16/50: The Pinnacle @ Duxton

The Pinnacle@Duxton has got to be one of the most awkward buildings in Singapore. It stands on the site of the first 2 HDB blocks in the Tanjong Pagar area, and was developed to commemorate the historical significance of the previous blocks. The 7-tower building is truly a pinnacle of HDB housing, standing as the world’s tallest public housing at 50 storeys, with the world’s 2 longest sky gardens on the 26th and 50th floors. The prices of the flats, too, were the pinnacle of HDB housing, fetching up to a staggering $1.03m on resale. The Pinnacle is a remarkable public housing project, but it is also one awkwardly unlike any public housing project: toweringly tall, centrally located and extremely pricey.

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