Format
Brief
City
Singapore
Country
Singapore
Metro Area
Singapore
Project Type
District/Corridor/Community
Location Type
Other Central City
Keywords
Cultural conservation
Historical preservation
ULI Awards for Excellence 2006 Winner
Urban conservation
Date Started
1981
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By the time the marketing term “competitive advantage” came to be applied to urban design and development, Singapore—a progressive modernist city-state and Southeast Asia’s model free-market economy— already was ahead of the world. Singapore not only had a strategically inclined urban development structure, it had in place a program to protect, refurbish, and reuse its cultural heritage. If an ability to manage its complex urban infrastructure gives a city a competitive advantage, Singapore has as much as any.
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Format
Brief
City
Singapore
Country
Singapore
Metro Area
Singapore
Project Type
District/Corridor/Community
Location Type
Other Central City
Keywords
Cultural conservation
Historical preservation
ULI Awards for Excellence 2006 Winner
Urban conservation
Date Started
1981
Sponsor
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Singapore
Principal Authors
Julie Stern and David Taksuye
ULI Awards for Excellence 2006 Winner