Kampung Admiralty project attracts international attention

Singapore

KAMPUNG Admiralty, nestled in the Woodlands heartland, buzzes like any HDB community, but has lately become a destination from people from all over the world looking to learn about and photograph this retirement community.

Designed by local architecture firm Woha Architects, the village with its own amenities won World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam last month.

It beat 535 projects from 57 countries; it also won the Mixed Use Completed Building category in the same competition.

This is not Singapore's first win at these awards. The same ti…