Rivers of Tears
By Rosalind Chua
July 2011 FEATURE
George Town’s built heritage is a great example of design moderated by cultural context. We notice this in the city’s morphology, the building typologies lining the streets, and the spaces between the public realm and private sanctuaries. The architectural notions of harmony and proportion and of lightness and weight are unavoidably present, bringing to our minds poignant moments of history. Time’s passing is captured in these studied variations. For this experience, we owe a debt to the master builders who planted...
Rosalind Chua
