Demolishing the City of the Future

Pearl Bank is just one of a number of iconic modernist buildings in Singapore marked for demolition. Today’s supporters of Singapore’s modernist heritage are less likely to sign up to the values of family and community that remain central to Tan Cheng Siong’s vision. Today’s supporters of Singapore’s modernist architecture are also unlikely to have been supporters of the authoritarian brand of socialist development that inspired Pearl Bank.

Source: tribunemag.co.uk