tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post6532244795253568506..comments2023-09-02T21:09:48.675+10:00Comments on Yauming: Diver, Historian, Traveller: My Singapore homeYauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00739777043491722892noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-89361856351665959342009-03-26T16:35:39.000+11:002009-03-26T16:35:39.000+11:00When I was growing up, the place was just scary to...When I was growing up, the place was just scary to me - it was just so huge. The ceiling was over 30m high - and occasionally the florescent lamps would shimmer after you turned them off - which scared the hell out of me. Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-40232314836634849072009-03-26T16:31:00.000+11:002009-03-26T16:31:00.000+11:00looks like a nice plce to lounge about..looks like a nice plce to lounge about..adelyn kwanhttp://coalfox.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-56895268772859203202008-11-18T14:16:13.000+11:002008-11-18T14:16:13.000+11:00That was the Guggenheim Museum built in the 1950s....That was the Guggenheim Museum built in the 1950s. They also used the Marin County Civic Centre. As for Jerome's living quarters... I'm not sure.. but it could be a Brutism building in Brazil.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-43096633446880628472008-08-31T03:09:47.000+10:002008-08-31T03:09:47.000+10:00Yeah, love how they used the FLW building (which i...Yeah, love how they used the FLW building (which is old) as a setting for the future.<br />I forget the name of the building, but basically it is the office building where they worked in.<br /><br />Perhaps I think of Le Corb more because your house seems to have heaps of glass, an element of modernism. ON the topic of glass, you must know Mies Van Der Rohe, check out his Farnsworth House.It predates the Phillip Johnson House even though annoyingly it seems that the PJ Glass House is more famous. But even PJ admitted that he copied MVDR!!! (actually by saying he improved it or something to that extent)Kathleen Anghttp://kreativekat.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-70810746291778770692008-08-31T00:54:29.000+10:002008-08-31T00:54:29.000+10:00Thanks. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Vi...Thanks. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Villa_Savoye.html">http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Villa_Savoye.html</a> - I see what you mean. <br />Have you watched the movie - GATTACA - they feature some iconic buildings there too.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-38637900136665756902008-08-30T22:01:19.000+10:002008-08-30T22:01:19.000+10:00looking at it again, will stil say I see Le Cord, ...looking at it again, will stil say I see Le Cord, will be even more Le Corb if you take away the roof and replace it with a sun terrace, check out Villa Savoy. I would love walking around that house even though many people are saying that the house looks crap nowadays with the stucco turning brown or black and falling off. I imagine that his spaces have moments of light and shadow, depending on the purpose. Your house tells that story.<br /><br />Anyway, don't mind me waxing lyrical about your house and Le Corb, haven't explored architecture recently and badly need some discourse. Don't know why I don't talk much about Wright, just turns out that your house evokes Le Corb for me.Kathleen Anghttp://kreativekat.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-11229774730144739772008-08-28T14:10:02.000+10:002008-08-28T14:10:02.000+10:00Its just the timing of the photo shoot. Probably i...Its just the timing of the photo shoot. Probably if it was taken during the mid morning say 9am... when the sun is shining into that section of the house... the photo would have been better illuminated.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-45082996144367809172008-08-28T08:45:16.000+10:002008-08-28T08:45:16.000+10:00Sorry I didn't realise the age it was... That ...Sorry I didn't realise the age it was... That does make a difference then...Donald Yuenhttp://donkebab.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-41637607578455619852008-08-27T23:29:08.000+10:002008-08-27T23:29:08.000+10:00haha... just bad lighting.haha... just bad lighting.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-8752834141417638002008-08-27T20:53:09.000+10:002008-08-27T20:53:09.000+10:00I don't know why..Im not too fond of the layou...I don't know why..Im not too fond of the layout... seems too dark...Donald Yuenhttp://donkebab.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-62896333862732866002007-07-26T13:03:06.000+10:002007-07-26T13:03:06.000+10:00Thanks. I like the old homes at Emerald Hill - the...Thanks. I like the old homes at Emerald Hill - they had high ceilings for great ventilation and air cooling. Simple, elegant designs. Yeah, I like them!Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-82935736228753470652007-07-26T13:00:47.000+10:002007-07-26T13:00:47.000+10:00Your place is very beautiful, reminds me a little ...Your place is very beautiful, reminds me a little of my old place but where I used to live was way older and never renovated, design was intelligent for colling purposes and it was just stunning.<br />You place really does remind me a lot of myhome, sigh, if you ever want to look at other nice houses, go to Emerald Hill in Singapore and take a look at the simple interior of the semi-d/terraces there!D Ghttp://ubshapti.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-49798054342233237642007-07-18T19:26:35.000+10:002007-07-18T19:26:35.000+10:00Maybe I may be mistaken on that. I thought I saw t...Maybe I may be mistaken on that. I thought I saw the influences in Wrights' works in the 1920s and 1930s. Big Atrium, Overhanging Cantilever ...Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-50895256214491456682007-07-16T04:31:15.000+10:002007-07-16T04:31:15.000+10:00Thanks Kat. Will check out Le Corbusier. As for th...Thanks Kat. Will check out Le Corbusier. As for the renovations, most of those sections were not included in the photos... except for that new "metal" staircase, the pool, and the new back facade.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-63235115025235336402007-07-16T02:04:59.000+10:002007-07-16T02:04:59.000+10:00it looks nice, spacious and simple.
it definately ...it looks nice, spacious and simple.<br />it definately has traces of Le Corbusier in there,<br />though I don't really see Frank Lloyd Wright iun there.FLW works places importance on the hearth and organic layouts, meaning, low lying, close to the ground and all. maybe the renovation has changed the spirit of it. but it still looks great!Kathleen Anghttp://kreativekat.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-41068809079988469882007-07-06T20:58:06.000+10:002007-07-06T20:58:06.000+10:00It must be worth a lot of money considering it'...It must be worth a lot of money considering it's Singapore.Erwin Lohhttp://erwinloh.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-15072267141982512042007-07-05T23:42:08.000+10:002007-07-05T23:42:08.000+10:00Thanks! Its got a great modern design that gives y...Thanks! Its got a great modern design that gives you that sense of openness and freedom that is very rare in Singapore homes- where every single bit of space is used. Its a real beautiful place. We have it rented out now at the moment- but I hope that one day I can go back "home" and stay.Yauming YMChttp://ymchiam.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935652.post-62656935798795544972007-07-05T22:22:00.000+10:002007-07-05T22:22:00.000+10:00Wow, what a beautiful house! :)Wow, what a beautiful house! :)Erwin Lohhttp://erwinloh.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com