d+a Magazine - December 2015

The historical status of the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings that were converted into Singapore’s National Gallery remain overwhelmingly present, even as outfitted with spectacular new structures and modern interiors; Renzo Piano’s design for New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in the West Village and Manhattan’s Meatpacking District strives and succeeds to open up to the public; DP Architects’ Alexandra Central, occupying the former SAFRA Bukit Merah site with a land area of close to 8,000sqm, is a highly visible landmark comprising a 19-storey hotel perched on top of a six-storey mall-and-carpark