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Tay Kheng Soon (TKS) is a practicing architect and adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore's School of Architecture. He was formerly president of the Singapore Institute of Architects and founding member and Chairman of SPUR, the Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group.
To this day, TKS continues to churn out creative, out-of-the-box ideas that he personally sees through to reality via his architectural practice, Akitek Tenggara, which he founded more than three decades ago (in 1976).
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Plan B 3.0 by Lester Brown
World Development Report 2008, Agriculture for Development – The World Bank
Future Form and Design for sustainable Cities – Mike Jenks & Nicola Dempsey
Hungry City – Carolyn Steel
The Cuba Reader – Avina Chompsky and others
Getting a Grip – Frances Moor Lappe
Retreat of the Elephants – Mark Elvin
Will the Boat sink the Water – Chen Guidi & Wen Chuntao
Creating a World without Poverty – Mohd. Yunos
Deep Economy – Bill Mckibben
Design with Nature – Ian Mcharg
Emergence – Steven Johnson
The Road back to Nature – Masanobu Fukuoka
Factor Four – Amory Lovins and others
Natural Capitalism – Amory Lovins and others
From Cabbages to Condoms – Mechai Viravaidya
Banker to the Poor – Mohd Yunos
The Fortune at the bottom of the Pyramid – C K Prahalard
Garden Cities of Tomorrow – Ebernezer HowardArchives
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Recommended Readings on Rubanisation
Plan B 3.0 by Lester Brown
World Development Report 2008, Agriculture for Development – The World Bank
Future Form and Design for sustainable Cities – Mike Jenks & Nicola Dempsey
Hungry City – Carolyn Steel
The Cuba Reader – Avina Chompsky and others
Getting a Grip – Frances Moor Lappe
Retreat of the Elephants – Mark Elvin
Will the Boat sink the Water – Chen Guidi & Wen Chuntao
Creating a World without Poverty – Mohd. Yunos
Deep Economy – Bill Mckibben
Design with Nature – Ian Mcharg
Emergence – Steven Johnson
The Road back to Nature – Masanobu Fukuoka
Factor Four – Amory Lovins and others
Natural Capitalism – Amory Lovins and others
From Cabbages to Condoms – Mechai Viravaidya
Banker to the Poor – Mohd Yunos
The Fortune at the bottom of the Pyramid – C K Prahalard
Garden Cities of Tomorrow – Ebernezer Howard
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Publications
Behold the Countryside: The Urban/Rural Divide published in Global Asia (Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 2008)
What is 'Good' Design: Thinking about Asian Architecture, Singapore Architect (SA) issue #246, 2008 (5MB)*
Ideas for Singapore in 2009: Going Back to the Fundaments of City Living, SA issue #249, 2009 (2MB)*
Presentations
Presentation by TKS at the World Federation of Chinese Architects assembly at Nanning, China, November 22-23, 2008 (1.5MB)
Presentation (Part I) by TKS' Year Four studio at NUS, Semester 2, 2008/2009 (5MB)*
Presentation (Part II) by TKS' Year Four studio at NUS, Semester 2, 2008/2009 (5MB)*
Presentation by TKS at NUS, September 2, 2009
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Recommended readings
Plan B 3.0 by Lester Brown (Full text online)
World Development Report 2008, Agriculture for Development – The World Bank (Full text online)
Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities – Mike Jenks & Nicola Dempsey
Hungry City – Carolyn Steel (Excerpts online)
The Cuba Reader – Aviva Chompsky and others
Getting a Grip – Frances Moore Lappe (Excerpts online)
Retreat of the Elephants – Mark Elvin
Will the Boat sink the Water – Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao
Creating a World Without Poverty – Muhammad Yunus
Deep Economy – Bill McKibben (Excerpts online)
Design with Nature – Ian McHarg
Emergence – Steven Johnson
The Road Back to Nature – Masanobu Fukuoka
Factor Four – Amory Lovins and others
Natural Capitalism – Amory Lovins and others (Full text online)
From Condoms to Cabbages (biography of Mechai Viravaidya) - Thomas D'Agnes
Banker to the Poor – Muhammad Yunus (Excerpts online)
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid – C K Prahalad
Garden Cities of To-morrow – Ebenezer Howard (Full text online)
Other links
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