Singapore urban planning

SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Room for more offices, homes and green spaces to make Orchard Road more vibrant

Newport Residences spans levels 23 to 45 of the 45-storey Newport Plaza, which will also have Grade A offices, F&B spaces and branded serviced apartments.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Should buyers get more excited over relatively ‘cheap’ freehold Newport Residences?

Density, resilience and self-sufficiency can be planned for in tandem. The writers make a case for reinstating the production of food, energy and water closer to where people live. Above is a 2013 proposal for Tengah Green by design agency WOHA.

When the gates close – designing the resilient city

Dr Liu Thai Ker would have turned 88 in February.
OBITUARY

Liu Thai Ker, the architect who shaped modern Singapore, dies aged 87

The new bridge will be located a mere 30m from the Benjamin Sheares Bridge.

Curved bridge between city and Gardens By The Bay will link pedestrians, cyclists to park connectors

Companies can make use of closer Singapore-Johor ties to undertake property developments that target Singapore-based businesses and residents.
THE LEVEL GROUND

The Johor option in serving land-scarce Singapore’s ‘live, work, play’ needs

More homes are being planned in various locations in the Central Region such as Bukit Timah Turf City.

URA to unveil Draft Master Plan 2025 in June: Chee Hong Tat 

We’ve mastered the mechanics of planning – processes, zoning, density. Now we must cultivate the soft skills: listening, co-creating, and allowing space for experimentation.
BT PROPERTY WEEK

Evolving Singapore’s urban planning for a world of change

Singapore is one of the world’s greenest cities, with 7,800 hectares of green space. Its green cover is over 40 per cent, earning it the moniker “City in a Garden”.

A living laboratory for future urban solutions