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Spencer Fung's inspiration and ideas can strike at any moment, and often the smallest thing impels him to capture it on paper. Whether designing houses, restaurants, hotels, furniture or lighting, he starts by hand, creating miniature works of art, which he then develops into scale perspective drawings, exploring space, structure and detail.

The whimsical Arts & Crafts designs found in Singapore's famous black and white houses remain as inspirational today as they did in the early twentieth century. This collection showcases 23 buildings, from Raffles Hotel, the High Commissioner's residence and airbase camps to private houses. A dazzling cornucopia of styles.

Divided into three chapters, Houses in the City, Houses in the Country and Places People Go To, Thinking & Living like an Architect showcases some of Michaelis Boyd Associates' most spectacular projects, showing site pictures before, during and after construction.