Publications
I am the author/editor of 42 books mainly, though not exclusively on the architecture of Southeast Asia. From 1997 to 1999 I was editor of the Singapore Architect and from 1999 to 2001 the editor of SPACE. I have also contributed to Architectural Review (UK), Monument (Australia) and Dialogue (Taiwan).
Latest Titles
Asian Houses
The Asian House: Contemporary Houses of Southeast Asia
Select Books, Singapore, 1993, (Reprinted 1995, 1999 and 2001)
Singapore Architecture
Living Legacy: Singapore’s Architectural Heritage Renewed
Singapore Heritage Society, Singapore, 1994
Monographs
The Architecture of Learning: New Singapore Schools
Akimedia, Singapore, 2001. Reprinted in Mandarin.
Line Edge and Shade: The Search for a Design Language in Tropical Asia
Tay Kheng Soon & Akitek Tenggara, Page One Publishing, Singapore, 1997
Forewords to books
Placing the Peranakan
Ian Ng Aik-Soon Editor: Robert Powell Taylor’s University School of Architecture, Building & Design, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2018
RE.VIS.IT: Documenting Malaysian Heritage
Prince Favis Isip and Nor Hayati Hussain Editors: Robert Powell and Tony Liew Voon Fun Taylor’s University School of Architecture, Building & Design, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018
Stadium Merdeka
Nor Hayati Hussain, Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia, Taylor’s University, Selangor, 2018.
Dewan Tunku Canselor
Nor Hayati Hussain, Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia. Selangor, 2017.
Theorising Emergent Malaysian Architecture
Veronica Ng, Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia and Taylor's University School of Architecture, Building & Design 2017
Designing Filipino: The Architecture of Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa
Eric Caruncho, Tukod Foundation, Manila, 2003
Dictionaries, Encyclopedia and Travel Guides
Architecture for the Tropics, Malaysia, Singapore and Ken Yeang, in The Oxford Companion to Architecture, (Editor Patrick Goode),
OUP, Oxford UK, 2009
Dizionario di Architettura Contemporanea (editor Micha Bandini)
Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese SPA 1995
Editorial
The Future of Architectural Education + Practice in Malaysia
Editors: Elias Salleh and Robert Powell, Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM), Kuala Lumpur, 2019
Future Communities: Future Cities
PAM Masterclass 2016, Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia and Taylor's University School of Architecture, Building & Design, 2017
Architecture and Identity, Proceedings of International Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Exploring Architecture in Islamic Cultures No.1
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Concept Media, Singapore and Butterworth UK. 1983
Regionalism in Architecture, Proceedings of International Seminar in Dacca, Exploring Architecture in Islamic Cultures No.2
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Concept Media, Singapore and Butterworth, UK. 1985
Criticism in Architecture, Proceedings of International Seminar in Malta, Exploring Architecture in Islamic Cultures No.3
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Concept Media, Singapore and Butterworth, UK. 1989
The Architecture of Housing, Proceedings of International Seminar in Zanzibar
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, 1990
Chapters in books
Robert Powell, ’The Yatra’, in Memories of a JOURNEY AA Asia: 1992-2019
Editor Kelley Cheng, AA Asia, Singapore, 2019
The Merdeka Timeline
in Views, Reviews, Interviews. Merdeka jubilee Architecture Symposium, Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia, Kual Lumpur, 2017.
Fragments of an Urban Landscape, in Postmodern Singapore (Editors William SW Lim, Chua Beng Huat, TK Sabapathy and Sharon Siddique)
Select Books, Singapore, 2002
The Axis of Singapore: South Bridge Road, in Beyond Description (eds. Ryan Bishop et al.)
Routledge, UK, 2004
