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GLADE HOUSE

Firm LocationSingapore, Singapore
CompanyMING ARCHITECTS
Lead ArchitectCher Ming Tan
Design TeamTAN CHER MING (LEAD ARCHITECT), MEGAN SHU (PROJECT ARCHITECT)

Glade House is situated in an exclusive landed housing enclave in central Singapore, occupying a generous plot with a broad street frontage. The architectural response is one of quiet restraint – an elegant, layered facade screened from the public realm by a series of sliding aluminium screens that offer privacy while modulating sunlight and views. These operable screens, paired with deep roof overhangs, form part of a larger passive strategy that enables the house to breathe – encouraging cross-ventilation and maintaining thermal comfort even during the tropical monsoon seasons.