The TROIKA Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur

The TROIKA @ Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur

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The Troika is the stuff of dreams. A dream that was BRDB's - to create the city's most beautiful and desirable condominium, right in the country's most sought-after location.

This vision required imagination and craft to be realised. And so it was decided to engage Foster and Partners to create a new residential landmark for Kuala Lumpur to complement Caesar Pelli's Petronas Twin Towers.

Foster and Partners buildings can be distinguished not only by their drama and beauty, but also by their functionality and the ingenious use of space. Fosters' approach can be summarised in one word - detail - born of a passion for architecture and design.

And while aesthetics are of course important, Foster and Partners are equally concerned about the social dimensions of their creations. These are to preserve the quality of life and to create places that people want to go.

The shear walls create a building utterly unique to this site, as they shield surrounding developments and orientate occupants so that the best views can be enjoyed.

For The Troika, early plans incorporated three towers of varying height emerging from 'The Necklace' - a circular podium of complementary office and retail space. The Necklace frames a landscaped courtyard of 30,000 sq. ft. to provide a calm retreat exclusively for residents.

The architects' priorities were to create beautiful and functional homes, with each one able to take in the beauty of the location, such as the KLCC Park, The Petronas Twin Towers and the KL city skyline.

To guarantee the best views possible for each apartment, Foster and Partners introduced the concept of a twisting building -essentially allowing individual floor plans to rotate as the building rises to enjoy KL's most stunning views.

With this objective, Foster and Partners pinned the three towers around dramatic shear walls, giving the development a strong linear character, while also framing views and providing critical shade to individual apartments.

Only then did Foster and Partners address the external design. And the result is spectacular - using their signature glass and steel materials and supported by dramatic shear pre-cast concrete walls. The Troika is as beautiful from afar as it is functional from within.

The Troika. Delivering the art of living.

With a forty-year pedigree, Bandar Raya Developments Berhad, or BRDB, has firmly entrenched itself as one of Malaysia's most established and trusted property development companies.

Today, BRDB's objective is to develop and manage quality residential, commercial and retail communities throughout Malaysia and more recently, overseas.

Well known as the company that first established Bangsar, an affluent neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur, BRDB has since developed Permas Jaya in Johor, a township of some 75,000 people, and now CapSquare, a mixed-use urban community in downtown Kuala Lumpur.

Recent developments include the highly exclusive gated community at Bangsar Hill and the Bali-inspired Palmyra Bangsar Condominium, both of which were tremendously well received.

The latest offering, The Troika, embodies the BRDB of today and symbolises its direction and ambition. Its heritage lays the foundation for BRDB's future. A future in which BRDB shall continue to innovate, to raise standards and provide customers with the means to shape their lives and lifestyles to suit their dreams and aspirations.

Foster and Partners is an international studio " fdr architecture, plannihg and design founded by Lord Norman Foster. The studio has established global recognition and has received more than 300 awards and citations for design excellence, and won 65 national and international design competitions.

Foster and Partners' buildings are famed the world over and include the new German Parliament in the Reichstag, Berlin, The Great Court for the British Museum, HSBC Headquarters in Hong Kong and London, Commerzbank Headquarters in Frankfurt, The Albion Riverside Condominium on London's South Bank and more recently, the Millau Bridge in France. It is currently designing the world's largest airport in Beijing.

Norman Foster became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999 and was awarded the Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture in 2002. He has been awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture (1994), the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture (1983), and the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture (1991). In 1990 he was granted a Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, appointed by the Queen to the Order of Merit in 1997, and in 1999 was honoured with a Life Peerage in the Queen's Birthday Honours List as Lord Foster of Thames Bank.

Structure

Reinforced concrete

Wall

Brick / reinforced concrete

Roof

Reinforced concrete roof slab

Ceiling

Fibrous plaster board / skim coat

Windows*

Low E glass panels. Powder coated aluminium frames.

DOOR

Main entrance	Solid timber fire door
Others	Solid timber doors Flush timber doors Timber sliding doors Timber folding doors

Locks

Quality locksets

Flooring

Foyer, living, dining, kitchen, wet kitchen, powder room, all baths (except utility bath)	Imported marble
Master bedroom, other bedroom(s)	Teak timber strips
Utility, utility bath, store open terrace, terrace, yard, open yard, outdoor area	Homogeneous tiles

Wall Finishes

General	Plaster and emulsion paint
Kitchen	Imported marble
Powder room, all baths (except utility bath)	Glass panel with backing
Utility bath, wet kitchen	Homogeneous tiles

Sanitary & Fittings

Master bath	White sanitaryware with accesories comprising long bath, water closet, wash basin, shower
other bath(s)	White sanitaryware with accesories comprising water closet, wash basin, shower
Powder room	White sanitaryware with accesories comprising water closet, wash basin
Kitchen	Metal sink

Built-in furniture

Kitchen and wet kitchen (for SOHOs only)	Kitchen cabinets as per ID's specification
Master bedroom, bedroom (for SOHOs only)	Built-in wardrobe as per ID's specification

*Low emissivity coated glass (low E glass) is coated with a microscopic, virtually invisible metallic oxide layer to improve thermal performance by supressing radiative heat flow and reducing UV penetration.

M & E SPECIFICATION

Electrical Installation

Electrical points	Lighting and power points will be provided according to M & E engineer's specifications
Air conditioning system	Inverter control air conditioning to all bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen, utility
Hot water system	Kitchen, all baths (except utility bath and powder room)

Gas Piping

Natural gas piping system

Telephone point

Living, dining, kitchen - one point per room
all bedrooms - two points per room

SMATV points

Living, all bedrooms, kitchen

Security System

Card access control to all main access points
Automatic boom - gate control for car park ingress and egress
CCTV system to main access points and basement carpark
Intercom system

Other

Centralized vaccum system

*The Inverter Control Air Conditioning System has incorporated an inverter to reduce the speed of the compressor during part - load operation, thereby reducing electricity demand by 25%.

It is more efficient at maintaining uniform temperature than a split unit system and the condenser unit has one of the lowest noise levels in the industry.

LAYOUT

Indicative of type A1, A5, & A7