The Pinnacle at Duxton is a public housing project like no others. Conceived after a competition involving over 200 architecture firms from around the world was held to select the best design, the seven 50-storey interconnected blocks consist of 1848 units and 2 sky gardens on the 26th and 50th floor. It was the site where the first two original HDB blocks were build in 1963, and with its Wiki page and its official website now, the Pinnacle is a juxtaposition of historical and modern day Singapore. With it’s slew of local and international awards, there is no doubt that this is HDB’s flagship project.

In recent weeks, it has made the news more than once. HDB conducts ‘Sale of Balance Flats’ exercises periodically to make available to the public units that have been repossessed. In the most recent exercise, a unit at the Pinnacle was put on sale for ...