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Butterfly House, Singapore

Butterfly House, also known as 23 Amber Road, was a unique house, with a convex, semicircular plan, the 'wings' of which gave rise to the 'butterfly' nickname for the house. It is not, in fact, laid out on a true butterfly plan in the more usual Arts and Crafts sense of the name. It was the only historic residence in Singapore to be built using this plan form, and was unique in Southeast Asia. Most of the building,…

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1912

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Regent Alfred John Bidwell

1869-1918 · Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Regent Alfred John Bidwell, also known as R. A. J. Bidwell, was an English-born architect noted for his colonial era buildings in Singapore. His best-known works include the Raffles Hotel and the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall in Singapore and Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur.

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Bidwell and Partners

studio · Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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