The Pinnacle@Duxton

The Pinnacle@Duxton
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypePublic Housing
Architectural styleHigh-rise
LocationCantonment Road, Singapore
Coordinates1°16′36″N 103°50′29″E / 1.27667°N 103.84139°E / 1.27667; 103.84139
Construction startedApril 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04)
Completed13 December 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-13)
CostS$279 million
Height
Roof156 m (512 ft)
Technical details
Floor count50 storeys & basement carpark
Lifts/elevators35
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
DeveloperHousing and Development Board
Main contractorChip Eng Seng Corporation

The Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5]

Unique amongst Housing and Development Board (HDB) projects, it is the design winner of a worldwide competition which attracted 227 entries from 32 countries.[citation needed] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] The development has been featured in numerous local and foreign documentaries, including Discovery Channel's "How we invented the World: Skyscrapers"

The tower block has been used for training by tower block runners such as 64-year-old Yim Pui Fun from Singapore who can run up the whole tower in 6 minutes and 34 seconds. [9]

  1. ^ "Location View of 1 Cantonment Road, 080001".
  2. ^ HDB's tallest (maybe costliest) flats go on sale, The Straits Times, 29 May 2004
  3. ^ Longer wait for tallest HDB blocks, The Straits Times, 7 May 2004
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference newpaper-jun04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "View from the Pinnacle". 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Singaporean PM: All to enjoy fruits of growth". Straits Times. 8 August 2010.
  7. ^ "New popular spots for aerial view displays of NDP". Channel News Asia. 8 August 2010.
  8. ^ "CTBUH 9th Annual Awards, 2010". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
  9. ^ "She's 64 and climbs 40 storeys in under 7 minutes: Veteran tower runners and the community they inspire". CNA. Retrieved 14 July 2024.