URA shortlisted five teams for Jurong Lake planning

Check out the local architectural firms which made the cut.

Singapore companies are well represented in the list of architectural firms picked to help devise a masterplan for the Jurong Lake District, billed as Singapore's second central business district.

According to Urban Redevelopment Authority, five teams were picked from a total of 35 teams vying to win the contract.

The shorlisted teams will proceed to stage two, which will require them to submit a conceptual masterplan by the end of the year.

"The five teams scored the highest for their track record and quality of their submitted statement of planning and design intent and approach," the URA said in a statement yesterday

Local firms which were shortlisted are Architects 61, DP Architects, SAA Architects, RSP Architects & Planners, Langdon & Seah and Tierra Design.

Their international counterparts include Arup, Allies and Morrison, Grimshaw Architects, Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, Nikken Sekkei and KCAP Architects & Planners.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority .