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Heatherwick Studio’s Singapore skyscraper has balconies overflowing with plants

September 18, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

EDEN skyscraper in Singapore by Heatherwick Studio

Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a 20-storey residential skyscraper in Singapore, which was designed to be “a counterpoint to ubiquitous glass and steel towers”. Named EDEN, the 104.5-metre-tall apartment building in the Newton district of Singapore comprises a vertical stack of homes that each have a garden. The EDEN skyscraper has been shortlisted in the housing project category of

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Apple unwraps spherical glass Apple Store in Singapore by Foster + Partners

September 9, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore by Foster + Partners

Technology manufacturer Apple has revealed its spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore designed by architecture studio Foster + Partners, which it describes as its “most ambitious retail project”. Built in Singapore’s Marina Bay alongside the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands hotel, the Apple Store is completely surrounded by water. The transparent glass sphere designed by

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Photos reveal Foster + Partners “floating” spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands store

August 27, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Apple Marina Bay Sands is a "floating" spherical Apple Store bt Foster + Partners

Instagram users have posted images of the soon-to-open spherical Apple Store in Singapore, which architecture studio Foster + Partners has built on the water alongside the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The images show the globe-shaped store within Singapore’s Marina Bay near the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands complex. The store is completely surrounded by water so

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World’s tallest prefabricated skyscrapers set to be built in Singapore

July 30, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Avenue South Residences, world's tallest prefabricated skyscrapers in Singapore by ADDP

Architecture studio ADDP has designed a pair of 56-storey skyscrapers in Singapore that will be built using Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction, making them the tallest prefabricated buildings in the world. Named Avenue South Residences, the pair of high-rise residential tower blocks will be built within an existing housing estate in Singapore. ADDP chose to contrast the

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Canvas House is a co-living space in Singapore with all-white interiors

March 11, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Canvas House co-living space by Ministry of Design

Ministry of Design has created completely white interiors for this co-living space, which occupies a traditional shophouse in Singapore. Situated at the heart of Singapore’s buzzing Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood, Canvas House provides shared accommodation for creative locals and members of the ex-pat community. It takes over a four-storey shophouse – a type of building commonly

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AIRLAB 3D prints stainless steel pavilion for Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay

January 6, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

AIRLAB has completed an angular, mesh-covered pavilion at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, which has a structure made entirely from 3D-printed stainless steel components. Built using more than 200 rods connected by 54 3D-printed steel nodes the temporary pavilion was created by the Architectural Intelligence Research Lab (AIRLAB), based at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Called

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Superflux shows how future homes might face realities of climate change in 2219

December 31, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Mitigation of Shock by Superflux window view

Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. Superflux founders Anab Jain and Jon Ardern imagine that climate change will completely change the way people live their lives over the next 100 years, as day-to-day survival becomes

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Superflux shows how future homes might face realities of climate change in 2219

December 31, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. Superflux founders Anab Jain and Jon Ardern imagine that climate change will completely change the way people live their lives over the next 100 years, as day-to-day survival becomes

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WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates design “island playground” in Singapore

October 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Sentosa-Brani Master Plan by WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates for Singapore

WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates have unveiled a masterplan for a “major international leisure and attraction destination” on two islands off the coast of Singapore. Known as the Sentosa-Brani Master Plan, the proposal reimagines the islands Sentosa and Pulau Brani as a giant “island playground” that feature a mix of leisure attractions, tropical landscaping and nature

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Kohn Pedersen Fox slots raised gardens into Robinson Tower in Singapore

September 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Robinson Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox KPF and Architects 61

Stepped and planted roof terraces have been slotted into the 175-metre-high Robinson Tower in Singapore, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox with local practice Architects 61. Split into two sections, the mixed-use tower has 20 storeys of offices elevated on chunky concrete supports above a four-storey podium of retail spaces. Singapore’s 2014 Landscape Replacement Policy requires that

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