Around Singapore

Traditionally, just before the official opening of many (any) business; The signage is either covered in red cloth or in this example, red paper temporarily stuck with scotch tape. Location: Bukit Merah View - coffeeshop

Where perhaps what the architect wants to highlight is more prominent when the building is viewed at night.

This private development @18A Fort Road(under construction)comprising of a total of 12 storeys is tall and thin. Not because it is now clad in a green dust/protective screen that makes it a wood element; but instead, the characteristics of a wood building is that it is thin and (reasonably tall). Contrast this to the building seen to the right of the photo; The Meyer Residence; which is rectangular in shape and is considered as belonging to the earth element. Thus, this wood element building can take advantage of The Meyer Residence when it comes of age (TOP). P.S. Apologies if the building looks like it is leaning to the right. Blame it on my photo taking instead…

If one is driving along Upper Paya Lebar Road, one cannot help to notice a crisp and bright building: This building is the Kim Loong Building: Under the Five elements concept: 1. Rectangular shape represents earth element. 2. Yellow also represents earth element. 3. The red stripes represent Fire element. Under the Five elements concept; fire supports earth. And this building is build to take advantage of it's surroundings by applying the Five elements concept by being a "strong" or bigger earth element. Although this Kim Loong building is located at LITTLE ROAD. It is not so little after all if we take into consideration the Five…

Mad about renovations or mad about signages? Lots of signages

The Atria@ Meyer Nowadays, the guard house in a condo is often done as an after thought. I find the guard house of The Atria @ Meyer both stylish and of timeless beauty. Whenever I pass-by this structure (the guard house); I often, pause to look at it. And it truly looked beautiful which ever side, front, left or right one looks at it...

Latitude condo at Jalan Mutiara off River Valley A nice 3D outdoor display...

Very nice old architecture

This type of wall feature is seldom seen nowadays. The advantage that the slots you see offers ventilation into the side of the home.

This new home has extensive white natural marble andthe "black veins". This brand newhome's lovely white polished marble. Look at how lovely the grains are: an art work of sorts

Sea Esta and it's "million dollar" sea view...

The Nautical Condominium just T.O.P

Adding a slope vs a drop at the edge: This has more to do with preventing a fall; making it both elderly (plus Handicap accessible) and children friendly.

Lift Graffiti, uniquely Singapore One can only find such graffiti once in a life-time of each new HDB estate that has just T.O.P. These graffiti will be removed once majority of the residents have moved-in or usually after 6 months of T.O.P.

VANDA MISS JOAQUIM PAVILLION at Tanjong Pagar

Apex @ Henderson - Office complex has just TOP. Kudos for having a disabled friendly lift lobby...

The owner must be a business person. Thus before they move in to a new home; here goes.. the house number is covered in a red cloth...

The inspiration for the 1980's army uniform design (from this tree bark): USA and then Singapore follow suit...

Eight Riversuites @Whampoa recently T.O.P.

Kovan Regency Condo recently T.O.P. The swimming pool reminds me of the first generation condo developments like Mandarin Gardens @ Marine Parade Road

HDB Compassvale Mast & internal dry walls I was wondering how long will HDB follow suit in using dry walls for the interior partitions. That was in 2011 when the Livia condo just TOP. I walked into the unit and knocked on all the interior walls. These walls were all dry walls. And for this development another surprise... the toilet interior walls were also non-concrete walls. Just last year, a client sold his nearby CDL unit in the same development and opted for an older condo that had interior solid walls. This client says he just hated a home with such dry walls. He felt that we are already payinga premium for a home, here in Singapore. …

Client's bungalow interiorunder construction

Living close to a basket ball court.... Banner says: "Please keep the noise level down"