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ADDP Architects’ Whistler Grand brings nature into the city

14-12-2022

ADDP Architects’ Whistler Grand brings nature into the city

Award-winning Singapore studio ADDP Architects has completed Whistler Grand, a residential project consisting of two 36-floor towers inspired by a dramatic riverscape, providing a natural oasis in an urban setting. The certified sustainable complex establishes dialogue with Singapore’s luxuriant natural setting.

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati design CapitaSpring, biophilic skyscraper in Singapore

17-10-2022

BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati design CapitaSpring, biophilic skyscraper in Singapore

CapitaSpring, the new biophilic skyscraper designed by the international architectural firms BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, was recently completed in Singapore’s financial district. The building is an important example of biophilic architecture, thanks to the presence of lush hanging gardens, distributed throughout the height of the tower, up to the roof.

<strong>RE-THINKING TROPICAL CITY: HIGH RISES - WOHA</strong><br />

16-11-2021

RE-THINKING TROPICAL CITY: HIGH RISES - WOHA

"They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum, And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘em Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise and Put up a parking lot" - Joni Mitchell

WOHA designs a truly green pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020

05-10-2021

WOHA designs a truly green pavilion for Expo Dubai 2020

Singapore-based architecture firm WOHA, known for its green architecture many years before forests on towers became fashionable, has designed Singapore's pavilion for the World Expo 2020 in Dubai. The pavilion is a prototype that demonstrates how the built environment can coexist with nature.

The sustainable design of ADDP Architects’ new Seaside Residences towers in Singapore

08-09-2021

The sustainable design of ADDP Architects’ new Seaside Residences towers in Singapore

Award-winning studio ADDP Architects of Singapore has completed The Seaside Residences, a complex incorporating 841 residential units and two retail spaces in four 27-storey towers. The project reconciles seaside living with urban density in a highly sustainable project.

Büro Ole Scheeren’s DUO in Singapore, a sustainable tower awarded the CTBUH Award

07-06-2021

Büro Ole Scheeren’s DUO in Singapore, a sustainable tower awarded the CTBUH Award

The DUO complex in Singapore, designed by Büro Ole Scheeren, has been presented with the Council of Tall Buildings’ Urban Habitat Award 2021 in the Single Site category. Every year, the prestigious award is given in recognition of a vertical urban habitat that fits well into its environmental and cultural surroundings, where public space is an important element of the project itself.

<strong>GREEN URBAN OASES</strong><br />

28-04-2021

GREEN URBAN OASES

“When you are able to look at the world without seeing it simply as the playing field of the man, you can notice the ubiquity of the plants. They are everywhere and their adventures inevitably intertwine with ours”,--Stefano Mancuso.

CTBUH announces the finalists for the 10 Year Award

18-03-2021

CTBUH announces the finalists for the 10 Year Award

The "10 Year Award" is one of the most interesting awards presented at the Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, an annual event organised by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. This year’s award will be assigned to skyscrapers built in 2010 and 2011, now ten years old, in order to determine their actual impact on other, similar constructions and how they have withstood the test of time. The list of finalists for the 2021 award naturally includes the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, two authentic icons of contemporary architecture.

CTBUH names Urban Habitat Award Excellence Projects

17-02-2021

CTBUH names Urban Habitat Award Excellence Projects

In preparation for the 2021 edition of the Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, set to take place online on May 18 to 20 of this year, the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) revealed the winning “excellence” projects in various categories of its prestigious awards. After the buildings have been categorised according to height, the new excellence winners are skyscrapers selected for the technological and construction aspects adopted, for their intended use or for the Urban Habitat category.

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