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Chinese Garden [a] is a park in Jurong East, Singapore. Built in 1975 by the JTC Corporation , the Chinese Garden's concept is based on Chinese gardening art. [ 2 ] The main characteristic is the integration of architectural features with the natural environment. [ 3 ]
Treelodge@Punggol (Chinese: 绿馨苑) (previously known as Treetops@Punggol) is a HDB estate located in Punggol, Singapore, located at Punggol Road, Punggol Drive and Punggol Place. It is Singapore's first experimental eco-friendly public-housing project and was awarded the Green Mark Platinum Award. [ 1 ]
This picture of the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai (created in 1559) shows all the elements of a classical Chinese garden – water, architecture, vegetation, and rocks. This is a list of Chinese-style gardens both within China and elsewhere in the world.
Flanked on the south side by the Pandan Reservoir, the east side by the bank of Sungei Pandan and situated at the fringe of Jurong Industrial Estate, Teban Gardens sits on the crossroad from Singapore's city center and other parts of the island towards the various industrial estates located within Jurong, Tuas as well as the nearby Jurong Island
The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, also known as Wan Qing Yuan, and formerly as the Sun Yat Sen Villa, is a two-story colonial style villa in Balestier, Singapore. The villa is now a museum commemorating Sun Yat Sen (1866–1925), the founding father of the Republic of China who visited Singapore nine times between 1900 and 1911.
The complex was envisioned as "a new nucleus within the whole fabric of the city core", and was designed to revitalise one of the most populated and traditional enclaves in post-independent Singapore. Being a "people's shopping centre", the complex is strategically located in one of the most populous areas in Singapore's central business district.
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The building was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore architect firm Design Partnership, now known as DP Architects. [ 4 ] Sited on 1.3 hectares and built to a height of 89 metres, [ 13 ] the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of " megastructure " described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham .