Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Liu Thai Ker, 86, is an urban planner who's often considered the architect of modern Singapore. He helped build public housing ...

The architect who designed Singapore's public housing system, now home to most of the country's 5.9 million residents, has died at the age of 87. Liu Thai Ker shaped the landscape of modern Singapore, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2013, Dr Liu Thai Ker commented at a forum that Singapore should plan for a future in which it might have a population of 10 ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former chief planner Dr Liu Thai Ker has died, his company MORROW Architects & Planners announced on Sunday (Jan 18). He was 87. Frequently hailed as the "Father of Urban ...

Singapore's leaders say founding urban planner Dr Liu Thai Ker will be remembered for his dedication to citizens' quality of life. Dr Liu died on Jan 18 at the age of 87, following a short hospital ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Even if they don’t know his name, most of Singapore’s 6mn inhabitants have reason to be grateful to Liu Thai ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Liu played an integral role in shaping Singapore's public housing system [Getty Images] The architect who designed Singapore's ...