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Olson Building
Olson Building, also known as Block 11A or 29 Mount Sophia, is a historic building that was on the campus of the Methodist Girls' School on Mount Sophia in Singapore. It has since been repurposed as a condominium clubhouse. Description The two-storey building features a high-pitched roof. According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, it "resembles the former ACS Building by Frank Brewer, with its orderly window openings and clay-tiled canopies at the 1st storey that are well-suited to the tropical climate." The canopies are supported by masonry corbels, which were "carved in an elegant geometric design." It also features lattices made of moulded concrete and louvred vents made of concrete, thus allowing for cross-ventilation. History The building, which was designed by prominent architect Frank Wilmin Brewer to house six classrooms, was completed in 1928. This made it the oldest remaining building on the campus. The building was named after Mary E. Olson, who twice served as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29 Mount Sophia, Singapore (2025) - Img 01
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
