COVER STORY
KAMPUNG ADMIRALTY AND PUNGGOL TOWN WIN GLOBAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN LAND USE Competing with some of the world’s best urban developments, Housing & Development Board (HDB) projects clinched two out of the nine 2021 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence.
A first-of-its-kind, Kampung Admiralty offers a wide variety of amenities for the Woodlands community.
The Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence (ULI Global Awards for Excellence) recognise the highest standards in land use, and the winning projects are lauded for their innovation, meaningful impact on the community, their replicability on a global level, and their ability to enable other developers and communities to adapt and incorporate aspects of the projects into their local context. The awards also pay tribute to the full spectrum of capabilities that developers have displayed, in overseeing the development process for these winning projects, which includes planning, design and construction, whilst ensuring sustainability and economic viability. Kampung Admiralty and Punggol are among the three winning projects from Singapore, which stand alongside six other projects from around the world, such as The HUB (China), Plant Riverside District (USA), and Circl (the Netherlands). The winners were selected from a pool of 45 global finalists. The last time HDB won the ULI Global Awards for Excellence, was back in 2011, for the iconic The Pinnacle@ Duxton. Earlier this year, Kampung Admiralty and Punggol won the 2021 ULI Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence, together with projects from the region, including from Australia and Japan. Projects that win ULI’s regional awards would qualify for the ULI Global Awards for Excellence.
Greenery adorns Kampung Admiralty, providing a comfortable environment for residents to enjoy, and visual relief from the urban landscape.
HDB’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tan Meng Dui, said, “It is a great honour for HDB to win the ULI Global Awards for Excellence after a break of 10 years, and a special bonus to win the awards for two projects this time. These awards affirm the collective efforts of Team HDB in driving towards excellence in all that we do. This is not just in the holistic planning and design of Singapore’s residential towns and estates, but also in constantly THE SINGAPORE ENGINEER September 2021
09
