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hospitality market. Major P. Hubert Keys and Frank
Dowdeswell were British architects who relocated to Shanghai, China. They were originally appointed by the Straits Government to design the general post office in Singapore, June 1, 1927. They were designated A.R.I.B.A (Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects). They designed in a historicist tradition, with many of their buildings in the
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Navigation Company of Batavia; it lies at the junction of Robinson Road and Finlayson Green Road in Singapore. It was constructed entirely with reinforced concrete while the exterior are left with masonry finishes which is an imitation of granite. This six storey building was
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Shanghai, and designing buildings throughout China and South East Asia in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. They designed some of the most prominent buildings in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, bringing an international standard of luxury to the Asian
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The building has several interesting features and innovative elements that are brought into the design which includes the basement that functioning as a parking space, the first use of such a function in
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Singapore’s colonial government was in the process of improving the health care due to overcrowding and scarcity of medical help. Therefore, the
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