The Songdo International Business District, “The Gateway to Northeast Asia,” will be the first new city in the world designed and planned as an international business district. When completed in 2014, Songdo International Business District (IBD) will be home to 65,000 people and 300,000 will work there.
Today, many are agreed that climate change and population growth will cause water shortage which will be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Water Building Resort will be the world’s first building that can extract water from air using solar energy. Designed by architect Orlando de Urrutia, the structure is a sustainable building of the postmodern generation.
One of the largest and most ambitious residential developments in Singapore, The Interlace, is designed by Ole Scheeren from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). The apartment blocks are stacked in hexagonal configurations to create an interconnected network of living and communal spaces integrated with the natural environment. It is likely to change the way condominiums look in Singapore!
The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower (MSWCT) will be located in a spectacular setting in the Central Business District of Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. The wharf tower will emerge from the sea, integrated beautifully with the water on the seafront within a luxury marina.
Graft Lab architects have designed their Bird Island project as part of the Bird Island Green Home Competition held by the YTL group. Located in Sentul Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “Bird Island” is an urban renewal development project. The intention of this project is not merely commercial, but hopefully to pave the way for green architecture in Malaysia.
South Beach is set to become a ‘revolutionary New Eco-Quarter’ when completed in 2016. It continues the Singaporean ideal of the ‘city in a garden’ with its lush planting and sky gardens, while at ground level the public spaces are protected from the tropical sun by a generous canopy.
YTL is a front runner in the implementation of environmentally aware projects. Director of Investments, Ruth Yeoh, leads the environmental division, where she reports on YTL's environmental activities through its award-winning Annual Sustainability Reports. She shares with EcoAsia, YTL’s commitment to building a sustainable future.
YTL is a front runner in the implementation of environmentally aware projects. Director of Investments, Ruth Yeoh, leads the environmental division, where she reports on YTL's environmental activities through its award-winning Annual Sustainability Reports. She shares with EcoAsia, YTL’s commitment to building a sustainable future.
Tiny and peculiar, yet totally practical and liveable, these contemporary residences are each unique and inventive, incorporating innovative materials and structures, Atelier Tekuto moulds space and light in original ways, the likes of which will possibly surprise and delight you!
Singapore’s latest green icon, Marina Barrage, is a dam, built across the mouth of Marina Channel to create Singapore's 15th reservoir, and the first in the heart of the city. It serves three benefits: water supply, flood control, and lifestyle destination for all to enjoy.
