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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The Alkaff Upper Serangoon Mosque is the second mosque in Singapore to win the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Architectural Heritage Award.
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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.
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Constructed by the mercantile and land-owning Alkaff family, the sanctuary for Muslims was restored over 22 months on a $3.1 million budget.
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Guests getting a look at the refurbished Supreme Court wing of the National Gallery Singapore on Jan 22, 2015.
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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.
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The City Hall wing of the National Gallery Singapore.
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The interior of the newly refurbished Victoria Theatre, taken on Jul 9, 2014.
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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra rehearsing at the refurbished Victoria Concert Hall.
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One of the three 1950s bungalows at Rochester Park.
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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
