Come to think of it, are there any bauhaus buildings in Singapore?

The original Cathay Building?
Or those quaint apartments near Portsdown?

Please enlighten me as to what Bauhaus is :)

Remember the news?

Tel Aviv's bauhaus buildings had been declared a World Heritage site.

Bauhaus is 'cubic' ,plain Minimalist style buildings.Flat roofs ,sometimes with curved balconies.

Perhaps some blocks of the old KK Hospital?

pictures will be good

I still have no freaking idea what he is talking about....

If I'm not wrong, Bauhaus is a child movement of de stijl. So Moulmein Rise and Lincoln Modern are bauhaus buildings I think.

hrmm i dont think lincoln modern and moulmein rise are bauhaus..

these are some bauhaus stuff in israel
http://www.interart.co.il/bauhaus/01.jpg

http://www.interart.co.il/bauhaus/02.jpg


http://www.interart.co.il/bauhaus/05.jpg


http://www.interart.co.il/bauhaus/07.jpg



so perhaps kallang airport is bauhaus?

I think in Singapore, the flats at Tiong Bahru and those next to Monkshill Sec school along Clemenceau Avenue are this type?

What bout those old 1970s flats, for example in AMK?

Looks like my new school is going to be a Bauhaus!:D

There're some very old apartments at Portsdown and somewhere near MacKenzie Road that looks like bauhaus.Also, one poor building at Little India.Standing all alone admist shophouses.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/300minimalist.jpg
Is this considered bauhaus?These are some minimalist apartments near my school.

no they're not. they're more like low-cost-housing style. low cost housing should be a genre by itself.

There's not such style, brother.I ment architecture style.

welll i dont know... i dont think you could call those bauhaus, nor could you call it brutalist. low cost housing seem to have a style on their own, even the newer ones like the one i stay in (7 or 8 years old). first, they are invariably painted. they have very simple forms (although newest flats are breaking out of those conventions a little with curved windows and some panelled area). ah ok it sudddenly hit me. they are pre-fabricated. the simple shapes, lack of cladding and not very smooth concrete give it a sort of umm low cost mass built look. it's definitely quite distinguishable from other styles.

Bauhaus does not have to be lowrise, has it? (I'm asking a question)

hrmm dont know but yeah bauhaus seems to bring to mind low-rises...

Alright, alright. So how do you even pronounce this 'Bauhaus'?

um... dunno... maybe bowhouse?

Actually, many of the old SIT flats neextdoor to my church are built according to that style. Sadly, most are being torn down to make room for the SIA arts school thing...

OOT: incidently, my church is now being surrounded by educational institutes. It was reported in the newspapers recently right?

Any photos?Are they lowrise or highrise?There are several flats at Short Street built by SIT, 9 storeys that are awaiting demolition.:(

Is this Bauhaus?
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000398-6320-3081-0519/img0017.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980001363-8154-3221-1050/img0119.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980001363-8154-3221-1050/img0118.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19990007037-0031-3192-1410/img0026.jpg

looks too angular... but i dunno...

Some blocks do not have those recessed windows with angled sunshades like in the last pic.

Ironically, there are few pics of it in A2O.

LOL!! That's easy! My condo lor!:D

At least I think so...
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/F6CM496VSGWL

Any photos?Are they lowrise or highrise?There are several flats at Short Street built by SIT, 9 storeys that are awaiting demolition.:(

No photos, and i couldn't find any on google. Lowrise. Blue and pink.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005154-8073-3222-4444/img0055.jpg
What about these?SIT flats at Telok Banglah area.Not sure if they're still there.
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005038-6320-3081-0033/img0115.jpg
Or these?They were built in 1952!And were demolished when they reached the grand old age of 50.


Eye, I found them!:D
These?
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005752-8106-3181-7876/img0010.jpg

ah... the last pic looks alot more like it... i wonder if bauhaus is exclusively white / concrete coloured?

Oh, the last one is very common in Tiong Bahru area, near those art deco apartments.
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000809-8529-3201-1005/img0002.jpg
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005862-8120-3181-2495/img0014.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980001075-8538-3191-4282/img0020.jpg

Eye, I found them!:D
These?
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005752-8106-3181-7876/img0010.jpg

BINGO!

Yeah. There are still some empty ones right next to my church, but they'll be torn down soon.

Notice how buildings in this style tend to be rather old...?

um... because it's a style from the 30s / 40s... i have some pictures of a bauhaus masterpiece in palestine in may's issue of wallpaper*... can be very beautiful

Those beside Prinsep Street Presby church are actually more common than you think.There are many of them near those Art Deco apartments at Tiong Bahru.:D

Yeah. I realised that. Just that i've only seen those there.. so yeah... :lol:

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005862-8120-3181-2495/img0020.jpg
Caption:
BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF GRANGE ROAD & SOMMERSET ROAD.

These old flats look Bauhaus to me :)

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/bauhaus.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/bauhaus2.jpg

Winstedt Road?

Near Monk's Hill Sec?

Yes. Theyve been there for a VERY long time and have been repainted several times.

I wonder if that was their original colours.

Seem to mimick the Black-and-White bungalows, like those in Mount Pleasant.

Black-and-White style is only found here, I guess?

Black and white is common...I really cant remember their original colours..I think at one time they had green window panes.

Do you mean Black-and-White bungalows (not literally painted black and white, but in the distinct style as those in Singapore) are common elsewhere?

Do you mean Black-and-White bungalows (not literally painted black and white, but in the distinct style as those in Singapore) are common elsewhere?

Not sure, but I think they are unique to Singapore or tropical climates - maybe found in other tropical ex-British colonies.

Don't seem to see any picture of those in M'sia.

ask szehoong or baqthier lor @_@

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/300mfss1.jpg
Bauhaus?

I doubt it. It doesnt look very old to me.

Because it is still underconstruction!

I thought bauhaus is a style that is not built anymore??

@RafflesCity: I thought art-deco was a style not built anymore and then I saw Parkview Square ^^

Is this considered Bauhaus ? Maybe more brutalist, I don't know...

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/the_colonnade.jpg
The Colonnade, Grange Road (behind Orchard).

I thought bauhaus is a style that is not built anymore??
Pretty much true, but we're still suffering heavily from the "Son of Bauhaus" syndrome. :bash:

@Pengui: right, Art Deco is a building style of the past. :( All the more wonderful that the people responsible for Park View Square went to all the trouble and expense to construct that GORGEOUS Art Deco building! :okay:

Lucky Singapura!!!!! :banana::banana::banana:

That's The Collonade, a condo located at Orchard district.

I think I still prefer Art Deco to Bauhaus, but I'm slowly warming up to the latter :)

To my mind and eyes, Bauhaus & successors are :puke: I'll NEVER warm up to them! :runaway:

To my mind and eyes, Bauhaus & successors are :puke: I'll NEVER warm up to them! :runaway:

May I know why? :)

For me, it takes time but my opinion of certain buildings do change occasionally :cheers:

Interesting appartment houses on River Valley Road:

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/river_valley_road01.jpg

I'm not sure if there's much light coming inside... :-)

Ooooh!~

Nice! :cool:
This is at the junction with Lloyds Road, home to a lesser-known colonial building Sha Villa, now a hotel.

I think there might be some Bauhaus style buildings near the Malayan Railway Station at Tanjong Pagar. They are quite longish and face the main road.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/300minimalist.jpg
What 'bout these?

uhm i'm quite sure those aren't...

Why don't you think so?

Theyre HDB!!!

@Raffi: I just have an innate dislike of squares, boxes, flattops, and monotony. :D

Yah, they can be brutal, like I said, it takes time to acquire a taste for them and in this case, its fun to look out for such structures in Singapore! :)

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980000809-8529-3201-1005/img0002.jpg
Bauhaus apartments, built in the 1950s by Singapore Improvement Trust at Tiong Bahru.

Is this Bauhaus?

http://img16.exs.cx/img16/6839/bauhas.jpg

nope, don't think so.

what style would you ascribe it to then?

Art Deco. :)

Its kinda confusing me - where are the art deco elements?

Those things protuding up from the roof. :)

The SIT apartments at Tiong Bahru are true Bauhaus style.

art deco seems more applicable.. but uhm.. i dunno also..

Don't seem to see any picture of those in M'sia.

Dunno much about other variants of Bauhaus..I've always pictured a bauhaus building as the one with a curve edge at the top floor with a column holding up the roof :D

Anyway here are some in KL which might be bauhaus?

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retromay.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/retrokl3.jpg

Interesting pics baq!

The building looks kinda 60s-retro to me . Is the first one the original Maybank headquarter?

Could this be Bauhaus as well?

http://img50.exs.cx/img50/6231/flatironsh.jpg

dunno?

Bau·haus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bouhous)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a 20th-century school of design, the aesthetic of which was influenced by and derived from techniques and materials employed especially in industrial fabrication and manufacture.

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/089067_main.jpg

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/089067_right.jpg
Customs Port Branch HQ.

This little building is very hidden from view.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005215-8073-3222-4203/img0065.jpg

wow..I wonder if the building is still in use though..its very long

Think so. Wonder if it's conserved?

No idea maybe I should walk round it next time. It looks like it can be used as a hotel or lodging for port crew

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/089067_main.jpg
Is this at Tanjung Pagar?

Yup, near the railway station. :)

oh! No wonder it's so familiar. Passing by there back and forth (thinking whether to go back by train or bus..in the end I discovered the train station only accept Diner's club!)

Really? :eek:

Why?!


Amex, Master and Visa are more commonly used than DC!

I have no idea at all! Maybe they're encouraging people to pay cash! :D

Other KTM stations?

All DC too?

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/208422_main.jpg

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/208422_left.jpg

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/208422_right.jpg

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/208422_other1.jpg
This is located in the Little India Historical District.

Those balcony railings look like they're made of some bamboo-ish material...

hang on..arent those art deco? They look so much like the TiongBahru ones!

Not sure Art Deco or Bauhaus.

art deco i think

yah lor..look so much like the TiongBahru flat...have we run out of Bauhaus stuff in Singapore? :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/bauhaus.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/bauhuas2.jpg

^

Tiong Bahru! :D

nice pics:)
green and nice houses:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/bauhaus3.jpg

Those 1952 highrise flats that used to be at Pickering are 'stretched' versions of those in Tiong Bahru. :D

This is being used as a student hostel

Located along Mount Sophia

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/hostel.jpg

So that makes KK bauhaus?

Absolutely no idea

well..what I can say is that these buildings have a certain distinct form that is not discernibly art deco..shall we call them redstone-Bauhaus style?

tiong bahru... again!
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/9366/35ij.jpg

tiong bahru... again!
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/9366/35ij.jpg

very lively colours!

The CC is the odd thing in the middle of a conservation area...

Houses near high-rises :).

Houses near high-rises :).

oh... no... no... those are early flats built by SIT actually, usually about 3-storey high...

Some information about SIT and HDB...
http://www1.moe.edu.sg/ne/Archives/Episodes%20from%20the%20Singapore%20Story/HDB/HDB.htm

Ah yes, thank you, looked like shophouses or something. :)

Quite a number of old buildings in Singapore have this design...might be Bauhaus

http://img167.exs.cx/img167/2829/bauh3rv.jpg

Bit of a mix those ones.

Bras Basah sure have many interesting buildings! :D

yes, quite a lot of them..I just feel that they need to clean up the area a bit and it will be very hip..actually its beginning to develop a character to its own already..worth a stroll

Tiong Bahru
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/2325/tbbau67vp.jpg

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/4246/tbbau56qh.jpg
^Serene, village-like ambience

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/3328/tbbau24ov.jpg
Neatly arranged blocks

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/9464/tbbau33kv.jpg
A typical unit on the ground floor

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/4782/tbbau11xx.jpg
2 units per floor per staircase

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/2730/tbbau40jt.jpg
^interesting and cute! :D

nice interior shots redstone!

nice interior shots redstone!

Nice meh?
Look very normal.....

its not the shots that I am raving about, its the content.

They show images of yesteryear, of how life was like then :cool:

Oh yah....
Very nostalgic and village-like atmostphere.... :)

A slim looking one spotted at Beach Rd

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/5563/obau2vq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The term "bauhaus" now makes my feaking hair stand. I juz completed a major semester project on the freaking Bauhaus design movement. Took 3 freaking months, and 250 freaking dollars to complete. Got so freaking stressed during the final phase of the project that i was freaking hospitalized. Ask any Mass Communications about their Bauhaus project experience and u'll see their faces turn freaking purple.

whoever who started this forum...thanks for bringing back my freaking nightmare. haha.

Anyway dear frens, you have all SEVERELY misunderstood the Bauhaus concept la...But nvm, i was just as freaking clueless before i started my project...

hey Gid

welcome to the forum!

wow, sounds like a very intensive project! Anything to share about Bauhaus with us or will this trigger something horrible :D

seriously I am clueless if Singapore actually has Bauhaus buildings and I've been following redstone's examples here :)

Hey rafflescity, yup, LOTS to share, hah, too much actually...

Here goes...
Lesson one: "Bauhaus" is pronounced as "BAH-HOUSE"
Pls don't try to slang and make it sound "English". It is german...so silent "U" and corse sounding "AHs"...

Ok me sleepy liao. gonna go sleep. Lesson 2 coming soon,haha.

I think this is Bauhaus, am I right ?
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050410_bauhaus01.jpg

no..that's a multistorey zouk kl! :D

no..that's a multistorey zouk kl! :D

:-p

The Bauhaus is a school of design, founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar (Germany) in 1919. The Bauhaus movement has revolutionised the structure and basis of art school education.

The Bauhaus school of design covers NUMEROUS disciplines, under its arm includes the schools of photography, painting, metal works, furniture, sculpture, dance, theatre, textiles, graphics, prints, typography and of cos, ARCHITECTURE. It is the single most profound movement that has greatly moulded the comtemporary arts we have today.

Bauhaus artists are interested in eliminating subject matter from their compositions, and instead focus on the elements of design themselves. The Bauhaus can be reduced to THREE concepts...

1. Form follows function
2. Economy of form
3. Integrity of materials

^

HDB flats?

ok, let's clarify some matters...

Bauhaus buildings are NOT necessarily minimalistic, or antique. As i've mentioned earlier, Bauhaus has profound influence in our MODERN CONTEMPORARY movement.

Here are some major classic examples of Bauhaus building in Singapore...(don't be surprised...heehee)

1.Suntec City
2.WheelLock Place
3.CityLink Mall
4.Gallery Evason Hotel

These examples are given by my lecturers and textbooks.

wow...and I thought Bauhaus building were all those OLD ones posted here

so I can say that some condos like the Lincoln Modern are Bauhaus then.

HDB flats cannot be labeled Bauhaus bulidings.

But we may say that they are Bauhaus-influenced. Many buildings may be called Bauhaus-inluenced as the Bauhaus has become the spine of modernity. So it can be rather general.

So there are buildings that are truly Bauhaus, and many many others that simply happen to be Bauhaus influenced.

Its rather controversial, many will have differing opinions.

Oh i forgot to list one of the most significant example of Bauhaus architecture in S'pore...TEMASEK POLY!

this?

http://img89.echo.cx/img89/1594/imgp78316xh.jpg

Here'r some pics of the Bauhaus Museum of Design Archives, Germany. Designed by the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius...

http://img77.echo.cx/img77/8214/bauhausarchivaussen1ac.jpg
http://img77.echo.cx/img77/353/ansichtgross12xd.jpg

ok, let's clarify some matters...

Bauhaus buildings are NOT necessarily minimalistic, or antique. As i've mentioned earlier, Bauhaus has profound influence in our MODERN CONTEMPORARY movement.

Here are some major classic examples of Bauhaus building in Singapore...(don't be surprised...heehee)

1.Suntec City
2.WheelLock Place
3.CityLink Mall
4.Gallery Evason Hotel

These examples are given by my lecturers and textbooks.

You forgot those SIT flats at Tiong Bahru! :D

A slim looking one spotted at Beach Rd

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/5563/obau2vq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Just realised that this one has JUST been repainted :)

http://img208.echo.cx/img208/6020/bhs6ct.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

looks so 'new'...but why they wanna repaint it? they should kept it the way it was... haha... and that car belongs to who? poor thing... number plate everyone can see...

part of me agrees with you that they should have just left it, after all it is still ok, and a bit grimy adds to the character and sense of 'old Singapore'

but the fresh coat of paint also makes it look cheerful and brings out its features better.

what and why poor thing?

Cos of our image as a clean city? :D

http://streetdirectory.com.sg/images/simg.php?r=11048348071484&bo=1
http://streetdirectory.com.sg/images/simg.php?r=11048348071486&bo=1
Bahaus?
Telephone Exchange Complex (Central Telephone Exchange)

anyone knows why Telephone Exchange Complex (Central Telephone Exchange) is painted in BLACK?

i dont know, but i like it

Somehow the shorter building kinda reminds me of the original Bauhaus School building....

Is the Old Kallang Airport/People's Association building Bauhaus ?

Apparently its Art-Deco

It's Modern style with capital M.

Early Modern, same style as Chee Guan Chiang House or the more famous Villa Savoye. :cool: ;)

Ahhh...Thanks
After frequenting Kallang Sea Sports Centre for quite sometime now, the authorities finally decided to clear the old trees and debris from this old building (c1937?) at the fringe of the old airport....now just opposite the PWD canteen on the stadium side. Enough of take some decent shots. Looks like they are going to refurbish it. The building's got curved balconies as well. I will post some pics here. Pls feel free to move them if appropriate.

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/9522/k49qt.jpg

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/1513/k56kn.jpg

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/9012/k12bf.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5296/k24kq.jpg

To add, I think the original building was double-storey. The 3rd storey and roof looks like a later addition. The water drainage channels appear at the top of the 2nd level.

Yup...

The top floor looks very 'budget' and poorly built. :yes:
A later addition.

What was it used as before?

A nice and simple building 'cheapened' by the additions

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4955/bauhaus24nasmall.jpg
By redstonean (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/redstonean) at 2010-11-19

24 Nassim Hill?