Modernist 100.
The Modernist 100 list is a work in progress. It is an on-going documentation of the significant modernist buildings in Singapore. Do you see any significant building or landscape missing from this list? Please let us know here.
There is a large number and great diversity of buildings in Singapore that can be considered as modern. By modern, we are referring to not just architectural aesthetics but also constructional and environmental techniques, socio-economic processes, cultures, and political rationalities. The quantity and diversity are rooted in Singapore’s short but vibrant history variously as a colonial port city, a post-independent developmental state, and a contemporary global city. In this short introduction of the inventory list, we provide a brief sketch of how the shortlisted modernist buildings help to bring this rich socio-cultural history to life. Read the full statement >
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Raymond Woo House
Year: 1993
Architect: Raymond Woo
Golden Mile Tower
Year: 1973 (podium), 1976 (entire development)
Architect: Goh Hock Guan Design team with Tay Joo Teck
Lee Kip Lin House
Year: 1973
Architect: Lee Kip Lin
Toa Payoh Town Centre
Year: 1973
Architects: Housing & Development Board
Park Road Development
Year: 1968
Architects: Tan Wee Lee, Peter B.K. Soo, Seet Chay Tuan, Housing and Development Board
Colonnade Condominium
Year: 1986
Architect: Paul Rudolph, in association with Chao Tse Ann & Partners
The Concourse
Year: 1994
Architect: Paul Rudolph, in association with Architects 61
The Arcadia
Year: 1983
Architects: George J. Wimberly and Chua Ka Seng
Futura
Year: 1975
Architect: Timothy Seow
Unit 8
Year: 1984
Architect: William S. W. Lim and Richard Ho of William Lim Associates
Alfred Wong’s House (and Shanghainese builders)
Year: 1968
Architect: Alfred Wong
Victor Chew’s House
Year: 1972
Architect: Victor Chew of Kumpulan Akitek
Circular Point Block (259 Ang Mo Kio Ave 2.)
Year: 1981
Architect: Housing and Development Board
HDB Playgrounds
Year: 1970s
Architect: Housing and Development Board
Pandan Valley Condominium
Year: 1977
Architect: Tan Cheng Siong of Archynamics Architects
Pearl Bank Apartments
Year: 1976
Architect: Tan Cheng Siong of Archynamics Architects
People’s Park Complex
Year: 1973
Architect: Tay Kheng Soon, William S.W. Lim, Koh Seow Chuan of Design Partnership Architects
Golden Mile Complex
Year: 1973
Architect: Tay Kheng Soon, William S.W. Lim, Gan Eng Oon from DP Architects
Old Airport Road Estate (Dakota Crescent)
Year: 1958
Architect: Singapore Improvement Trust
Pre-War Tiong Bahru Flats
Year: 1937–1941
Architect: Langdon Williams of Singapore Improvement Trust
* The difference between a building being “threatened” and “not conserved” is not always a clear cut one. For this website, we classify a building as being “threatened” under a few circumstances—1. when it has been put up for sale by its owner(s) and there is a likelihood that it might be demolished in the name of redevelopment, 2. when it has been left empty and without tenants for a while and might be awaiting redevelopment, and/or 3. when a notice for demolition and redevelopment has been put up.