9 Singapore houses with extraordinary facades
You'll be wowed by the thought and detail that goes into these remarkable pieces of modern architecture - right here in Singapore.
By Home & Decor -
A grid-like exterior
The grid-like design of this corner terrace home blocks out noise and allows for privacy without cutting out the amount of natural light flowing into this home.
“Each of the three sides face different views and orientation so each has a different strategy. An almost blank off form concrete wall on the side shields view and noise from the school. A light and breezy concrete screen at the front encloses an outdoor space with lush planting that feasts on the morning sun," shares Hyla Architects, which is responsible for the design.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: Hyla Architects
Natural beauty
A trip to Tokyo's Nezu Museum, which bears a bamboo facade, inspired the family residing in this Bukit Timah home. Movable bamboo screens flow around the rounded edges of the building, creating a soft and organic layer.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Rustic with a contemporary spin
After a reconfiguration that took about six months, this two-storey semi-detached house at Tamarind Road flaunts a cuboid exterior that camouflages the previously protruding beams and columns. For the cladding, the homeowner chose tiles that resembled timber. The resulting look is both contemporary yet rustic, complemented by full-height windows that punctuate the exterior.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: Lato Design
A facade inspired by Asian arts and crafts
The architectural star of this double-storey residence is its striking white exterior with an eye-catching pattern inspired by patterns commonly found in Asian arts and crafts.
Crafted using Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS) by Dryvit for its lightweight properties, it offers privacy while allowing for cross ventilation and daylight into the house.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: Edmund Ng Architects
Urban jungle
The facade of this two-storey Sentosa Cove house showcases a lightweight aluminium grid dotted with tropical plants. 21 planter boxes are filled with a variety of sun-loving tropical plants, such as the Monstera, phyllanthus and vernonia elliptica.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: L Architects
Geometry meets sustainability
To keep the existing structure of a home (to fulfil client's exigency for sustainability) while offering a unique architectural aesthetic, Topos Architects presented the homeowners of this 3,500sqf house with an unconventional solution: to wrap the house with a geometric form by way of a 3D-modelled screen.
It completely envelops the original front and side facade of the house, cleverly marrying the two forms in a fashionable manner. It also provides some shade indoors, reducing the need for cooling measures and thus energy consumption.
Check out the rest of the home here. Design: Topos Architects
Industrial elegance in this Good Class Bungalow
Raw concrete features extensively at this multi-generational Good Class Bungalow in Old Holland Road. Inspired by the works of Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens, which feature the extensive use of off-form concrete, Chan Loo Siang, design principal of Inte Architects, proposed a scheme comprising two concrete boxes connected by a link bridge overlooking a pool in between.
Check out the home here. Design: Inte Architects with Kung & Tan Architects
The Copper House
Copper cladding lines the facade of this resort-style bungalow in Sentosa Cove. It houses six bedrooms on the ground floor, and a living room on the second floor to leverage on the views. It sold for $32 million last year.
Photo: The Business Times/ Yeo Meng Jiin. Read more about it here.
A “see-through” Good Class Bungalow in Bukit Timah
Conceived as part of a larger project, this house is one of six new houses, built all around the client's preexisting abode, making seven in total. Solid volumes of concrete hold the second storey up, making it look almost like an elevated structure.
Hardwood sunscreen fins are a reinterpretation of the tropical louvred windows of old colonial bungalows, letting light into the second storey corridors, whilst retaining the privacy of the interior.
Check out the rest of the home here.