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'''Kampung Admiralty''' is Singapore's first integrated retirement community project by [[Housing and Development Board]]. Designed by [[WOHA]], it won one of the world's most prestigious architectural awards - Building of the Year at the 2018 [[World Architecture Festival]]. It beat 535 projects from 57 countries to snag the top prize.<ref name=tnp>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In his [[Singapore National Day Rally|National Day Rally]] speech in August 2018, Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] described it as a "high-rise kampung where residents are out and about, socialising with family, friends and neighbours, and yet never too far from home" and a model for future public housing.
==Geography==
Kampung Admiralty is an 11-storey complex of two residential blocks of about 100 studio apartments. It comprises public housing for seniors who are aged 55 and above, integrated with healthcare, wellness and eldercare facilities and a childcare centre. It is located at 676 Woodlands Drive 71, Singapore 730676. It took in its first batch of residents on 12 August 2017.<ref name=cna>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Facilities==
*Community plaza - ground floor<ref name=cna />
*Pharmacy - ground floor
*900-seater hawker centre - Level 2
*Admiralty Medical Centre - Level 3 and Level 4. It provides residents with specialist care and day surgery, and is run by [[Khoo Teck Puat Hospital]]
*Community garden - Level 9
==Accolades==
*2016 [[World Architecture Festival]]: Best Commercial Mixed-Use Future Project award<ref name=tnp />
*2018 International Chapter Architecture Awards: Commendation for commercial architecture
*2018 World Architecture Festival: Building of the Year
==References==
[[Category:Retirement communities]]
In his [[Singapore National Day Rally|National Day Rally]] speech in August 2018, Prime Minister [[Lee Hsien Loong]] described it as a "high-rise kampung where residents are out and about, socialising with family, friends and neighbours, and yet never too far from home" and a model for future public housing.
==Geography==
Kampung Admiralty is an 11-storey complex of two residential blocks of about 100 studio apartments. It comprises public housing for seniors who are aged 55 and above, integrated with healthcare, wellness and eldercare facilities and a childcare centre. It is located at 676 Woodlands Drive 71, Singapore 730676. It took in its first batch of residents on 12 August 2017.<ref name=cna>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Facilities==
*Community plaza - ground floor<ref name=cna />
*Pharmacy - ground floor
*900-seater hawker centre - Level 2
*Admiralty Medical Centre - Level 3 and Level 4. It provides residents with specialist care and day surgery, and is run by [[Khoo Teck Puat Hospital]]
*Community garden - Level 9
==Accolades==
*2016 [[World Architecture Festival]]: Best Commercial Mixed-Use Future Project award<ref name=tnp />
*2018 International Chapter Architecture Awards: Commendation for commercial architecture
*2018 World Architecture Festival: Building of the Year
==References==
[[Category:Retirement communities]]
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