The House of Tan Yeok Nee

A National Monument, reawakened for contemporary hospitality.

Built in the late 19th century, the House of Tan Yeok Nee stands as one of Singapore’s most significant Teochew residences. Today, it lives again — not as a relic, but as a working house of culture, craft, and welcome.

BAR KAP approaches heritage as living material. Restoration is guided by respect, clarity, and use. Spaces are designed to be inhabited, rituals to be practised, stories to be shared — quietly, generously, and without spectacle.

A house meant to be entered, not observed.