The Ardmore Habitat Condominiums are situated in the heart of downtown Singapore, adjacent to the famed Orchard Road. The project consists of two 17-story towers of vertically stacked terraced units. The project was constructed by Robin Loh Enterprises, shipbuilders and developers, with the objective of providing the amenities of Habitat '67 to a constricted downtown site zoned for vertical massing.

Both towers consist of alternating flat and two-story apartments, opening to a large outdoor garden. The two-story maisonettes are organized around an atrium, which extends to a large double-height external garden that serves as a visual and physical extension of the living area.

Sizeable roof terraces extend the living area of each unit, strengthening the vertical and horizontal spatial experience. On the exterior this interplay manifests as an alternating pattern of flats and maisonette units, creating a multidirectional façade. Terraces wrap the corners of the towers, further articulating the elements of solid and void.

The towers contain 61 middle income and luxury housing units, which are connected at ground level by landscaped recreation areas that include a swimming pool, squash courts, and gardens.

The name of this project was derived from its location, adjacent to a "plaza" shopping center outside of downtown Kansas City, and the design of the units which have as their focal point a two-story, 200 square foot glass enclosed atrium. The project is composed of forty luxury condominium units positioned on a steeply sloped site. Because of the slope, uphill units will have spectacular views over the roofs of the buildings below. In addition, the slope helps to enclose internal gardens and outdoor terraces which open directly from the atrium to afford more privacy for its residents. The highlighted enclosed atrium can be used as a green house or garden room extension of the living area, and also serves as a solar collector during the winter months. During the summer it is protected from overheating by a retractable exterior shade.

Moshe Safdie's undergraduate thesis, "A Three-Dimensional Modular Building System," contains all of the concepts that would be realized in Habitat '67 at the World Exposition in Montreal. Officially titled "A Case for City Living," the thesis outlines Safdie's central premise: how can high-density urban housing include the amenities found in low-density suburban housing developments?

The building system developed in the thesis combines three distinct concepts: an integrated three-dimensional urban structure, a construction system based on three-dimensional modules or boxes, and a system adaptable to a wide range of site conditions. The thesis explores three possible construction systems, applied to a community of 5000, each with its own structural system and geometry. In the first system (single repetitive module), a structural frame supports non-load-bearing, factory-produced modular units. In the second system (bearing-wall construction), the same modules are assembled in a load-bearing arrangement. In the third system (load-bearing module), prefabricated walls are arranged in a crisscross pattern.

Overall the systems allow for flexibility, identity, privacy, community, and individual outdoor space. The modules may be stacked in many configurations to create a variety of housing types. The flexible arrangement allows for a complex in which no two dwellings are exactly alike and each can be recognized from the exterior. Because the modules are stacked on top of one another, walls and ceilings are doubled up, providing sound attenuation and privacy not achievable in conventional city-apartment high-rise construction. Modules are arranged in a staggered form, stepping back and allowing each roof to become an outdoor terrace for another dwelling. Pedestrian streets and vertical elevator and stair cores form the primary circulation systems. Finally, the modules are manufactured in a factory, lowering the individual-unit cost and allowing for relatively quick construction.