Date uploaded: 2021-07-08 19:00:58

“In 1936, when I was young, I was motivated by a photograph of Wright’s famous building Fallingwater, and that’s what compelled me toward architecture,” says Lim Chong Keat MArch ’57. “The chance to go to the States under this very well-endowed fellowship enabled me to travel all over, and I actually met Frank Lloyd Wright and interviewed him in 1957.” At the link in the bio, learn how Lim’s training in urban design at MIT inspired him to create some of Malaysia and Singapore’s first modern buildings. 📷: Lim pictured, third from left, with MIT classmates in 1957. . . . #urbandesign @MITSAP #FrankLloydWright #Singapore #MITAlum #Malaysia #ThrowbackThursday