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Project Highlight View of D’Twist from ground level. D’Twist to complete the final phase of development for DK-City Boutique developer DK Group is banking on its award-winning architectural design features to attract investors. Bird’s eye view of D’Twist. 6 Building & Investment | www.b-i.biz IT ALL started with a developer’s vision to be different from the norm. “I wanted to build iconic buildings,” Danny Koek Tiang Kung, executive chairman and group managing director of DK Group said in a media statement. And with that, the DK-City master plan development was conceived with architectural designs that recently won accolades under several categories at the recent Asia Pacific Property Awards. To make his vision of creating iconic buildings come true, Koek engaged world-class architecture firm RDA Harris Architects Sdn Bhd, renowned as the lead urban design consultant for the master plan of Putrajaya and and also for the design of multiple award-winning developments around the world. Dubbed D’Twist @ DK-City, the mixed-use commercial development located at Subang Jaya comprises three towers of varying heights constructed on a podium with four two-storey levels of commercial space of 400,000 sq ft, which will serve as a shopping centre. The residential tower block of 80 floors will take the height to 300 metres, making it the tallest residential building in the ASEAN region. The three towers are designed to accommodate “small office/virtual office” or SoVo-style residential and office units. The tallest tower, at approximately 285 metres, contains SoVo duplex residential units. The second tallest tower, at 200 metres, has office suites in a duplex layout while the third tower at 178 metres offers residential studio suites in a duplex configuration. In total, there will be 300 office suites, 816 residential duplex suites; and 188 duplex hotel suites and 122 hotel rooms. D’Twist is the third phase of development within the master plan. A 66-foot highway is currently under construction to link traffic from