Tag: heritage

• WWWarisan #8 is out

  

  Just a quick post to let you know that the 8th edition of my heritage newsletter, WWWarisan, is now out. You can read the newsletter online here. If you enjoyed reading the letter and want monthly heritage headlines delivered straight to you inbox, do consider subscribing – which you can do here.

  Soon-Tzu Speechley

  Mar 22, 2017

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  architectural conservation, architectural heritage, architecture, heritage, jerusalem, kuala lumpur, palmyra, penang, singapore, vancouver, world heritage, world heritage sites

• A new project: WWWarisan

  

  A quick update to announce the launch of WWWarisan, an email newsletter covering regional heritage matters.

  Soon-Tzu Speechley

  Aug 18, 2016

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  architectural heritage, heritage, writing

• Liquid assets: two pieces on Penang’s water infrastructure

  

  From colonial aqueducts to the 21st-century climate change, these essays examine how Penang’s waterworks have kept the taps flowing.

  Soon-Tzu Speechley

  Mar 22, 2016

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  aqueducts, cities, dams, heritage, penang, penang monthly, water management, world water day

• Bricks and mortals: two kinds of heritage, the same sad outcome

  

  The demolition of Runnymede House and eviction of Kampung Siam are two tragedies that tell a similar story.

  Soon-Tzu Speechley

  Mar 12, 2016

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  cities, george town, heritage, intangible heritage, kampung siam, malaysia, penang, runnymede, singapore, stamford raffles, unesco, urbanism, world heritage