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Infinty Pool, SingaporeThe vertiginous "infinity pool" at the Marina Bay Sands resort offers a sweeping view of Singapore, a country that's achieved success while building up instead of out. See more pictures from the December 2011 feature story, "The City Solution."

Photograph by Chia Ming Chien

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