In Pictures: Winners of URA Architectural Heritage Awards

The quaint 1930s one-storey Alkaff Upper Serangoon Mosque, with its distinctive horseshoe arches and Ottoman-style minaret, picked up the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)'s Architectural Heritage Award on Monday (Oct 19). The other winners were Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall; National Gallery Singapore; and three 1950s bungalows - 12, 13, and 17 Rochester Park.

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Oct 20, 2015, 09:35 AM

The Alkaff Upper Serangoon Mosque is the second mosque in Singapore to win the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Architectural Heritage Award. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Among the reasons the Alkaff mosque won: It stayed true to the vision of the original architect by reinstating its pyramidal roof, fixing its decorative archways, and reinstalling its original decorative cast-iron grilles and balustrades. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Constructed by the mercantile and land-owning Alkaff family, the sanctuary for Muslims was restored over 22 months on a $3.1 million budget. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Guests getting a look at the refurbished Supreme Court wing of the National Gallery Singapore on Jan 22, 2015. PHOTO: ST FILE

Glass, steel and aluminium structures extend over the alleyway between the Supreme Court and City Hall as more than 15,000 perforated aluminium panels allow light to enter. PHOTO: ST FILE

The City Hall wing of the National Gallery Singapore. PHOTO: ST FILE

The interior of the newly refurbished Victoria Theatre, taken on Jul 9, 2014. PHOTO: ST FILE

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra rehearsing at the refurbished Victoria Concert Hall. PHOTO: ST FILE

One of the three 1950s bungalows at Rochester Park. PHOTO: DIOS VINCOY JR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

A tree outside 13 Rochester Park. PHOTO: DIOS VINCOY JR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

12 Rochester Park. PHOTO: DIOS VINCOY JR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

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