The second and final update to architecturally-inspired filmmaker Kevin Siyuan’s documentation of Singapore has been released, offering his follow-up to a popular 2021 video that compared many of the city’s iconic landmarks to structures and interiors included in the cinema of fellow design lover Wes Anderson.

In the 19-plus minutes of ‘A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore Vol.2’, Siyuan weaves a narrative about the aesthetic qualities latent in the city and related to Anderson’s films. Siyuan said he was particularly inspired by the recently-released ‘Asteroid City’ and ever-popular ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’, adding that it offers an equally concise portrait of the various aspects of land use – a component that has helped Singapore earn a reputation as the greenest city in Asia.

As he tells it: “The year is 2023, as we embrace the new normal, have a breath of the refreshing Singapore Air, and welcome back to our island, the tropical getaway and the City in Nature. Change happens very quickly here. We say hello to new landmarks in town and say goodbye to the memory makers of the built environment. From schools and museums, The Grand Singapore Hotels to tropical architectural and interior designs, our journey continues. Take a trip up memory lane, run with passion and compassion, embrace the tropical heat and feel the warmth of the places that we hold dear to our hearts.”

Projects featured include Toyo Ito’s record-breaking new mass timber Business School building at the Nanyang Technological University. The entire video is embedded below. A look at the first volume of the series can also be found here.