Public Housing in Singapore: Experts: System focuses on community building, sustainability and age-inclusive features

We often equate public housing with substandard living conditions, poor maintenance, and socioeconomic segregation. But that is not the case in Singapore. More than 80% of its resident population live in homes built and maintained by the government. Real estate experts say the system focuses on affordability, community building, and sustainable living with regular upgrades to meet the ever-changing needs of residents.

Liu Thai Ker: “Los coches estropean más de lo que solucionan en las ciudades. Crean problemas sociales”

Es el hombre que hizo de Singapur un modelo de urbanismo humano, basado en un eficaz sistema de vivienda y transporte públicos y en su control por parte del gobierno

The Architect Who Made Singapore’s Public Housing the Envy of the World

With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, Liu Thai Ker replaced squalid slums with spacious high-rises. A recent spike in some sale prices, however, has saddened him.

Building communities in the sky

From the humble slab block to towers 50 storeys tall, architects share how HDB block designs have evolved over the years via @straits_times https://str.sg/viz-hdb-evolution

Cities will endure, adapt beyond Covid-19 pandemic, say Bloomberg forum panellists

Pandemic should be just one of dozens of factors to consider in planning a city in future. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GE2020: 10 million population not a goal but a planning parameter, says Liu Thai Ker

The former chief planner stressed that the 10 million figure was the worst-case scenario. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Veteran architect Liu Thai Ker, 79, leaves RSP to start own firm: ‘I’m the oldest man to start a company’

SINGAPORE – At age 79 and after 25 years as senior director at RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, former master planner Liu Thai Ker is starting afresh. Read more at straitstimes.com.