013
Pedestrians took centre stage during the weekends at Haji Lane, Club Street and Ann Siang Road when some roads were temporarily closed off to cars in a pilot initiative.
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Skyline May/Jun 1997: URA Brings Back Street Bazaars to Chinatown (Conservation Milestones)
Year Published: 1997
Conservation milestones...
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Skyline May/Jun 1997: Powered For Redevelopment & Revitalisation And A Closer Look At Substations
Year Published: 1997
Flick a switch and the electric light comes on, or the radio or vacuum cleaner. Imagine life without electricity - no television, no air-conditioner, no computer. We could ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 1997: Taking A Walk Through The Central Area
Year Published: 1997
Most of us are familiar with the pedestrian malls along Singapore River at Boat Quay and Clarke Quay. These malls have become favourite places for people who enjoy dining under ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2004: Bussorah Shophouse Buzz
Year Published: 2004
Oozing both charm and chic, the shophouse increasingly woos people, including the young, to want to live or work there. Is it just a sense of nostalgia? A chat with some of the ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2005: Core Area Guidelines Revision To Boost Street Vibrancy
Year Published: 2005
Business operators in the Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam Historic Districts have good reason to cheer. On 26 September 2005, in response to public feedback and changing ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2005: Honours For Heritage
Year Published: 2005
WHAT DOES A former royal palace, former immigrants living quarters, a unique maritime landmark, former colonial army barracks, a pair of terrace houses built in the early 1900s, ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2011: Three former schools conserved
Year Published: 2011
Three former schools have been given conservation status, as announced at the 2011 URA Architectural Heritage Awards ceremony. They are the former Chong Cheng School at Aliwal ...
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2012: Celebrating Singapore Conservation Movers
Year Published: 2012
The 2012 URA Architectural Heritage Awards were given to dedicated owners, insightful developers, creative professionals and thoughtful contractors of five outstanding projects.
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Skyline Sep/Oct 2012: Hotels, History & Treasure Hunting
Year Published: 2012
Skyline talks to the men behind two winning projects at this year’s Architectural Heritage Awards. There’s treasure to be had, they say.
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