Tall, charming and sensible : the history of HDB design from 1960s-1980s

• Main Author: Siti Munirah Abdul Rashid
• Other Authors: Koh Keng We
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147311
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

By examining the rich and complex history of Singapore’s public housing and situating design thinking, processes and influences of the HDB flats between the 1960s and 1980s with a historical and global context, I argue that while every effort has been made to assure a distinctive design to HDB flats...