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Universal Studios Singapore

  Universal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It was a key component of Genting's bid for the right to build Singapore's second integrated resort. On 8 December 2006, the Singapore government announced that the consortium had won the bid, and the construction of the theme park and the rest of the resort started on 19 April 2007. It is the second Universal Studios Theme Parks to open in Asia, and the first in Southeast Read more [...]

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One Island East

One Island East, is a supertall skyscraper that is located in TaiKoo Place on Island East, Hong Kong. The skyscraper is a commercial office building that rises 308 m (1,011 ft) and has 59 stories of habitable office space and two basement levels. The building has 70 total floors. There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors. In addition, there are 28 high speed passenger lifts and 6 high speed shuttle lifts between Main (G - 1/F) and Sky (37 - 38/F) Lobbies. The building is the 6th skyscraper Read more [...]

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Infill housing design, public transit gain popularity

A housing slump and increased commuting costs are fueling more infill design near public transit sites, the American Institute of Architects, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group, reports. Traditional neighborhoods are designed with homes planted on small lots next to the street and sidewalk. But that is now changing. New developments are increasingly focused on denser urban sites instead, the institute's latest home design trend survey finds. Much of the design shift stems from the economic downturn. Read more [...]

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