Singapore's Green Buildings On Show

THE BUILDINGS ON these two pages may be familiar for their eye-catching designs, but they are also shining examples of green architecture in Singapore. Look closely at these high-rise structures and you will see pockets of green by way of public spaces, extensive sky terraces, sky bridges, vertical parks, roof gardens and more.

These are qualities that led Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) to pick them to represent Singapore in its exhibition Dense and Green Building Typologies: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem, currently on show at the Venice Biennale for architecture.

FCL, together with the Singapore University of Design and Technology (SUTD), helms a research project to develop design strategies for high-density urban living. Much of its research therefore takes into account how nature and greenery in the city landscape have positive social and economic benefits.