James MacRitchie
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James MacRitchie was Municipal Engineer to the Singapore Municipal Commission from 1883 to 1895. Singapore's oldest reservoir MacRitchie Reservoir was named after him in 1922.
Lau Pa Sat from above
Bronze memorial panel of James MacRitchie
George Drumgoole Coleman
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George Drumgoole Coleman, also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was an Irish civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of much of the civil infrastructure in earl
James MacRitchie
…octagonal-shaped Lau Pa Sat market (now a national monument) which was relocated to its present position in 1894. MacRitchie followed the original style of George Drumgoole Coleman's 1838 market. His first major Singapore project was the Coleman Street Bridge which replaced a wooden bridge; over the 12 years of his career as…
Coleman's Armenian church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (1835)
Parliament House in 1846, then known as the Public Offices of the Settlement. The building has undergone considerable changes since and not much of Coleman's original design remains.
Caldwell House, one of the few surviving buildings designed by Coleman in Singapore
Istana Kampong Glam, believed to be designed by Coleman, but not confirmed