Justin Zhuang is a writer and researcher with an interest in design, cities, culture, history and media. The co-founder of writing studio In Plain Words contributes to various architecture and design magazines, including "Design Observer" and American Institute of Graphic Art’s "Eye on Design". He is the author of "Independence: The History of Graphic Design in Singapore Since the 1960s" (2012), "Mosaic Memories: Remembering the Playgrounds Singapore Grew Up In" (2014) and the catalogue for the exhibition “Fifty
Years of Singapore Design” (2016). For more information, see http://justinzhuang.com
Architectural conservation or real estate investment? Justin Zhuang ponders over the fate of a 1970s style icon that has seen better times. A 27-storey “green tower” of residences may one day rise up at the edge of Singapore’s historic Chinatown. It will boast the Outram Park MRT station at its doorstep and Pearl’s Hill City…
