Room at the Top-The Roof as an Alternative Habitable / Social Space in the Singapore Context

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-424

  Pomeroy, Jason ^a  

^a Pomeroy Studio   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84861953368     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2012.666176     Document Type: Article

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