On 26 March 2022, Docomomo Singapore conducted two public tours of the House of the late Lee Kip Lin. At each of these two sold-out tours, Dr Lai Chee Kien gave a brief talk outlining the histories of private housing estates in Singapore and the professional life of Mr Lee Kip Lin. That was followed by a tour of the house and the garden conducted by Mr Lee Peng Hui, the son of Mr Lee Kip Lin.

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Docomomo Singapore invites you to join us for a rare opportunity to visit the house of the late Mr. Lee Kip Lin on Saturday 26 March. Limited seats available. Booking opens on 13 March. Ticket price is $20 per person.

Rollei Singapore is a theatre of memory — a long-defunct place which remains close to the hearts of older Singaporeans. In August 2017, Loh Kah Seng posted in two Facebook groups on Singapore nostalgia a short note and photograph of the main factory of the renowned German camera-maker at Kampong Chai Chee.

On Wednesday 13 October 2021, we organised an official launch event of Docomomo Singapore chapter (or DocomomoSG) at The Projector X: Riverside Point.

For the occasion, we have an introduction by DocomomoSG chairperson Ho Weng Hin on the mission, past activities and future plan of the group.

Feature story of Docomomo Singapore website launch was published on Sunday 5 September in Lianhe Zaobao.

On 26 August 2021, Docomomo hosted the first fundraising event at The Projector at Golden Mile Tower.

Docomomo Singapore was featured in a Straits Times article: New heritage group on mission to save modern buildings here.

A great evening with film screening of 2020's Cannes Official Selection — Gagarine followed by a panel discussion and a silent auction.

The ticket is $30 per person. The event will happen at The Projector at Golden Mile Tower.

Learn more about the event and get your ticket today.

A New York Times’ student editorial contest winner, 17-year-old Ju Hwan Kim wrote “...the architecture embodies the rapid growth of Singapore during this period, right after the country attained independence in 1965. These buildings reflect the hard work and resilience of that era and have come to represent Singaporean identity itself.”

On 11 June 2021, Docomomo SG Chairperson — Ho Weng Hin — joined Encounters with Southeast Asia Modernism (SEAM — Encounters) for a video presentation on the demolition of modernist buildings in Singapore. The presentation is a part of Contested Modernities: The Present of Modernity Online symposium.

A video by Jonathan Yee Chenxin, Freda Yu Bing Jie, Ge Luyao and presented by Ho Weng Hin.

Article on CNA - Is there an environmental cost from Singapore’s love affair with en bloc sales?

While en bloc sales have their merits, the process of knocking down a building only to construct another comes with an environmental cost. CNA explores how collective sales can be done in a more sustainable way.

Article on The Straits Times - URA to study how to give Singapore's ageing modernist buildings a new lease of life.

“Time has taken its toll on many large modernist buildings, which are in need of major retrofitting and upgrading. Now, these simple structures will be the subject of a study called by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to guide its policies on how to maintain and rehabilitate them.”

Article on Docomomo Singapore in A Magazine: read-a.com.

“Meet The Movement Fighting To Protect Singapore’s Modernist BuildingsThe demolition of significant modernist buildings needs to stop, says Docomomo Singapore, which is determined to make sure it does.”

What laws should the Singapore government enact to save our modernist buildings?

There's a new reason to preserve Singapore's landmark modernist buildings: the reduction of carbon emissions by extending their lives instead of demolishing them.

16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1 is going completely virtual. Follow us to get an update on the event.

Groups across the region are rallying to save buildings that officials consider too new, too ugly or too unimportant to protect from demolition.

The conference aims to uncover and showcase how innovative adaptive reuse of modernist buildings and sites - once seen as avant-garde and progressive - could imbue a new lease of life and recover their 'cutting edge' through creative planning, programming and design, tackling pressing global issues such as environmental sustainability and urban liveability.

Docomomo Singapore aims to create a list of 50 post-1965 buildings to help raise profile of Singapore's modernist architecture — The Straits Times.