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M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Architects Team 3, 2015
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Brochure, Singapore Conference Hall and Trade Union House (1961–1965), Singapore 新加坡大會堂和職工會大廈（1961至1965年）小冊子
October 1965
The winning design for the home of Singapore’s Trade Union Congress—the city’s largest conference hall—was a breakthrough for the young firm, and quickly became a prominent modernist landmark in Singapore’s rapidly developing commercial district. The hall’s lofty and layered concourse encourages public movement and spectacle, while its transparent glass facade visually connects the building with the main road. This accessibility, in addition to simplicity and clarity of form, set the project apart from enclosed and imposing colonial architecture. Its striking openness embodied the ideals of responsible trade unionism and the brief alliance between Lee Kuan Yew’s People’s Action Party and the Labour Movement in the ambition to create a democratic and socialist society. The Singapore Conference Hall was hailed as a symbol of new forms of national pride and global aspirations by political leaders. In 2010, it became the first building from the post-colonial era to be gazetted as a national monument in Singapore.
In Search of Southeast Asia through the M+ Collections. M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong, 22 June–30 September 2018
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