How Should You Build Your Landed House?
Should you tender your landed house, appoint a design-and-build firm or bring a builder in early? I explain how time, cost and quality can help you choose.
Before You Buy a Landed House in Singapore
A landed house can feel right at a viewing. A pre-purchase feasibility study helps you work out whether it can become the home you need, what the work might cost and what could affect the timeline.
What Makes a Classroom Feel Like a Place of Its Own?
What can a kindergarten learn from a dwelling house? After visiting kindergartens in Singapore, I consider how familiar routines, shared spaces and small choices can help children feel they belong.
What Should Change in the Way We Teach?
A more flexible classroom changes what teachers and children can do. Drawing on recent kindergarten visits in Singapore, I ask which changes are worth making and which everyday practices are worth keeping.
Can Your Landed House Adapt as You Age?
A step at the entrance, a bedroom upstairs or a tight bathroom can change how someone uses their home. We look at how landed houses can adapt as residents’ mobility and needs change.
Designing through User Engagement
How can a school and its architect agree on how learning spaces should work before design begins? At the International French School kindergarten in Singapore, we explored that question with teachers, children and school leaders.