The Pinnacle@Duxton
The Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district. 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.
| The Pinnacle@Duxton | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Public Housing |
| Architectural style | High-rise |
| Location | Cantonment Road, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°16′36″N 103°50′29″E |
| Construction started | April 2005 |
| Completed | 13 December 2009 |
| Cost | S$279 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 156 m (512 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50 storeys & basement carpark |
| Lifts/elevators | 35 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Louis Tan, Khoo Peng Beng, Belinda Huang, Sandy Ng, Lim Khim Guan and ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism in Collaboration with RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd |
| Developer | Housing and Development Board |
| Main contractor | Chip Eng Seng Corporation |
Unique amongst Housing and Development Board (HDB) projects, it is the design winner of a worldwide competition which attracted 227 entries from 32 countries. Residences are designated as special types, S1 and S2, having altogether 35 different unit variations – with dissimilar combinations of features such as extended bays, balconies, bay windows and planter areas.
In addition, a viewing gallery on the 52nd storey provides for special events and VIP state visitors. On 8 August 2010, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his annual National Day message from the gallery. Owing to the sky gardens' popularity as an elevated viewing location for National Day firework displays on 9 August, entry for the day may be publicly balloted.
Pinnacle@Duxton was conferred the 2010 Best Tall Building (Asia and Australasia) award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, as well as the 2011 Urban Land Institute's Global Awards for Excellence. The development has been featured in numerous local and foreign documentaries, including Discovery Channel's "How we invented the World: Skyscrapers"