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The lighthouse was erected on a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) rocky island called Pulau Satumu, the southernmost island off the main island of Singapore. Pulau Satumu means "one tree island" – sa refers to satu ("one") and tumu is the Malay name for the large mangrove tree, Bruguiera confugata .
Traditional architecture in Singapore includes vernacular Malay houses, local hybrid shophouses and black and white bungalows, a range of places of worship reflecting the ethnic and religious diversity of the city-state as well as colonial civic and commercial architecture in European Neoclassical, gothic, palladian and renaissance styles.
This is a list of lighthouses in Singapore. [1] [2] Lighthouses. Name Image Location Coordinates Year built Tower height Focal ... Fullerton Light: Fullerton Hotel
This is a list of buildings and structures in Singapore. See respective sections for more detailed lists. See respective sections for more detailed lists. Singapore from end to end
He was called "the Nautical Oracle of the World". His charts and books allowed ships to navigate through treacherous areas of the ocean, saving many lives and property on the seas between China and India. [2] On the wall of the Visitor's Room on the sixth floor of the lighthouse under the light room there is a panel with the following ...
Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structures. Overhangs on all four sides of barns and larger, older farmhouses are common in Swiss architecture. An overhanging eave is the edge of a roof, protruding outwards from the side of the building, generally to provide weather protection.
Shaw House in June 2024. Shaw House and Shaw Centre is a complex of two neighbouring buildings built by the same developer, Shaw Organisation.Located at the junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road in Singapore, it features the flagship Lido Cineplex for the Shaw Organisation, a major shopping mall with Isetan as an anchor tenant, and two office buildings.
Detail of attap roof thatching An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the kampongs of Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Singapore . Named after the attap palm , which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched , [ 1 ] these dwellings can range from huts to substantial houses.