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A memoir and collection of essays on architecture and urbanism from one of the most interesting figures in Singapore's cultural landscape.



According to architect Tay Kheng Soon, the time has come to change and build a new world. The feeling has impelled him to write this book, bringing together memoir and writings on identity, landscape and belonging, and on architecture and urbanism. Born in British-ruled Singapore, Soon was deeply engaged in the debates about building a new world that attended the end of colonialism. His focus, but far from his only concern, was Singapore's built environment--and its spiritual one--since the early 1960s. A New World in the Making is a must-read reflection on tropical Asia, on architecture and urbanism, and on looking ahead to the always urgent task of building a new world.

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• Introduction(1)
• Beginnings(7)
• Family(9)
• Sibling Rivalry(13)
• Early Years
• Second World War(17)
• The Language/Class Divide(25)
• Life in Cameron Highlands(27)
• Return to Serangoon Road(29)
• Becoming(33)
• Off to School(35)
• Adventures in Braddell Heights(36)
• Adolescence, Power and Purpose(38)
• Scouting Days(39)
• The 12 School Boy "Apostles"(41)
• The Spiritual Experience(44)
• Early Designs
• Pursuing Architecture(47)
• Taking Charge of One's Own Learning(62)
• Trip to Java(67)
• Being(73)
• Malayan Architects Co-Partnership(75)
• Chong Keat versus Willie(78)
• The Rise of Local Firms(81)
• Awakening the Malayan(83)
• Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group(85)
• Designs & Proposals 1960-70
• Meeting Lee Kuan Yew(87)
• To Kuala Lumpur and Back(97)
• My Explusion from Design Partnership(101)
• A Tribute to the Malayan Generation(107)
• Essays(117)
• The Cultural Role of Singapore City
• 1 June 1966(119)
• The Future of Asian Cities
• May 1966(122)
• Collyer Quay's 12-Lane Coastal Superhighway
• 5 July 1967(129)
• Development and its Impact on Changing Values
• June 1970(133)
• Singapore's Transport Dilemma
• 4 September 1974(139)
• Is Singapore Architecture "Obiang"?
• 15 March 1990(146)
• Heritage Conservation's Political and Social Implications: The Case of Singapore
• 23 April 1990(149)
• Scope for the Economic and Cultural Invigoration of the National Sector
• 26 July 1990(160)
• Civil Society's Contribution: Beyond Power Politics
• 23 March 2000(162)
• Creating Cultural Capital in Singapore
• 7 July 2002(167)
• Beyond Current Reality: A New Singapore, Perhaps?
• 4 August 2002(169)
• Interrogating Great Asian Streets
• 7 December 2004(173)
• Hanyu Pinyin and Singapore Street Names
• 12 October 2005(178)
• Singapore Colloquial Values that Strike a Chord
• 11 August 2005(183)
• Singapore: A Paradoxical Paradise
• 19 April 2006(184)
• Ideas and Proposals(187)
• Proposal for "South Sea Lagoon Project" at East Coast Reclamation
• October 1968(189)
• Housing for Industrial Centres
• 5 October 1969(193)
• Locate Airport at Changi
• 23 February 1971(198)
• Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Towards a More Sociable Housing Form(201)
• 27 September 1978(201)
• Synopsis of Concepts of the Intelligent Tropical City
• 23 September 1989(217)
• The Kampong Bugis Case Study
• 23 November 1990(223)
• Retirement Cottages: An Option for Housing Singapore's Elders within the Community
• 8 May 1999(229)
• Building Linear Blocks Over Roads: A Prelude to The Singapore Management University Saga
• 11 August 1999
• Proposed Indo-Pacific Cultural Centre at Marina Bay Singapore
• 29 August 2005(244)
• Ideas for 21st Century(246)
• Singapore Version 2.0
• 27 December 2012(258)
• Rubanisation
• 13 March 2012(264)
• Afterword(271)
• List of Images(275)
• Index(277)

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Architect Tay Khen Soon has been deeply engaged in the debates over Singapore's built and spiritual environmental since the mid-1960s. Architecture, he says, is politics by other means.