Main entry:

Mok, Wei Wei, 1956- architect.

Title & Author:

Mok Wei Wei : works by W Architects / edited by Justin Zhuang.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 2020.
©2020

Description:

351 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. "Totally contextual": The architecture of Mok Wei Wei / Chang Jiat-Hwee -- 01. Refract: In search of fundamentals. Chinatown infill -- Bu Ye Tian -- Goh's House -- Church of Our Saviour -- Tampines North Community Centre and Extension -- Lem's House II -- 02. Respond: Contextualism in a constricting environment. The Paterson Edge -- The Loft -- The Arris -- Three Three Robin -- The Nassim -- Extension of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary School -- Singapore Safety Driving Centre -- The Oliv -- The Party House -- Education Resource Centre -- 11 Kim Tian Road -- 03. Reflect: Negotiating spatial cultures in a global city-state. Morley Road House -- Ristorante Da Paolo e Judie -- Spottiswoode Park House -- Beijing House -- National Museum of Singapore -- Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall -- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum -- Architecture of the West and the East refracted through an architect in Singapore / Leon van Schaik.

Summary:

During a career spanning over three decades, award-winning architect Mok Wei Wei has designed numerous large- and small-scale projects in Singapore with his practice W Architects. From apartment complexes and museums to houses and community centres, each project reveals the architect's key inspirations and ingenious solutions to the challenges of building in the tropical city-state. The works are presented in three themed chapters - Refract, Respond, Reflect - and move through Mok Wei Wei's career from the early 1980s to the present. In our increasingly urban world, W Architects illustrates a unique approach to designing buildings for a dense city environment, working in the context of a diverse multicultural society facing up to the challenges of climate, heritage preservation, globalism and national identity.

ISBN:

0500343454
9780500343456

Subject:

Mok, Wei Wei, 1956-
Mok, Wei Wei,
W Architects.
Architecture Singapore History 20th century.
Architecture Singapore History 21st century.
Architecture, Domestic Singapore Designs and plans.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Designs and plans.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Designs and plans.
Architecture, Tropical Singapore.
Architecture domestique Singapour Dessins et plans.
Architecture 21e siècle Dessins et plans.
Architecture 20e siècle Dessins et plans.
Architecture tropicale Singapour.
Architecture Singapour Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Singapour Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture Singapore 20th century.
Architecture Singapore 21st century.
Architecture, Domestic Singapore.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Tropical
Architecture, Modern
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture
Singapore.

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Bildband.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Zhuang, Justin, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309131
Call No.: BIB 254411
Status: Available