In October 2026, Vogue Singapore celebrated its sixth anniversary with the launch of Vogue Living, an editorial arm dedicated to interrogating the spaces where architecture, interiors and fashion meld and meet. As part of its pilot edition, we held our inaugural Vogue Living Conversations at National Gallery Singapore, a fruitful day of insightful panel discussions that opened the stage to a myriad of veteran industry speakers.
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Moderated by Elaine Tan, director of research for the Centre for Liveable Cities, ‘The Future City’ opened with Tan posing a series of rapid-fire questions to each of the panelists, meant to prime the audience with conversation of what life in Singapore looks like in 2026—and what it could look like in the future. Panelists included Yong Min Ho, heritage educator and founder, The Urbanist; Lynn Khoo, deputy executive director of DesignSingapore Council; and Seah Chee Huang, architect and CEO, DP Architects.
Seah pushed back on Singapore’s increasingly fraught relationship with density by invoking two modern developments that are shining examples of ‘good density’: Our Tampines Hub and Bukit Canberra. In both cases, commons, greenery and shared domains are proof that density can actually amplify human connection—when it’s well-designed and curated, it helps make life both possible and better. On the flipside, there is no shortage of traditional heritage buildings that have been either preserved or transformed in the pursuit of good design, as evidenced by Khoo, Ho and Seah.
Khoo invoked buzzy lifestyle enclave and former school New Bahru as an example of limitless possibility. Ho recalled the rich history of Kada, once the St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital and now a bustling retail hub. And Seah pointed to Golden Mile Complex as an ongoing testament to how both old and new tenants can reside within storied walls.
