Swan & Maclaren : a story of Singapore architecture
Digitised Book 3.128.79.88 (0)
2020
About the Book
This book documents the first fifty years of architecture firm Swan & Maclaren's long and illustrious history from 1892-1942. The firm was established 1892 and is the oldest architectural practice in Singapore. The publication is to mark the firm's 125th anniversary in 2017. The book charts the progress of Swan & Maclaren from the earliest days and features a treasure trove of archival architectural drawings as well as rare and previously unseen collection of photographic images from the 1920s and 1930s.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Davison, Julian
- Subject
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- Architectural firms--Singapore--History
- Architecture--Singapore--History
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 2020
- ORO Editions, 2020
- National Archives of Singapore , 2020
- Contributors
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- National Archives of Singapore
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (some col.)
- Provenance
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- The resource described is part of the National Library Board of Singapore Legal Deposit and Singapore Heritage Materials Collection, digitised by Autism Resource Centre (ARC) in 2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
- Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one 1888-1899 -- Part two 1900-1914 -- Part three 1914-1941 -- Reflecting on fifty years -- Swan & Maclaren today -- Gazetted buildings designed by Swan & Maclaren -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Edition
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- Copyright
- All rights reserved. Swan & Maclaren Pte Ltd, ORO Editions, National Archives of Singapore, Julian Davidson, 2020