Singapore Sketchbook:The Resto [Hardcover]

Graham Byfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2007 | Series: Sketchbook

Singapore Sketchbook is a celebration of streets and buildings, classic scenes and marvelous architectural details. Singapore is a thriving, modern city; but a mixture of modernity and a rich heritage, often beautifully restored, gives it a unique charac

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"Marvelously detailed art that makes each destination nearly irresistible... A visual journey to be undertaken again and again." -- Dallas Morning News

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Didier Millet,Csi (July 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9813018089
• ISBN-13: 978-9813018082
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 10.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,372,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #76 in Books > Travel > Asia > Singapore

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful sketches of Singapore architecture, October 30, 2004

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Yishen Kuik - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singapore Sketchbook:The Resto (Hardcover)

The watercolours of colonial architecture by Graham Byfield do greater justice than mimetic photography in this instance. There is a nostalgic quality that is retained by preserving images of old Singapore buildings - some of which are no longer with us, such as the Katong Red Bakery, in this manner.

Great attention is paid to detailing, such as in the Chinese Baroque facades of the terrace houses ("shophouses') in the Blair Rd district.

As an added bonus, there are many little vignettes scattered around recording life in Singapore in the mid 80s - coffee shop life, ice cream street carts etc.

For anyone who loves Colonial and Straits Chinese Singapore architecture, this book makes a lovely keepsake.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, December 19, 2009

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Darby K. Watson "darbonic" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singapore Sketchbook:The Resto (Hardcover)

A really gorgeous book with just the right amount of architectural and political history to make it part coffee table book, part textbook.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Singapore sketchbook, January 14, 2008

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Richard J. Jimenez "Richard J. Jimenez" (Eaton, Oh USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Singapore Sketchbook:The Resto (Hardcover)

A very beautifully done tour of the restoration of colonial Singapore rendered in watercolors and charcoal sketches. The book gives glimpses into the everyday street life of Singapore in the 1980's. A provocative Journal which makes the reader long for a spur of the moment trip to the orient.