It shouldn't always be Moshe Safdie's Marina Bay Sands that gets top billing as an architectural icon.
The Republic has its own post-independence landmarks to boast of, such as Golden Mile Complex - a monolithic cruise ship permanently docked at Kallang Basin - Taman Jurong's blocks 63 to 66, linked in a striking diamond layout, and People's Park Complex, which reinvented Chinatown's energetic public spaces within its massive atria.
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