Basheer Graphic Books

Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay


Spruce up your coffee table at this temple to design books and magazines. Located inside Bras Basah Complex (locally dubbed 'Book City'), it has everything from fashion tomes to titles on art, architecture and urban planning. The shop also does a brisk mail-order business, so if you're mid-visit and want to have something posted to you, the staff are happy to help.


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