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Swan & Maclaren: A Story of Singapore Architecture
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Places and Buildings
11 February 2020
Discover the history of Singapore through its architecture, from the mid-1880s to the end of the British era in 1965.
By Julian Davison
Singapore: The National Archives of Singapore, 2020.
About the Book
Swan & Maclaren was one of the main architectural practices working in Singapore from its foundation in 1892 through to independence in 1965. As such, the history of Singapore architecture, during that period, is very much the history of Swan & Maclaren. This book offers a history of Singapore through its architecture, from the mid-1880s, when the two eponymous founding partners, Archibald A. Swan and J. W. B. Maclaren first came to Singapore, to the end of the British era in 1965.
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