The South Beach development covers an entire city block between the Marina and Civic District in the heart of downtown Singapore. Combining new construction with the restoration of existing buildings, the mixed-use, energy efficient new urban quarter brings together places to live and work with shops, cafes, restaurants, a hotel and public spaces. A wide landscaped pedestrian avenue ? a green spine ? weaves through the site and is protected by a large canopy, which shelters the light-filled public spaces beneath from the extremes of the tropical climate.

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Architects: Foster + Partners

Location: Singapore

Collaborating Architect: AEDAS PTE Ltd

Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Nigel Young

Design Team: Norman Foster, Mouzhan Majidi, David Nelson, Luke Fox, Andy Bow, Jonathan Parr, Roland Schnizer, Colin Ward, Colin Foster, Michael Gentz, Brian Timmoney, Alex Llusia Castillo, Dora Chi, Steve Chiu, Birgit Clottens, Ed Cluer, Laurence Dudley, Rammy Elsaadany, Felix Fischer, Etienne Fuchs, Ei-Kie Gam, Andrew Gardiner, Daniel Glaessel, Sebastian Gmelin, Jade Ip, Takehiko Iseki, Stefan Krakhofer, Oliver Krenz, Celia Yixin Lai, Christopher Lam, Christa Lang, Vikki Lew, Mathis Malchow, Louis Hok Man Lee, Jose Luis Martin-Oar Ripoll, Sabine Muth, Juraj Pollak, Johanna Porep, Stanley Pun, Joaquin Roesch, Matthias Schoberth, Bartenis Siaulytis, Nikola Stadler, Niall Starling, Pearl Tang, Hiroko Uchino, Glen...