Description
Note: This book is written in Chinese.
Wak Hai Cheng Bio: A Dialogue between Architecture and History documents the full-scale restoration of Singapore’s oldest Teochew temple as well as national monument—Wak Hai Cheng Bio (also known as Yueh Hai Ching Temple), carried out between 2010 to 2014. This firsthand account of the restoration offers a view of the temple’s history through close examination of its physical fabric. It is further illustrated with a discourse on nine architectural trades, materials and/or crafts: tile, timber, plaster, brick, stone, relief fresco, clay ornament, ceramic ornament and paint.
Published by Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design
About the Author
Yeo Kang Shua is Associate Professor and Hokkien Foundation Professor in Architectural Conservation at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He specialises in Singapore and Southeast Asia’s architectural history and conservation, with special interest in the built heritage of Chinese diaspora. His other books, Divine Custody: A History of Singapore’s Oldest Teochew Temple (NUS Press, 2021), and Honourable Mansion: The Invisible Hands Behind Singapore’s Last Traditional Teochew House (ICOMOS, 2025) explore Teochew architecture in Singapore.
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