Heatherwick Studio has released photos of EDEN, a 20-storey concrete tower that is nearing completion in the Orchard Road neighbourhood of Singapore.
Set to complete later this year, the 104.5-metre-tall building, commissioned by Swire Properties, is Heatherwick Studio's first residential project in Asia.
Designed to "entwine nature with city apartment living", EDEN will contain 20 luxury apartments fronted by curved balconies filled with hanging gardens.
EDEN is Heatherwick Studio's first residential project in Singapore
EDEN will be one of a growing number of buildings in the city that combine architecture and greenery. It joins the Jewel Changi Airport and a residential tower called Marina One and follows the vision of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who imagined Singapore as a "city in a garden". "Like most global cities, Singapore's skyline is filled with angular steel and glass towers," said Thomas Heatherwick, founder of Heatherwick Studio.

"With Swire Properties we wanted to create something distinctive that represents Singapore as a city in a garden, and recreate the verdant backyard access once ubiquitous across homes here," he continued.
"Instead of glass-clad edifices with token balconies, each home within EDEN will have a lush garden right at the doorstep with organic and generous living spaces achieved by breaking up the traditional boxy floorplate."
It will be fronted by hanging gardens to connect ...