With reference : SCDA notions of space In With Reference Soo Chan of SCDA explores the fundamentals of architecture going back to inspirations and precedents examining basic building blocks and core values in search of a universal spatial vocabulary for contemporary practice. As practice becomes increasingly globalized and fragmented the applied design language has to absorb nuances of climate craft culture and place. Through a rich diagrammatic analysis of seminal projects by SCDA as well as masters of architecture around the world [With Reference] argues for the revival of a rule based design language