page_title: The Pinnacle@Duxton
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The Pinnacle@Duxton / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Tanjong Pagar Housing Estate with the Pinnacle@Duxton in the background
context_page_description: The Pinnacle@Duxton is a 50-storey residential development in Singapore's city center, next to the business district. All seven
  connected towers are collectively the world's tallest public residential buildings.
  Unique amongst Housing and Development Board projects, it is the design winner of a worldwide competition which attracted more than 200 entries. Residences are designated as special types, S1 and S2, having altogether 35 different unit variations – with dissimilar combinations of features such as extended bays, balconies, bay windows and planter areas.
  In addition, a viewing gallery on the 52nd storey provides for special events and VIP state visitors. On 8 August 2010, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his annual National Day message from the gallery.
  Owing to the sky gardens' popularity as an elevated viewing location for National Day firework displays on 9 August, entry for the day may be publicly balloted.
  Pinnacle@Duxton was conferred the 2010 Best Tall Building award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, as well as the 2011 Urban Land Institute's Global Awards for Excellence.
context_section_description: The Duxton Plain site is historically significant as the site of the first two ten-storey HDB blocks in the Tanjong Pagar area and amongst the oldest built by the HDB in the country. Redevelopment of Duxton Plain was initiated by Singapore's founding Prime Minister, former Minister Mentor and Tanjong Pagar's Member of Parliament for 60 years, Lee Kuan Yew in August 2001. to commemorate the historical significance of the previous blocks.
caption: The Tanjong Pagar Housing Estate with the Pinnacle@Duxton in the background
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