The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Singapore
This page contains a list of the greatest Singaporean Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Singapore. This makes Singapore the birth place of the 49th most number of Architects behind Pakistan, and Belarus.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Singaporean Architects of all time. This list of famous Singaporean Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ong Teng Cheong (1936 - 2002)
With an HPI of 47.80, Ong Teng Cheong is the most famous Singaporean Architect. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Ong Teng Cheong (22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean politician, architect, and union leader who served as the fifth president of Singapore from 1993 to 1999. He was the first directly elected president in Singapore's history. Born in the Straits Settlements, Ong was educated at the University of Adelaide and studied architecture. He later received a Colombo Plan scholarship and graduated from the University of Liverpool with a master's degree in urban planning. Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP). Ong served as Chairman of the PAP between 1981 and 1993, after Toh Chin Chye stepped down from the position in 1981. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kim Keat Single Member Constituency between 1972 and 1991 and the Kim Keat division of Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency between 1991 and 1993, after the constituency was absorbed into the GRC. His ministerial positions included Minister for Communications between 1978 and 1981, Minister for Labour between 1981 and 1983, and Deputy Prime Minister between 1985 and 1993. During his tenure in Parliament, Ong was known for being the main advocate behind the construction of an extensive rail network in the country, known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), the largest construction project in Singapore's history. In 1993, Ong resigned from the PAP and his ministerial positions to contest in the 1993 presidential election, winning 58.7% of the vote. Ong was nicknamed the "People's President" and he was sworn in on 1 September 1993 as the fifth president of Singapore. He decided not to run for a second term as president in 1999, in part due to the death of his wife. He was succeeded by S. R. Nathan on 1 September 1999. Ong died in his sleep from lymphoma at his Dalvey Estate residence in Tanglin on 8 February 2002, at the age of 66.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Singaporean architects born between 1936 and 1936. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Singaporean architects include Ong Teng Cheong.
