Public housing scales new heights in Singapore focus 02/25/2010

Public housing scales new heights in Singapore focus 02/25/2010 SINGAPORE — On a clear day, you can see Indonesia’s Riau islands from the top of The Pinnacle@Duxton, a cluster of 50-story buildings with spectacular views of Singapore’s waterfront and financial district. But the seven towers of The Pinnacle do not host corporate headquarters, a five-star hotel or luxury apartments. It is a public housing project, the tallest and most ambitious ever undertaken by a city-state that prides itself on almost universal home ownership after four decades of rapid progress. Boasting 1,848 flats with condominium-like finishes and costing up to 645,800 Singapore dollars (461,000 US) for prime units, The Pinnacle has taken public housing to new heights in property-obsessed Singapore.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100225com6.html

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