Friday, June 18, 2010

News Update 'Best Tall Building'


ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

SINGAPORE'S tallest public housing project has gained international recognition - and could now be in line for an even higher award.
The Pinnacle@Duxton - a 50-storey Housing Board residential project in Tanjong Pagar - was named the 'Best Tall Building' by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
It won the accolade for the Asia and Australasia region in the council's annual awards announced on Tuesday.
The three other winners were Europe's Broadcasting Place in Leeds, England, the Americas' Bank of America Tower in New York, and the Middle East and Africa's Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the world's tallest building.
The buildings were chosen for their 'design and technical innovations, sustainable attributes, and the enhancement they provide to both the cities and the lives of their inhabitants'.
The awards ceremony will be held in Chicago on Oct 21 when an overall winner from the four regional winners will be announced.
The council, an international group of architects and engineers, which also determines the world's tallest building, noted on its website that The Pinnacle@Duxton 're-defines urban high density living by weaving continuous Sky Gardens on the 26th and 50th stories through all seven of the tower blocks'.
Completed in December, 2009, the building is 163 m high with 1,848 units of public housing on 2.5 ha.