© Cooney-Hughes

Initially intending to design a housing structure as a set of prefabricated units hoisted onto a structural frame, the ideas and visual intricacies of Paul Rudolph‘s Colonnade Condominiums were developments of the previously designed but unbuilt Graphic Arts Center of Manhattan.

More on The Colonnade Condominiums after the break.

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© Jeremy San

Architects: Studio SKLIM
Location: Jalan Besar, Singapore
Client: Kido Technologies
Design Team: Kevin Lim
Project Area: 225 sqm
Photographs: Jeremy San, courtesy of Studio SKLIM

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© Albert Lim

Architects: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Location: Sentosa Cove, Singapore
Project Team: Robin Tan, Cecil Chee & Sean Zheng
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Albert Lim

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© Tim Nolan

Architects: Ong & Ong Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Design Team: Diego Molina and Maria Arango. Camilo Pelaez
Project Team: Diego Molina and Maria Arango. Camilo Pelaez. Ryan Manuel. Linda Qing
Site Area: 840 sqm
House Area: 592 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Derek Swalwell, Tim Nolan

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© Patrick Bingham Hall

Architects: Guz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project Architect: Gan Ren Ying
C & S Engineer: MSE Consultants
M & E Engineer: Herizal Fitri Consultants
Main Contractor: Sun Ho Construction
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall

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© Courtesy of Safdie Architects

Architects: Safdie Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project Director: Moshe Safdie
Executive Architects: Aedas, Pte, Ltd.
Structural Engineering: Arup
Landscape Design: Peter Walker & Partners
Landscape Construction: Peridian International Inc
Site Area: 154,938 sqm
Project Area: 845,000 sqm
Budget: US $5.7 billion
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Safdie Architects

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© Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects

Architects: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Design Tema: Alan Tay, Gwen Tan, Seetoh Kum Loon, Berlin Lee
Site Area: 150 sqm
Project Area: 240 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects

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© Jeremy San

Architects: Formwerks Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, Jessica Leong, Whei Huong
Interior Design: Whiz Concepts
Builder: Taskon Construction
Photographs: Jeremy San

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© Patrick Bingham Hall

Architects: Guz Architects
Location: Singapore
MSE Engineers: C&S Engineers
M&E Engineers: Herizal Fitri Consultants
Area: 726 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 540 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall

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© Albert Lim

Architects: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, Seetoh Kum Loon, Gwen Tan, Berlin Lee, Ekachai
Landscape Architect: Salad Dressing
Site Area: 600 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 460 sqm
Photography: Albert Lim

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Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects

Architects: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Design Team: Seetoh Kum Loon, Alan Tay, JY Pang, Koh XuanYi, EkaChai
Site Area: 1,190 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 1,000 sqm
Photography: Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects

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World Cities Summit is a premier event that brings together practitioners and policy makers with leading experts in their field to identify innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing cities today. The inaugural summit in June 2008 brought together 800 senior delegates including leaders, mayors, policy makers and the civil society. To build on its success, the next Summit in 2010 will offer a strategic platform comprising a high-level summit, plenary sessions, networking forums and technical workshops.

The theme for the second Summit is Liveable and Sustainable Cities for the Future. World Cities Summit 2010 will be a four-day event focusing on leadership and governance and building liveable and sustainable communities. Through the exchange of ideas and knowledge, cities can learn from each other to create a good environment that is sustainable and forward-looking.

More information on the event’s official website.

© Tim Griffith

Architects: NBBJ
Location: Marina Boulevard, Central Business District, Republic of Singapore
Co-designer/Design Principal: Peter Pran, RA, FAIA, MNAL
Co-designer/Design Partner: Timothy Johnson, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB
Interior Design Partner: Rysia Suchecka, AIA, IIDA
Design Team Leader/Project Manager: Scott Hunter, AIA, LEED AP
Architecture Design Team: Reggie Aviles, Michael Ramsay, Karin Tehve, Jay Seibenmorgen, Angela Chang, Sara Agrest, Nnamdi Ugenyi, Heather Metzger, Catherine Smith
Interiors Design Team: Tara Schneider, IIDA; Pete Lorimer, LEED AP
Owner: City Developments Limited and AIG Asian Real Estate Partners, L.P.
Consulting Architect: Kiat Supattapone
Associate Architect: Team Design Architects
General Contractor: Dragages Singapore–Bouygues Construction
Structural Engineer: Precast Design Consultants
Mechanical Engineer: Meinhardt Pte, LTD
Interior Designer: NBBJ (Shell and Core Lobbies)
Interior Designer: AXIS Design (Units, Common areas)
Lighting: Lighting Planners Associates (LPA)
Landscape Architect: Belt Collins
Project Area: 1,200,000 sq ft
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Tim Griffith & Sean Airhart/NBBJ

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© Jeremy San

Architects: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, TF Wong, Benny Feng
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Jeremy San

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© Patrick Bingham-Hall

Architects: WOHA
Location: 201 Victoria Street, Singapore
Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Chan Ee Mun, Dhamaraj Subramaniam, Ang Chow Hwee, Lim Yin Chao, Lim Yee Sze, Alen Low, Andrew MacLennan, Christopher Browne, Elavarasi Rajapackiyam, Johan Hermijanto, Maria Nieva
Client: Jack Investment Pte Ltd
Civil & Structural Engr: LBW Consultants
Mechanical & Electrical Engr: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte Ltd
Quantity Surveyors: KPK Quantity Surveyors Pte Ltd
Media Facade Design: Realities United Gmbh
Lighting Consultant: Lighting Planners Associates Inc.
Landscape Consultant: ICN Design International
Façade Consultant: Arup Façade Engineering
Fire Consultant: Arup Fire (S) Pte Ltd
Acoustic Consultant: Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte Ltd
Main Contractor: Sim Lian Construction Co (Pte) Ltd
Site Area: 8,920.5 sqm
Project Area: 26,761.5 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Tim Griffith & Patrick Bingham-Hall

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© Amir Sultan

Architect: Aamer Architects
Location: Singapore
Clients: Mr Sundaraj Balakrishan & Ms. Amita Dutt
Main contractor: KLT Builders
Landscape: Nature Landscape
Structural Engineer: JS Tan & Associates
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Amir Sultan

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© Albert Lim

Architect: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Location: Bukit Timah, Singapore
Design Team: Cecil Chee, Robin Tan & Sean Zheng
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Albert Lim

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Bay of Tides

As part of the Icsid World Design Congress 2009, “Design Difference: Designing our World 2050”, WOHA spearheaded a vertical studio to explore future scenarios for Singapore.

The task that the studio posed themselves was to make Singapore safe from rising sea levels while shrinking the ecological footprint of the country to the size of the island. The projects are testing new cross-programmed infrastructure, urban and architectural typologies to address the pressing issues of water, food and energy security. Proposals include residential power plants, multilevel factory / agri-villages, and resort dykes.

The output is manifold: With partners NUS, obilia and Black Design, WOHA created a 5 minute newscast from the year 2050, a complete (“commemorative”) paper-print issue of a newspaper of the same day and a whole series of memorabilia of the new world (t-shirts, calendars, postcards, etc). An exhibition in WOHA’s gallery complements the congress contribution and presents the studio projects from NUS architecture students.

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Argentinian architects B4FS shared with us their proposal in the Punggol Waterfront International Housing Design competition in Singapore, which was shortlisted and awarded a Merit Prize (second prize ex aequo).

The two-stage design competition was launched in December 2008 to generate fresh, innovative and new design ideas for high-rise public housing along the waterway. Participating firms were required to incorporate new sustainable development concepts and features to realise the theme “Green Living by the Waters”.

The first stage required participating firms to propose urban and new architectural concepts for the housing district. The top five firms were then short-listed for Stage Two, where they further developed their design concepts proposed in Stage One into a more thorough and implementable architectural design that included landscaping and other detailing.

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The Singapore Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 is to be called Urban Symphony – a tribute to how Singapore houses a delicate harmony of cultures coexisting together in a city-state.

Designed by Kay Ngee Tan Architects, the theme is best expressed in the pavilion’s architecture, one which evokes images of a musical box. It forms an orchestra of elements and a symphony for the senses – from the choreography of the plaza’s water fountain, the rhythm of fenestrations on the façade, the interplay of sounds and visuals, to the mélange of flora on the roof garden.

Pictures and exhibits of Singapore adorn the way to the atrium space and main hall of the first floor, where visitors will enjoy various activities; taking in performances right up to the expanse of the second floor’s column-free open space. Topping off Singapore’s reputation as a much-admired garden city is the rooftop’s A Garden in the Sky, which ably captures the essence of life in Singapore. More info in the pavilion’s official website. More images and a video after the break. read more »