Three designers and 13 designs were awarded Singapore’s most prestigious honour for design excellence and creative innovation – the President’s Design Award (PDA) – at a ceremony held last Friday evening at the Istana.
Managed by the DesignSingapore Council of the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), this is the 10th edition of the Award which attracted 111 eligible nominations.
The lauded designers are an architect and two accredited landscape architects, while there were three architectural projects among the awarded designs. This includes a condominium with dramatic green sky terraces that provide exclusivity and privacy.
“I am encouraged by the quality of projects that our architectural and landscape design community continues to field for the Award,” said Ng Lang, CEO of the URA.
“Design excellence combines aesthetics with good functionality and synthesis with the surrounding environment. The resulting product is unique to Singapore and reflective of our rich and multi-layered history and culture, combined with modern sensitivity and dynamism,” he added.
An exhibition of the PDA 2015 will be held at the National Gallery Singapore from today to 3 January 2016, the URA Centre from 5 to 31 January 2016, and at the National Design Centre from 2 to 29 February 2016. Admission is free.
Romesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
