d+a | Issue 116 • Jun/July 2020

ISSUE 116 2020 32 / CONTENTS / MOOD BOARD 8 NET EFFECT 10 SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW FEATURE 12 CONSERVING SINGAPORE’S MODERN BUILT HERITAGE 20 DESIGNING FOR A NEW NORMAL PROJECTS 24 COMMERCIAL / JEWEL ON THE HILL 32 INFRASTRUCTURE / SOPHISTICATED CAMOUFLAGE 40 RETAIL / POETIC SANCTUARY 48 HOSPITALITY / SCENE IN BALESTIER 54 HOSPITALITY / MODERN-DAY HOTEL, ANCIENT SITE 62 ABODE / IRONCLAD RESTRAINT 70 ABODE / CONTEMPORISING THE TRADITIONAL 76 DINE / LUSH DECADENCE 62