CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABLE LUXURY: IS IT A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?
TANGLIN HILL HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS)
NEIL ROAD SHOPHOUSE (EXPERIENCE DESIGN STUDIO, ONG&ONG)
MANDAI COURTYARD HOUSE (ATELIER M+A)
NAMLY DRIVE HOUSE (CHANG ARCHITECTS)
OLIV APARTMENTS (W ARCHITECTS)
SEMBAWANG LONG HOUSES (FORMWERKZ)
THE CORAL HOUSE (GUZ ARCHITECTS)
WATER LILY HOUSE (GUZ ARCHITECTS)
CHATSWORTH PARK HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS)
THOMSON HEIGHTS HOUSE (AAMER ARCHITECTS)
JALAN MAT JAMBOL HOUSE (ZARCH COLLABORATIVES)
INTERLOCKING HOUSE (LATO DESIGN)
TRAVERTINE DREAM HOUSE (WALLFLOWER ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN)
DAKOTA APARTMENT (JONATHAN POH)
BAMBOO CURTAIN HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS)
SUNSET PLACE HOUSE (IP:LI ARCHITECTS)
WATTEN RESIDENCES (IP:LI ARCHITECTS)
THE GREEN COLLECTION (RT+Q ARCHITECTS)
VERANDAH HOUSE (RT+Q ARCHITECTS)
THE CRANES (EXPERIENCE DESIGN STUDIO, ONG&ONG)
CAIRNHILL ROAD SHOPHOUSE (RICHARDHO ARCHITECTS)
The Mandai Courtyard House is a serenely simple contemporary home. Jalan Mat Jambol is a house without windows. This Neil Road shophouse has been lovingly restored by a very modern couple. The Namly House enjoys its own interior tropical garden. This house by R+Q reveals its full tropical elegance after an extended arrival sequence. The Bamboo Curtain House uses a mix of traditional and natural elements to make a contemporary home. Looking down into the courtyard living/dining space of the Barnstorm House. Two historic trees form part of the landscape at the Belmont Road House.
SUSTAINABLE LUXURY: IS IT A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?
This book presents some of the very best and most luxurious new homes in Singapore. Each of them, in one way or another, represents a response to the challenges of creating luxurious yet sustainable homes in one of the world’s most expensive cities—and in a sweltering tropical climate!
You may assume that luxury is inherently self-indulgent and, therefore, non-sustainable. But is it? The architects of these homes, together with their clients, demonstrate that this is emphatically not the case. This book reveals the many innovative solutions they found in doing so, illustrating in the process how Singapore has become an incubator of innovative residential design.
Crucially, each home achieves its own special kind of luxury through the creativity and imagination of its designers working in close collaboration with their clients. As architect Mark Wee, puts it, ‘Designing a house for a client is, for them, a highly emotional thing … it is not just money invested, it is meant to be a setting
