Singapore

31 May 2018

A Beacon of Red and Green, Connected to the Cityscape

Envisaged as a “tropical tower” in the concrete jungle, the Oasia Hotel Downtown incorporates lush greenery on its façade and terraces. The tower is like...

31 May 2018

A Living Tower in the Urban Tropics

A tower of green and red in the heart of Singapore’s dense Central Business District, the Oasia Hotel Downtown is a prototype of land-use intensification...

31 May 2018

Where Biodiversity and High Density Harmonize

Marina One, a high-density, mixed-use building complex in the heart of Singapore’s new Marina Bay financial district, complements the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) vision of...

30 October 2017

Quay Quarter Tower: Humanizing the High-Rise

Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates...

03 November 2016

Interview: Dr. Cheong Koon Hean

Dr. Cheong Koon Hean, CEO, Housing and Development Board of Singapore, discusses her urban planning work for the city of Singapore with Chris Bentley, during...

03 November 2016

Shaping Singapore: Planning, Design and Technology Innovation

Dr. Cheong Koon Hean is an architect and urban planner who has been credited with shaping much of Singapore’s urban landscape. Throughout her career, she...

20 October 2016

ICC – Rising High for the Future of Hong Kong

Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Tony Tang of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 6: Hong Kong...

17 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Mun Summ Wong

Mun Summ Wong of WOHA Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Mun Summ discusses the garden city concept with...

17 October 2016

Garden City, Megacity: Rethinking Cities for the Age of Global Warming

This presentation proposes an alternative to the continuing implementation of unsustainable 20th century urban planning models. By using WOHA’s mini-city projects and proposals as prototypes...

17 October 2016

The Sustainability of Density & Vertical Urbanism Q & A

Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. long Xiu, Chairman, Architectural Society of China; Mun Summ Wong, Woha; Antony Wood, Executive Director, CTBUH answer questions at...

17 March 2016

Monthly Video: WOHA Architects

Mun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects, discuss vertical greenery and PARKROYAL on Pickering, the 2015 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner. View the extended...

12 November 2015

Blurring the Boundary Between Building and Habitat: PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore

Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA Architects, speaks at the 14th Annual Best Tall Building Symposium in a presentation entitled "Blurring the Boundary Between Building...

12 November 2015

Interview: CapitaGreen

Hin Kong Poon, Deputy Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand Limited, & Shinichi Takeuchi, Chief Architect, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding...

12 November 2015

Interview: PARKROYAL on Pickering

Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, & Richard Hassell, Director, WOHA Architects, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner, PARKROYAL...

12 November 2015

The Tower as a Living Plant: CapitaGreen, Singapore

Hin Kong Poon, Deputy Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand Limited, and Shinichi Takeuchi, Chief Architect, Toyo Ito & Associates, speak at the 14th Annual Best Tall...

26 October 2015

Dense Urbanism: The High-Rise Tower as a Building Block for the Public Realm

Though the skyscraper has been with us for a century, we are yet to discover how to deploy it as an effective building block for...

26 October 2015

Interview: Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Moshe discusses...

06 November 2014

CTBUH Urban Habitat Award: Rethinking the Urban Habitat: The Interlace

The Interlace is a apartment complex consisting of 31 apartment blocks stacked in hexagonal arrangements around eight large-scale, permeable courtyards. The stacking of the volumes...

06 November 2014

Interview: The Interlace

Tiang Wah Eng, Vice-President, Design Management, CapitaLand, and Ole Scheeren, Principal, Büro Ole Scheeren, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Urban...

18 September 2014

Interview: Mun Summ Wong

Mun Summ Wong of WOHA Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower. Mun Summ talks...

18 September 2014

Monthly Video: Five Minutes with Mun Summ Wong

Mun Summ Wong of WOHA Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower. Mun Summ talks...

17 September 2014

Interview: Ole Scheeren

Ole Scheeren of Büro Ole Scheeren is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower. Ole talks about...

17 September 2014

Monthly Video: Five Minutes with Ole Scheeren

Ole Scheeren of Büro Ole Scheeren is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower. Ole talks about...

16 September 2014

Modernization: Renewing the Lifecycle of Vertical Transportation

Traditionally much of the focus in the tall building sector has been centered on the ground breaking technology being put in place for the pioneering...

21 September 2012

Singapore: A High-Rise Utopia?

Singapore has already implemented many urban-scale sustainable strategies that other cities only dream of – true integrated transport networks, 60-story high green walls, subsidized government-built...

12 October 2011

Beyond Skyrise Gardens: The Potential of Urban Roof-Top Farming In Singapore

Singapore is among the 20 smallest countries in the world, where land is scarce for horizontal development. As vertical infrastructure is built to overcome this...

12 October 2011

Greening the Urban Habitat in the Singapore Context

With a rapidly densifying urpan habitat to cater for a growing population, Singapore is faced with having to reduce urban temperatures and provide habitable alternative...

12 October 2011

Slopping Structure of Marina Bay Sands Hotel Project

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel is a landmark project in Singapore. It's unique with 2,561 rooms its more than just big. Three 55 story high...

10 October 2011

Construction CEO’s Experience in the Construction of Raffles City Complex & Marina Bay Sands Hotel

A construction CEO will share his vivid experience of overcoming challenges in the construction of Raffles City Complex and Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore....

21 October 2010

Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia: Pinnacle @ Duxton: Superdensity – Reimagining high-rise housing

Pinnacle @ Duxton has integrated public outdoor green spaces at height with the creation of two usable linear skyparks as well as a large park...

23 October 2009

Newton Suites and Other Endeavors: High-Rise and the Organic Realm

As many projects struggle to justify the economic implications of ‘going green’ in the eyes of many developers, still others seem loaded with sustainable technologies...

03 March 2008

Ecoskyscrapers and Ecomimesis: New Tall Building Typologies

Ken Yeang, Llewelyn Davies Yeang, discussed the design process of an ecoskyscraper at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai. The design involves configuring the...

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