Life and Death in Singapore

Life and Death in Singapore

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Across the West, there's a contentious debate playing out over how to adapt homes and neighborhoods to this era of increasingly extreme wildfire risk. In Berkeley, California, it's become a particularly emotional fight because of a very specific architectural history that began a ...  Show more

100 Objects #22: AOL Disc

In 1998, the recording industry was thriving. But the company pressing more compact discs than anyone else in America wasn't a record label…it was an internet company: America Online. The AOL Disc was a marketing coup—hugely successful. It’s not an overstatement to say that it’s ...  Show more

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Architecture, Climatic Privilege, and Migrant Labour in Singapore
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