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Tange’s legacy in a city state |
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By Cecilia Chow
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Friday, 21 November 2008 17:14 |
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 The president and principal architect of Tange Associates, Japan and son of the late Kenzo Tange, designs Tower 2 of One Raffles Place in Singapore — 20 years after his father designed the first tower, OUB Centre Raffles Place IT’S A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be invited to design a new tower right next to a landmark skyscraper your father designed 20 years ago. Such an opportunity presented itself to Japanese architect, Paul Tange, the president and principal architect of Tange Associates. And the project in question is the $364 million, 38-storey Tower 2 at One Raffles Place in the heart of Singapore’s historic financial district, next door to OUB Centre. The latter was designed by his father the late Kenzo Tange, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 91. |
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Gale international builds a megacity in South Korea |
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By Cecilia Chow
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Friday, 21 November 2008 16:39 |
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 The New York-based developer is constructing the Songdo International Business District in the Incheon Free Trade Zone of South Korea with mixed use elements — similar to Singapore’s Marina Bay
FOR SOMEONE in Singapore trying to grasp the scale of US developer Gale International’s $35-billion Songdo International Business District (IBD) in South Korea, imagine a private developer singlehandedly undertaking the master plan and development of the entire Marina Bay area. |
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By Mark Henderson
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 10:54 |
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 Giant hotel chain’s expansion still going smoothly after Blackstone buyout last July, despite credit crunch and market uncertainty
NEWS OF the biggest deal in hotel history made the headlines last July. Giant private-equity group, Blackstone, swooped on the biggest name in hospitality with an eye-popping offer that couldn’t reasonably be refused. |
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