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Liveability of Tall Residential Buildings

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High-rise housing, primarily public housing, is often viewed with caution in many western cities. However, the dissatisfaction has not spelt the end of high-rise housing. In Asia, Singapore and Hong Kong have similarly experimented and scored high residential satisfaction. The dictates of limited land, growing population and the desire for improved housing conditions have led these cities to celebrate skywards verticality. Over a period of 40–50 years, high-rise public housing has become not just the lifestyle of the majority of the population but also the dominant building form.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Observation was largely conducted in 2002 at four blocks in two public new towns, two in Toa Payoh and another two in Bukit Panjang. One block each of the 30-story (the tallest block at time of study) was observed along with a lower adjoining block, over both weekday and weekend day, from 5 am to 11.30 pm. see Yuen et al. (2003) for further details.

  2. 2.

    The analysis draws from interviews with a sample of 65 architects and 348 randomly selected households in two Singapore new towns. See Yuen et al. (2003) for details of respondents and research methodology.

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    Prices of flats in the block would vary according to floor levels, the higher the floor level the higher the price, all other things being equal.

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    Belinda Yuen

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    Anthony G.O. Yeh

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Yuen, B. (2011). Liveability of Tall Residential Buildings. In: Yuen, B., Yeh, A. (eds) High-Rise Living in Asian Cities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9738-5_8

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