A Walking Tour: Singapore by Gregory B. Bracken

3 December 2009
16:00 – 18:00 hrs
Leiden, the Netherlands

Launch of the third edition of Gregory Byrne Bracken’s A Walking Tour: Singapore.

Venue: Snouck Hurgronje, Rapenburg 61, Leiden.

A Walking Tour: Singapore was the first in a series of Walking Tours of Asian cities that includes Bangkok, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. This third edition of the Singapore book contains everything a visitor to the city needs to know about its history and its architecture. Apart from being a useful and practical guide, it also contains sketches and maps which have been hand-drawn by the author who has lived and worked in Singapore since 1997.

Please click here for the cover of the book.

"A Walking Tour: Singapore is indeed a welcome walk through history and architecture. It offers comprehensive, quick and fascinating facts on the past and present Kampong Gelam. Its hightlights on the area's unique architecture are enlightening. Its sketches and original hand-drawn maps to illustrate the landmarks in Kampong Gelam are refreshing. An interesting read, it should appeal to both locals and tourists. A Walking tour: Singapore is itself a wonderful experience. What more if you walk with it through Kampong Gelam."
                   Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed is the Mayor of the Northeast Community  Development  
                   Council and currently serves as Chairman of the Malay Heritage Centre

"A handy travel guide for those keen on checking out Singapore, past and present, on foot."
                                                                                                  The Sun, Malaysia 
 

Dr. Bracken is currently a research Fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies, and is also a lecturer in architecture and urbanism at TU Delft. He completed his Ph.D. in architecture theory under Prof. Dr. Arie Graafland at TU Delft in 2009 and also received an M.Sc.Arch. from TU Delft in 2004. He attained his B.Sc.Arch from Trinity College, Dublin in 1992 and a Dip.Arch from Bolton Street College of Technology, also in Dublin, that same year.

Drinks afterwards. 

Information & Registration
Ms Martina van den Haak, MA
m.c.van.den.haak@iias.nl
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