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The Interlace's site formerly housed the 607 units Gillman Heights Condominium, which is 50 percent owned by the National University of Singapore (NUS). [5] The property was subsequently sold to CapitaLand through a collective sale but the sale was controversial as NUS held a 16 percent stake in Ankerite, a private fund that was a subsidiary of CapitaLand.
The building was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore architect firm Design Partnership, now known as DP Architects. [4] Sited on 1.3 hectares and built to a height of 89 metres, [13] the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham. It is one ...
A view of a model of the land use in the Singapore city centre. Singapore's planning framework comprises three tiers, a long-term plan, the Master Plan, and detailed plans. [18] The long-term plan, formerly called the Concept Plan, [19] plots out Singapore's developmental direction over at least five decades. Intended to ensure optimal land use ...
The four floors containing the apartment units are of wood-frame and masonry construction. It was particularly popular in Chicago during the 1960s and 1970s, especially on the city's north side. [9] Garage-apartment: an apartment over a garage; if the garage is attached, the apartment will have a separate entrance from the main house.
The serviced apartment units in the lower block vary in size, and facilities include a swimming pool, squash courts and a fitness centre. The apartments overlook Nicoll Highway and the Kallang River Basin. Shops are arranged around a three-storey sky-lit atrium in the retail podium.
The Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district. [1] All seven connected towers are collectively the world's tallest public residential buildings, and featuring the two longest sky gardens ever built on skyscrapers, at 500m each. [2] [3] [4] [5]
A three-decker, triple-decker triplex or stacked triplex, [1] in the United States, is a three-story apartment building. These buildings are typically of light-framed, wood construction , where each floor usually consists of a single apartment, and frequently, originally, extended families lived in two, or all three floors.
In 2013, the Singaporean government announced a new development plan "Singapore 2030" for Singapore, designed to accommodate the growing population. It is assumed that the population will reach between 6.5 and 6.9 million by 2030. Singapore will increase its land area to 766 km 2 (296 sq mi) square kilometres through land reclamation from the sea.