Urban resistance

By Nicola Turner 2000-08-15T00:00:00

Until recently, all the major jobs in Singapore were swallowed up by international architects. But now the island’s local firms are resisting the foreign domination: not by complaining, as in the past, but by raising their own standards - and it seems to be working.

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