The Sail @ Marina Bay
(245m & 215m / 70 & 63 floors, due 2009)
Location: Marina Boulevard, New Downtown, SINGAPORE
Marina Bay Tower (70F) & Central Park Tower (63F)

1111 units. 438 one-bedroom units, 418 two-bedroom units, 175 three-bedroom units, 75 four-bedroom units and 5 penthouses, ranging in size from 592 sq ft to 1,356 sq ft.

Developers: City Developments (Singapore), AIG (USA)
Architect: Peter Pran (NBBJ) (USA), Team Design (Singapore)

Official Website (http://www.thesail.com.sg)

Discussions threads:
Sail's home thread Part 2 (active) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=168683)
Sail's home thread Part 1 (archived) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=85847)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=148021
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=139013


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailpano.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/8675/sailnitepano.jpg
http://img33.exs.cx/img33/715/sailpano2a.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailad3.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailad1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailmodel4.jpg
^Model at showflat

Location:
http://www.ura.gov.sg/cudd/cawebsite/images/dt-bfh-enlarge01.jpg
^The site marked 'Site sold in 2002'.

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/5912/sailsite.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103sail.jpg
^The site at end of October 2004


CONSTRUCTION STARTED!
27 Jan 2005
http://img189.exs.cx/img189/6388/sail27015hu.jpg
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About Peter Pran:

November 12, 2004

Making waves

Designed by the acclaimed Peter Pran, The Sail@Marina Bay will breathe new life to Singapore's city skyline

By Sharlene Tan

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2004-03-27/H7_0327.jpg

AWARD-WINNING architect Peter Pran is taking city-living to new heights with The Sail@Marina Bay, which was officially launched yesterday.



The Norwegian-American architect is principal designer of the condominium, considered by many to be a new architectural landmark for Singapore.

About 250 units in the 70-storey tower were soft-launched late last month and nearly 175 have been sold so far.

"I'm trying to create a feeling of how it'd be like to live at the top of a sail mast, where you're suspended in space, taking in the magnificent panorama of Singapore and the sea," Mr Pran, 68, said in a recent interview with The Straits Times' Life!

The 1,111-unit condominium will be located at Marina Boulevard, near the proposed Business Financial Centre. The project is co-owned by City Developments Limited and AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp.

The 99-year leasehold project will have one- to four-bedroom units available, as well as penthouses, three of which have their own swimming pools, while the others have outdoor jacuzzis.

Shops and food outlets will take up about 3 per cent of the total gross floor area.

When completed in 2009, The Sail, standing at 245m, will be Singapore's tallest residential project and the 10th highest in the world.

Mr Pran's co-designer, Mr Timothy Johnson, said in an interview: "For me, The Sail will be the architectural identifier to Singapore."

Mr Pran's innovative designs are characterised by its energy, fluidity and complexity.

Professor John Gaunt, dean of Kansas University's school of architecture and urban design praised the architect in an interview with The Lawrence Journal-World: "He has a natural inclination to dramatic forms. He's a sculptor in architectural terms."

Fellow architect Juhani Pallasmaa wrote of Mr Pran's work in a 1998 book: "Whereas early modernist buildings aspired to a weightless horizontal flow, Peter Pran conceives curved and warped movements that fuse horizontally with vertically, and rectangularity with curved geometrics."

Mr Pran, who is design principal at New York City architecture firm NBBJ, continues his "dramatic" style with The Sail, which is inspired by the sun, wind and water.

He has created two glass-clad towers, standing at 70 and 63 storeys, that look like sails catching the wind.

More than six in every 10 of the condo units will have almost wrap-around views of the sea.

Mr Pran has won 15 architectural design competitions, including this year's American Institute of Architects Design Honor Award, and has designed buildings around the world.

His projects include the New York Police Academy, the Seoul Dome 21 and the world headquarters of Telenor in Oslo, Norway.

His influence extends past the office and into the classrooms. He is a lecturer of architecture at Kansas University and has taught at universities in Japan, Italy and Denmark for 20 years. Mr Pran received his bachelor's degree in architecture at Oslo Arkitekhogskole University and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1969.

The Sail@ Marina Bay showflats are located at 40 Collyer Quay.
Viewing hours are from 9.30am to 6pm daily.

Copyright © Singapore Press Holdings, 2004. All rights reserved.

Well, at least the constructionboard has finished construction :D Looks pretty wicked though.

Now we have two 245m towers u/c!!! :D

How many units will be available for sale?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=2649550&postcount=416
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=2580717&postcount=374
The mega project has 1111 units, but the units in Central Park Tower are for lease only. ;)

Here's the breakdown:
438 one-bedroom units
418 two-bedroom units
175 three-bedroom units
75 four-bedroom units
5 penthouses

Units ranging in size from 592 sq ft to 1,356 sq ft.

Thanks for starting this thread redstone :cool:

Sons of Ryanair founder come in for a landing - at The Sail

27 Jan 05

$9.4 million price tag: Sources say the Ryans have bought all 11 units on the 16th floor at The Sail, shown here in the artist's drawing as the white towers

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

(SINGAPORE) Two scions of Tony Ryan, the founder of Irish budget airline Ryanair, have bought an entire floor of The Sail@Marina Bay for about $9.4 million or $922 per square foot, sources told BT yesterday.

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Brothers Cathal and Declan Ryan, who are in their 40s, are said to have picked up all 11 apartments on the 16th floor of the 70-storey tower that The Sail's developers, City Developments and AIG, began selling in late October.

The brothers are said to be looking at re-arranging the layout of the apartments on the floor they have bought. The transaction was inked a few days ago.

Gerry de Silva, spokesman for CityDev's parent, the Hong Leong Group, told BT yesterday there had been an en bloc sale of an entire floor located 'between the 15th and 20th storeys' to British investors at $9.4 million - but he would not confirm the buyers' names or the floor.

He said, however, that the 11 apartments they bought comprise six sea-facing units and five with city views.

The one, two and three-bedroom apartments add up to 10,215 sq ft.

To date, CityDev and AIG have sold 555 of the 681 apartments in The Sail's taller tower. They have yet to announce plans for other block, with 63 storeys and 430 apartments.

The average price achieved so far for the 99-year leasehold condo is $967 psf.

Mr de Silva said about 38 per cent of the buyers are foreigners, including mainland Chinese, Hong Kongers, Malaysians, Britons, Americans and investors from the Indian subcontinent.

The Sail is the first condo coming up in the Marina Bay area where Singapore's Central Business District extension is being developed. At 70 storeys, it will, when completed, be Singapore's tallest residential project and the world's highest apartment buildings.

Cathal and Declan were understood to be looking for an en bloc deal involving several contiguous high-rise floors at The Sail, but these are no longer available in the tower that has been released for sale.

The Ryan family is one of the richest in the UK, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2004.

The family is aiming to repeat its European budget carrier success in Asia. The Ryans' private investment arm, Irelandia Investments, has a 16 per cent stake in Tiger Airways, the low-cost carrier started by Singapore Airlines.

What we need now are some people who can go there every so often to take pics! :D
Really hope it rises as fast as ORQ! :banana:

well now that it has started construction, a monthly update would be cool

it will take many months for them to complete the foundation methinks

http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/graphics/pr02-10a1.gif
^Location with reference to other buildings.

Renderings in the New Downtown:
http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-totalconnect_01.jpg
http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-totalconnect_02.jpg

http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-prestaddress.jpg


The site is with the name 'Site sold in 2002'.
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http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-siteplan_02.jpg
http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-siteplan_03.jpg

hmm..the MRT line runs underground through the site, but missing the footprint of the shorter tower I think

I think thats why theyre building a carpark podium rather than underground parking

The podium design can be improved. :yes:

nice update!!

wanna see this beauty rise soon;)

Renderings in the New Downtown:
http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-totalconnect_01.jpg
http://www.ura.gov.sg/lad/bfc/thumbnail/images/attraction-totalconnect_02.jpg


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Wah! First time seeing The Sail with One Raffles Quay! :eek:

Have always wondered how the both of em would looks like. ;) Good to see so many highrises on the rise in Singapore :okay:

What is RTS Station?

RTS= Rapid Transit System(s)

Meaning either a heavy or light underground rail station. ;)

Some of the units at Central Park Tower are now for sale!!!

bump

News in French from AFP, translated by Pengui:
Bouygues Construction to build two towers in Singapore for 140M EUR

AFP | 24.01.05 | 11h20

Bouygues Construction has won the bid for the construction of two residential towers in Singapore for 140 millions Euros (approx SGD 300M). The work, which has already started and will be finished during the first trimester 2008, includes the building of two towers of 71 and 63 storeys located on the seafront and called "The Sail@Marina Bay". With height of respectively 245 and 215 meters, those towers will become the tallest residential towers of the country, ranking 10th in the world, said Bouygues. Located above a subway line, they will be built on reclaimed land, therefore needing the creation of special foundations 80 meters deep. Apart from 1111 luxury apartments, those two sail-shaped towers will host three swimming pools, two tennis courts and a carpark, added the french building company.

5 Feb 2005
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050204_sail01.jpg
By Pengui

am wonderin, why would it take so long to build this thing? 2009 is in 4 years and if it stretches to the end of 2009 then it's around 5. Great buildings though.

It should actually be finished in 2008.
It is taking longer time to complete than other projects probably because it is built on reclaimed land and will need 80m deep fundations.

Good looking building!

Actually it isn't easy to take pictures of the site. The easiest is to go up the glass lifts of NTUC Centre. Or zoom in from a high level opposite it on the banks of Marina Bay.

Such a incredible design, it might become deadly interesting to fallow the construction period. :) Keep up the construction update work!

Pengui, thanks for the clarification. Hopefully in a few months, we'll see some significant work taking place.

Very nice towers.

23 February 2005

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/2948/sail23026ru.jpg
By RafflesCity

Wonder what that hole that was covered up was for.

A future investment to singapore future landmark
and a remarakable design that shape singapore business financial district

7th March 2005

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/1339/sail07033wi.jpg

Those blocks had been moved in...
Foundation works gonna start soon! :banana::D

Hi,

does anyone know the official website for The Sail?

Thank you!

Hi,

does anyone know the official website for The Sail?

Thank you!

Go to this website and click on the sail.....enjoy...:D
http://www.cdl.com.sg/cdl2.nsf/forsale~residential.shtm#

One thing is that I hope that peir in front of the towers would be demolished.....

It will have to. The "bay" is going to be a "pond" soon anyway...

Skyline beside a man made giant 'pond'........ :rant:

Looks good ;)

28 March 2005

http://img100.exs.cx/img100/7361/sail28038ir.jpg

Apparantly they hadent dug anything yet. Cant hardly wait! ;)

Looks like they've put the foundations, hence the blocks on the green structure....

that green structure is not the foundation lah!

@huaiwei

I think they are digging, but at the furthest end of the site

haha if they use the green structure as foundation.. nobody will buy!!! :runaway:

that green structure is not the foundation lah!


I know! :D
It is for the blocks, to 'press' on the foundations......

^

sure? is that a known construction technique?

Looks a little like the proposed Dolphin Towers on the Gold Coast - except way bigger:D

jt

17 March 2005
http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/pict0064.jpg
Update by nolimit. :)

^

sure? is that a known construction technique?
my thought exactly

well thanks to nolimit's explanation in another thread we now know what it is for:

its for pile testing!

They seem to be removing those blocks......
We need another update soon.... :)

I like these towers, very slim and sleek.:D

I supposed we'll only see some serious construction in about end 2007 or so......:yes:

i think they're starting to remove the large blocks. i glanced at it today and the blocks looked lesser.

The blocks are being removed once the load test has been completed.

The digging will start soon, probably have to treat the ground first as it is sitting on reclaim land. After digging up all the soft material, they will probably start putting in the foundation steel and the perimeter wall. It will probably take some time.

As I remember with One Raffles Quay, the ground work plus the foundation took more than a year. I used to go there during the early phase of ORQ, but it took always below ground. So i guess we just have to be patient!

As I remember with One Raffles Quay, the ground work plus the foundation took more than a year. I used to go there during the early phase of ORQ, but it took always below ground. So i guess we just have to be patient!

yes the wait for Raffles Quay to rise off the ground took a LONG time!

but maybe its because the MRT tunnel ran underneath its footprint? Hopefully this will be faster...

Yeah...there was the MRT plus some stuff underground which needed to be taken care of. The Sail's site should be much cleaner in comparison, although thr mrt still cuts thru a corner of the site. :D

^

yup fortunately theyre only building the carpark podium on that part ^^

15 April 2005

http://img9.echo.cx/img9/9241/sail15047ka.jpg

overview of the new downtown
http://tinypic.com/4trosg

Woo! The way they configured the new downtown is so cute. :D

It looks JUST like the plans! :cool: :happy:

Glad to see that this whole project is underway and not just some pipe dream.

27 April 2005

http://tinypic.com/4r734l

Where did the granite boxes go?? :eek:

You must be refering to those concrete blocks, they are removed once the load test has been completed so that real construction can start.

icic. I always had the impression they were "melted" and then used for construction!

06 May 2005

The Sail@Marina Bay built to withstand earthquakes
By Chua Chin Chye, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : City Developments' The Sail@Marina Bay project will have one of Asia's tallest buildings, but the residential project could also be one of the safest: it is built to withstand even earthquakes.

The Sail@Marina Bay will have two towers, with the taller one standing at 245 metres.

Engineering design consultants involved in the project claim this is Singapore's only residential project designed to withstand earthquakes.

But why spend so much money on doing that, when Singapore is not even in an earthquake zone?

Said Alfred Yee, president of Applied Technology Corporation, "When you have anything that high, you don't want to think that an unpredictable first-time event will cause a catastrophe -- all the lives, all the damage that goes with it. But I want to be sure that if it did happen, we at least are prepared for it."

S Nasim, managing director of Meinhardt Singapore, said, "All the safety measures are state-of-the-art, and currently available technology has been built into this building. The whole idea was really, trying to secure the peace of mind for the purchasers."

The idea to invest in the additional safety features came from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US.

Experts drew lessons from the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, where poorly protected lift shafts and stair shafts gave way, resulting in tragedy.

Mr Yee said, "In the project here at the Sail, we have got reinforced concrete walls for all the lifts, all the stair shafts. It will take a lot of explosive power to break through those. It is unlikely to have any damage, even in an explosion. So people can get down without worry that they have their passage way blocked."

But observers say with proper planning, those extra features won't come at a significantly higher cost to buyers.

Channel NewsAsia understands that no other developer is currently considering such features for their developments. - CNA /ct

Copyright © 2005 MCN International Pte Ltd

thats a nice looking proj.

25 May 2005

http://tinypic.com/5dl2fb

http://tinypic.com/5dl2kx

I love this building, it's in my list of greatest UC towers in the world, which isn't that long... (about 10 towers).

Official website!
Finally!!! :banana: :D

http://www.thesail.com.sg

That is a very beautiful project. Well done. can't wait to see the end product.

very pretty project, very pretty homepage!
Yumm!

one of my favorite projects so far, will change the life in the city

the design looks very good!

is this only a hotel tower or are the apartments for rent?

Amazing Buildings!

is this only a hotel tower or are the apartments for rent?

Its not a hotel, purely apartments in this project.


http://www.thesail.com.sg

I LOVE IT !!

20 July 2005

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By RafflesCity

-double post-

Update! :cool:

Ground level view, w/signpost :D 25/08

Click to enlarge

http://img24.imagevenue.com/loc201/th_142_Sail@MarinaBay_1.jpg (http://img24.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc201&image=142_Sail@MarinaBay_1.jpg)

Pilling work really taking it's time..:cool:

26 Sep 2005
Really slow...

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6324/p10302709mk.jpg

I think I'm starting to see the moulds for the core?

Singapore puts its wind behind The Sail
By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop International Herald Tribune

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005


SINGAPORE Envisioned as the "signature image" of Singapore's 21th-century landscape, Marina Bay is being talked about as the central feature of efforts to transform the city-state into a global city.

The development of reclaimed land next to the central business district will incorporate an integrated resort and casino, residential property, a business and finance center and three waterfront gardens. "Our vision for Marina Bay is that of a 24/7 live-work-play environment that epitomizes the global city we envisage Singapore to be," said Mah Bow Tan, minister for national development.

One of the first buildings to be completed will be the luxury residential complex The Sail @ Marina Bay. The two glass-clad towers resembling sails catching the wind is the vision of the American architect Peter Pran.

The first of the structures, the 70-story Marina Bay Tower, will soar to 245 meters, or 800 feet, as the tallest residential building in Singapore and, developers say, the 10th-tallest in the world. It will be complemented by the 63-story Central Park Tower, with the entire development to be complete in 2009, around the same time as the casino-resort.

"The design represents a new international vision for Singapore; an innovative building design not seen before, redefining the city. A building that comes to mind when people think of Singapore," explained Pran, noting that his design echoes the nearby waterfront scene. The authorities are building a barrage across the mouth of the Marina channel, so the basin will become an inland reservoir free of tidal fluctuations, making it ideal for large water events.

Beyond its aesthetics, what makes this property hot is its central location, said Peter Ow, executive director of residential properties at Knight Frank real estate agency. Also, "most of the units are of a smaller size, one or two bedrooms, and this kind of development will appeal very much to expatriates, singles and young couples, who want to live in the city. Owners should get a good rental," Ow noted.

Buyers have snapped up all but a couple of the 681 units in the Marina Bay Tower. Prices ranged from 530,000 Singapore dollars, or $313,000, for a one-bedroom unit to 5.25 million Singapore dollars for a penthouse, with an average price of 930 to 950 Singapore dollars per square foot. About 40 percent of the buyers were foreigners; one floor sold for 9.4 million Singapore dollars to British investors.

Chia Ngiang Hong, group general manager at City Developments Limited, said the company was surprised how quickly the Marina tower sold and may begin sales on the 450-unit second tower earlier than planned. "We're filtering a lot of inquiries and we already have over 200 people on a waiting list," Chia said.

More than 60 percent of the apartments will have panoramic views of the small bay and the Esplanade Theater on its far side. From the upper floors the views will reach to Malaysia and Indonesia. Also, the complex will have direct access to the Raffles Place subway station and extras like an executive club with dining.

Neil Palmer bought two three-bedroom units, one for himself and one as an investment. "I'm even more confident today than when I bought them. I had an idea the government was considering an integrated resort next door, but now it has been confirmed this should add further value to the property," the senior executive at Starwood Hotels and Resorts said, pointing out that some units already resold at higher prices.

Chia confirmed that some sellers have gotten a 15 percent profit on their original price.

"For me it's all about lifestyle," Palmer said. "I'm fairly outgoing, I like to go out and about and be fairly central. This location is really at the heart of things, and I don't mind having to wait until 2009. Developments like this one are rare and worth waiting for."

Oct 8, 2005
Buying frenzy at Sail's soft launch

By Joyce Teo
Property Correspondent

CALL it the Sail of the Century. But in scenes like the property fever that gripped Singapore nearly a decade ago, some would-be buyers queued overnight to snap up units in the country's hottest condominium, The Sail @ Marina Bay.

The 100 apartments for sale at the invitation-only launch sold out completely within half an hour of a crowd of 1,000 pouring through the doors of the showflat at 9am.

Prices ranged from around $600,000 to as much as $8.8 million for the sole penthouse.

That averages out to about $1,080 on a per sq ft (psf) basis, making the iconic residential building one of the most expensive 99-year leasehold developments here.

A further 100 units were put up for sale quickly - at higher prices - and these were gone, too, by just 10am.

The developers then put even more units up for sale, and as at 6pm yesterday, out of the total of 270 units on offer, 250 had been sold.

Some buyers bought whole floors of the development, which will be Singapore's tallest residential project when completed in 2008-2009.

It consists of two towers, the first of which hit the market last year.

Three unnamed Singaporean businessmen yesterday each bought one floor, containing seven units.

And a Moscow-based Singapore businessman, Dr Sudhir Gupta, flew to Singapore in person to splash out on three floors plus the 5,834 sq ft penthouse on the 63rd floor of the 430-unit second tower.

Dr Gupta, the chairman of Amtel Group, one of Russia's major tyre-makers, paid $8.8 million, or $1,508 psf, for the penthouse, and an average of $1,150 psf for the three floors.

It was the second time in just over a week that buyers queued for a condo's invitation-only launch. They had also thronged another 99-year leasehold waterfront project, The Azure at Sentosa Cove.

The strong response for both projects shows the market is picking up finally, say analysts - though not across the board yet, they caution.

The Sail and The Azure are high-end projects offering a desirable waterfront living lifestyle that is new to Singapore, they point out.

Positive sentiment is starting to filter down to the mid-end market ($600 to $800 psf), said Savills Singapore managing director Michael Ng.

But the upgraders' market, which forms the backbone of the private residential market, is still generally weak, analysts said.

joyceteo@sph.com.sg

Copyright © 2005 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved

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October 10 2005
Singapore's CityDev says close to project sellout

SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - City Developments Ltd. , Southeast Asia's second-largest property group, said on Monday it would likely cancel the public launch of its Singapore waterfront residential project after selling nearly all the apartments in early private sales.

The developer and its joint venture partner, AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., sold 400 units out of the 430 in the second phase of its luxury The Sail@Marina Bay development, less than three days after some prospective buyers were invited to sale.

The first 100 units were sold at a price of S$1,080 per square foot.

"Thirty percent of the buyers are foreigners, mostly from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan and India. Many buyers were also keen to buy entire floors of 63-storey Tower Two and over 30 floors have since been sold en-bloc," CityDev said in a statement.

Singapore real estate is experiencing a resurgence after the government in July eased rules on property financing and foreign ownership.

Fuelled by foreign demand for high-end luxury residences in prime districts, private home prices saw their largest quarterly increase in five years between July and September.

Copyright © 2005Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.

Speculation makes comeback in high-end property market

11 Oct 05

Business is brisk in the secondary market as buyers cash in on rising prices of new properties

By ARTHUR SIM
AND ALEXANDRA HO


(SINGAPORE) Property speculators are back in the market after a long absence, driving up prices at new high-end residential developments - even buying up whole floors.

http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2005-10-11/aasail11-232941.jpg

And business has been brisk in the secondary market of well-received developments such as the 99-year leasehold The Sail @ Marina Bay. An analysis of the caveats lodged - a key step in buying a property - for the first tower of The Sail showed that nearly five per cent, or 23 units, of the 496 units registered had changed hands two or three times.

The profits gained each time the units were sold ranged from just under 10 per cent to about 23 per cent. In one of the most profitable transactions, a 1,033 sq ft unit on one of the mid-level floors was originally purchased at $969,320 in November 2004. When it was sold in July 2005, it went for $1.19 million, or a cool profit of over $220,000.

Another unit changed hands three times, with the price shooting up 29.1 per cent overall. The 936 sq ft unit, also on a mid-level was $906,030 in November 2004. When it was sold this June, the price had risen by 14.8 per cent to $1.04 million. Upon its sale a third time in August, the price rose another 12.5 per cent, hitting $1.17 million.

In terms of dollars per square foot, prices for most of these units averaged $950-960, although a check with the classified advertisements in The Straits Times shows that owners' asking price for units at Tower One were $1,100 to $1,500.

Some buyers have also been cashing in on the success of another 99-year leasehold seafront development, Centrepoint Properties' The Azure at Sentosa Cove.

Property agents told BT that a number of buyers purchased eight to ten units en-bloc during The Azure's recent soft launch at average prices of $950 psf, and those buyers are now seeking about $1,200 psf for the very same units.

It may be too early to say if the pick up in the secondary market is being driven by speculators, but the over-heated response to The Sail has already prompted some buyers of the recently launched Tower Two to sell their units for a quick profit.

Property speculators are prevented by law from selling newly purchased units before the completion of the Sales and Purchase Agreement (S&P) - a practice known as 'flipping' - but a quick check with property consultants revealed that this is easily circumvented by 'private treaties' between buyer and seller.

According to the Housing Developers Rules, set out by the Controller of Housing, options granted by the housing developer are not 'assignable or transferable' either.

Still, if prices for high-end developments continue to rise, speculation on the secondary market could be too attractive for some to resist.

As for the primary market, The Sail's Tower Two, the City Developments and AIG Global Real Estate project launched last Friday sold more than 400 of the 430 available units by yesterday. Up to 15 floors, each with seven units, were bought by individual buyers at $8 million to $9 million each.

The first batch of 100 units at an average price of $1,080 psf were sold out almost immediately. As more units were released, CityDev says the average prices were increased by up to 10 per cent and ranged between $1,200 and $1,500 psf. BT understands that prices of some of the units on the higher floors even went as high as $1,700 psf.

CityDev estimates that over 2,000 visitors thronged the show suites, with 30 per cent of the buyers being foreigners, mostly from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan or India.

Property market watchers anticipate that the overwhelming success of The Sail will led to higher prices for future residential developments in the vicinity, such as those in the Business and Financial Centre and Marina Bay.

The last phase of Wheelock Properties' The Seaview, over on the eastern part of the island, also enjoyed good response with 45 per cent of the final 168 units sold over the weekend at an average price of $778 psf. This is up from the earlier launch price of $750 psf in June. Wheelock says that 25 per cent of the units at its other prime property, The Cosmopolitan, have been sold so far through the soft launch.

With the positive sentiment, developers like Keppel Land and WingTai Asia said they are on track to release their developments before the end of this year. Keppel's Park Infinia project off Newton Road and WingTai's Draycott 8 are scheduled for release by this quarter, as is another CityDev project, St Regis Residences at Tomlinson Road.

Supercool!111

13 October 2005

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1654/sail13109di.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sheesh, it's a slow one. I'm sure it will fly once all foundations are complete though.

Yup. Very slow foundation works.

Like it's neighbour One Raffles Quay. Foundations took a very very long time to build. :(


But once that's done, the tower itself would rise very fast. :cool:

What is the significance of "raffles" as a name?

thanks,
SP!RE

Just be patient, Foundation takes time as we already know.

any new pictures?

What is the significance of "raffles" as a name?

thanks,
SP!RE

One Raffles Quay?
Raffles Quay was the historic name.

The One Raffles Quay tower was built on Raffles Quay, an old quay.

The quay was demolished and the land reclaimed outwards and later a new mini port called Telok Ayer Basin was built.

Telok Ayer Basin:
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005143-8073-3222-0229/img0001.jpg

But the road by the quay still kept it's old name, Raffles Quay. ;)

By the 1990s, Telok Ayer Basin was demolished too.

What is the significance of "raffles" as a name?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles
In short, he was Singapore's founder.

^^

simple and concise :yes:

http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/5065/rafflesstatue1268dp.jpg

pic by Phenomenal Fullerton

back on topic.

Excavation seems to have become intense

9 November 2005

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/sail0911.jpg

I'm going to set an alarm to come back to this in a year, maybe then the core will have started.

I think the hole will be quite a lot deeper, maybe a month before the actual core starts to rise?

Not much has changed, looks like it'll need a while to come out.

I counted 11 different digging machines. That's intense. Also, look at the shape of that hole! That's the first time I've seen a square, rectangle or circle for excavation.

That's the first time I've seen a square, rectangle or circle for excavation.

Sorry, I don't quite get what you mean.

I think the hole will be quite a lot deeper, maybe a month before the actual core starts to rise?

If I remember correctly, the piles are going as far as 90m below ground level so it might take a while before the core starts rising.

That's the first time I've seen a square, rectangle or circle for excavation.

The concrete wall around the excavation is there because this is being built on reclaimed land. I think there must be quite some dewatering involved in the excavation process :-)
The horizontal beams are there just to hold the pressure on the perimeter wall so that it doesn't cave in (something that didn't work too well last year for Nicoll Highway MRT excavation - on reclaimed land as well).

If I remember correctly, the piles are going as far as 90m below ground level so it might take a while before the core starts rising.


The piles go 90m below ground, but what about the depth of the hole itself? What do you think?

Frankly, no idea, but very likely much less than 90m :-)

I'm a fresh man here,but I'm working for this project.Generally speaking,it's a nice building.I'm so proud that I can serve it!

wow :eek: post ur updates and news here :D

Sorry,I can't update the pictures.Because I'm working for this project in another country ,not Singapore.You know there are so many contractors in a building,such as main contractor,sub contractor and so on. Of course,my job is the grandest part of this building.

21 Nov 2005

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5199/dscn19617za.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/336/dscn19603qn.jpg

Cool, I like the shape of the construction base!

wow...

how about the price per unit?

16 December 2005

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/sail1612.jpg

Will it be visible from Temasek Tower?..;)

Nice update!!! :cool:

Will it be visible from Temasek Tower?..;)

nope....this would be the view from Temasek Tower ;-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/ndtview.jpg

Of course,my job is the grandest part of this building.

Wow!!! What are you doing?

nope....this would be the view from Temasek Tower ;-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/ndtview.jpg

So the view will be made up of BFC in the future? :?

BFC will be one of the plots in that area. (the part to the right of Central Promontary)

The Downtown Extension will also cut right across that area behind the BFC and link up with the future IR

The whole area will be converted to a big construction site, with all the projects and CST Phase II starting next year I think, and the ECP realignment :happy:

Gonna get quite exciting.

Can't wait to see what they're gonna do to Marina Bay station, now in the middle of nowhere. :banana:

How do they realign the ECP? Its gonna be difficult right. And next time how will people travel from AYE to ECP? I saw the map the expressway "disintegrated" into the roads at BFC, and then come up again as expressway. Wont there be traffic jams?

@redstone, I think the area around Marina Bay MRT station will be left untouched for now, but construction will start on the Downtown Extension instead

@JoSin, that will be exciting to watch. In future they will probably have a Marina Coastal Expressway.

Can expect massive construction there...

Integrated Resort, Business & Financial Centre, Sail, CST II, Downtown Extension Line, new roads.. :cool:

:dance:

:banana:

But it seems like it is all going on very slowly. I hoped there will be a construction boom just like in the 70s and 80s.

It is now starting to rise from the foundation, will try to take a pic next week.

well, the construction industry in Singapore is expanding following the slump earlier this decade, with quite a number of landmark projects announced, so just watch and wait LAH :happy:

13 January 2006

red cranes are now seen on site:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/sail1301.jpg

and they can be seen from across the bay:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/sailcrane.jpg

Ooohh... it's rising!!!

Update by RC! :banana:

yup its already sticking over the fence. A good spot to view the progress would be from the balcony at Overseas Union House.

28 January 2006

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8137/sail28016kb.jpg

Cranes and cranes! Thanks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/sailcrane.jpg
Oh! This project will add an extra density to the area. :runaway:

It'll form the 'anchor' of Singapore's new CBD. :cool::banana:

It would be the 3rd project to be completed in the Marina Bay Downtown masterplan.

NTUC Centre (One Marina Boulevard) was built in 2004
One Raffles Quay is new completion :cool:
Sail is up next.

Before Sail, the new Clifford Pier and cruise centre, the Marina Barrage and Singapore Flyer would be up and running. :banana:

does it possible in future, that authorities will cancel height limit and singapore will join chinese race on ultratalls?

does it possible in future, that authorities will cancel height limit and singapore will join chinese race on ultratalls?

well most say that this will not be done but i really do see some possibility...maybe not now but some 10 to 20 years down or even more ......a possibility of a tall tower built on the future marina bay downtown site (not the current IR marina bay) as i just cannot imagine Singapore's skyline with buildings all hitting hte height of 280.....it will be like dominos lol........so yup we just have to wait and see........

i personally feel that it will happen :D

Unless Paya Lebar AB closes down.... :bash: :cry:

I want it to be closed down...haix...

PLAB is quite a long distance away from the CBD.

Also never seen any planes fly directly over CBD before.

If planes land at PL, I think the normally arrpoach from Katong rather than over CBD. :cry:

I want it to be closed down...haix...

It is highly possible that it would be closed down in future as land is getting used up, forcing the shift of air bases from Paya Lebar to Changi East. Winks.

Before Sail, the new Clifford Pier and cruise centre, the Marina Barrage and Singapore Flyer would be up and running. :banana:

Even before the Sail can start rising significantly, work will start on another site NEXT to it this year...the BFC, which is Singapore's biggest office development in about 10 years :cool:

As for Singapore going on a super-tall building spree...I doubt it...even if they do allow a landmark development to exceed 280m (if that happens), there are controls on plots of land and stuff like that - with certain sites specifically being zoned tall and some shorter - to deliberately create a variation.

Picture 04 Feb 06, some progress, the entire ground floor should be up in the next week or 2 !

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/img_0043.jpg

8 Feb 2006

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8182/dscn27784ao.jpg

:banana::banana::banana:

Nice update, Thanks, Redstone.

This is the most boring project ever. *yawn*

The building outline closest to us, is that the taller tower?

Yes. :cool:

waw they're using top bottom method .... kewl!

Damn, its gonna be great!
Tnks for the updates :okay:

The Sail @ Marina Bay
(245m & 215m / 70 & 63 floors, due 2009)
Location: Marina Boulevard, New Downtown, SINGAPORE
Marina Bay Tower (70F) & Central Park Tower (63F)

1111 units. 438 one-bedroom units, 418 two-bedroom units, 175 three-bedroom units, 75 four-bedroom units and 5 penthouses, ranging in size from 592 sq ft to 1,356 sq ft.

Developers: City Developments (Singapore), AIG (USA)
Architect: Peter Pran (NBBJ) (USA), Team Design (Singapore)

Official Website (http://www.thesail.com.sg)

Discussions threads:
Sail's home thread Part 2 (active) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=168683)
Sail's home thread Part 1 (archived) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=85847)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=148021
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=139013


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailpano.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/8675/sailnitepano.jpg
http://img33.exs.cx/img33/715/sailpano2a.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailad3.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailad1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/103sailmodel4.jpg
^Model at showflat

Location:
http://www.ura.gov.sg/cudd/cawebsite/images/dt-bfh-enlarge01.jpg
^The site marked 'Site sold in 2002'.

http://img27.exs.cx/img27/5912/sailsite.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103sail.jpg
^The site at end of October 2004


CONSTRUCTION STARTED!
27 Jan 2005
http://img189.exs.cx/img189/6388/sail27015hu.jpg
________________________________________________________________

About Peter Pran:

November 12, 2004

Making waves

Designed by the acclaimed Peter Pran, The Sail@Marina Bay will breathe new life to Singapore's city skyline

By Sharlene Tan

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2004-03-27/H7_0327.jpg

AWARD-WINNING architect Peter Pran is taking city-living to new heights with The Sail@Marina Bay, which was officially launched yesterday.



The Norwegian-American architect is principal designer of the condominium, considered by many to be a new architectural landmark for Singapore.

About 250 units in the 70-storey tower were soft-launched late last month and nearly 175 have been sold so far.

"I'm trying to create a feeling of how it'd be like to live at the top of a sail mast, where you're suspended in space, taking in the magnificent panorama of Singapore and the sea," Mr Pran, 68, said in a recent interview with The Straits Times' Life!

The 1,111-unit condominium will be located at Marina Boulevard, near the proposed Business Financial Centre. The project is co-owned by City Developments Limited and AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp.

The 99-year leasehold project will have one- to four-bedroom units available, as well as penthouses, three of which have their own swimming pools, while the others have outdoor jacuzzis.

Shops and food outlets will take up about 3 per cent of the total gross floor area.

When completed in 2009, The Sail, standing at 245m, will be Singapore's tallest residential project and the 10th highest in the world.

Mr Pran's co-designer, Mr Timothy Johnson, said in an interview: "For me, The Sail will be the architectural identifier to Singapore."

Mr Pran's innovative designs are characterised by its energy, fluidity and complexity.

Professor John Gaunt, dean of Kansas University's school of architecture and urban design praised the architect in an interview with The Lawrence Journal-World: "He has a natural inclination to dramatic forms. He's a sculptor in architectural terms."

Fellow architect Juhani Pallasmaa wrote of Mr Pran's work in a 1998 book: "Whereas early modernist buildings aspired to a weightless horizontal flow, Peter Pran conceives curved and warped movements that fuse horizontally with vertically, and rectangularity with curved geometrics."

Mr Pran, who is design principal at New York City architecture firm NBBJ, continues his "dramatic" style with The Sail, which is inspired by the sun, wind and water.

He has created two glass-clad towers, standing at 70 and 63 storeys, that look like sails catching the wind.

More than six in every 10 of the condo units will have almost wrap-around views of the sea.

Mr Pran has won 15 architectural design competitions, including this year's American Institute of Architects Design Honor Award, and has designed buildings around the world.

His projects include the New York Police Academy, the Seoul Dome 21 and the world headquarters of Telenor in Oslo, Norway.

His influence extends past the office and into the classrooms. He is a lecturer of architecture at Kansas University and has taught at universities in Japan, Italy and Denmark for 20 years. Mr Pran received his bachelor's degree in architecture at Oslo Arkitekhogskole University and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1969.

The Sail@ Marina Bay showflats are located at 40 Collyer Quay.
Viewing hours are from 9.30am to 6pm daily.

Copyright © Singapore Press Holdings, 2004. All rights reserved.



This looks a real nice project a will earn lots of cash probably..... :)

yes, it was indeed a huge money maker for its developer :)

they soft launched the first taller tower at SGD900 per square foot, and within like a month or two, the entire tower sold out with prices creeping up to an average of about 950psf. the shorter second tower was launched at an even higher price, and the units almost completely sold out within two hours, with people paying up to 1700psf!

if i remember correctly, the breakeven price was somewehre around 700psf

so this project is on a 99 year lease?
so u can not actually own the apartment or pass it on to family after the 99 years??
that is stupid if thats what it means!
is this common in singapore?
hope not

its very, very, very, very common.

I think it's modern and nice-glassy one.

i like it, very good-looking towers

Usually that means that the developer leased the land probably from the city or someone else who owns the land. The developer does not actually own the land. Then after 99 years the land and anything on it gets turned back over to the owner. So at that time the origional owner will be the one who owns the building. Most likely would not affect the tenants of the building unless the new owner decides to knock it down or something.

actually, in the very improbable event that a building reaches the end of its lease and does not have it extended, the ownership goes back to the government. since singapore is only 40 years old, there have been no such cases. most of the time buildings are knocked down when they're about 30-40 years old though.

If singapore cancel the height-limit, in ten years we will see supertalls like china does! Greeeat! :D

http://www.marina-bay.sg/images/map/sail.jpg

how about the price for one unit???

half a million for a studio apartment, and more then 10 million I guess for the penthouse, which isn't even for sale.

In less then 99 years time, Singapore's ENTIRE skyline will be dimolished!!!:eek:

In less then 99 years time, Singapore's ENTIRE skyline will be dimolished!!!:eek:

Say whaaaat?! :runaway:

In less then 99 years time, Singapore's ENTIRE skyline will be dimolished!!!:eek:
Erm... why? Armageddon maybe?

Cos they are all leasehold 99 years from date of land purchase.:D

Imagine, the sail might get knocked down 99 years from now for redevelopment. Weird to see a skyscraper fall (because we havent really seen super modern ones get knocked down before obviously)

Sure, the lease will end, but that doesn't necessarily mean the 'scrapers will get knocked down! :D

24 March 2006

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1968/sail24032vp.jpg

Cos they are all leasehold 99 years from date of land purchase.:D


I'd like to think that by then, certain of Singapore's skyscrapers will be conserved as national monuments, just as the Empire State & Chrysler Buildings are much loved in NY.

OUB anyone???????

The sail shape is very impressive I love this building, Singapore will get one more awesome highrise soon

very nice update, thanks!

can this be the most beautiful apartment in south east asia? :cool: maybe! i lov the shape of this babe! :okay:

very great update indeed. Wow!! Finally, it's rising above ground now.

How much is the price tag for the cheapest unit of this project?

530,000 Singapore Dollars.
This project is very beautiful. The downtown will be much strengthened by it!!. Way to go.

15 April 2006

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4876/sail1504061yy.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9683/sail150406a1nt.jpg

5 cranes?

Nice, that should mean they rise nice and quickly :D

Seems to be rising!

Nice updates, Raffle.It will rise fast now.

^^

Thanks

There are quite a few cranes in there - 2 tower blocks and 1 block for carpark/recreation are all being built simultaneously :)

19 May 2006

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8711/sail19053qa.jpg

^^It is rising!

One of the best tower designs I have ever seen, amazing!

NICE SHOT!!! :eek:

Rising fast now, surely looks amazing....even now!! :D

15 April 2006

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9683/sail150406a1nt.jpg

notice the black and white stripe tower is going to be demolished soon...

Singapore is SO cool! :)

Posted by Pengui in Singapore Forum

Yes I think we can expect it to be at least externally complete in 2008 :-)
Here's an update ;-)

22nd May

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengssc/img/060522_sail02.jpg
Taken from One Marina Boulevard's lift at 6th floor.

Wow, great update! It starts to take shape now!

I can't wait till many more towers strart construction in the new downtown area.

^^

the Business & Financial Centre (Phase 1), is expected to start construction this year. It is located to the left of the Sail:

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/6224/ndt19058vf.jpg

No official rendering has been released yet, but there should be about 3 highrise towers I guess.

Also, Las Vegas Sands will be building the Integrated Resort.

OK thanks Raf.

In the plans we saw many 'eco towers' with greenery on it. I hope we will see many of that sort of skyscrapers in the final designs.

Wow!! excellent updates, Raffle, thanks. Singapore is really impressive and in my focus.

Cant wait to see the new skyline of Singapore... Pity about the heights though :(

Cant wait to see the new skyline of Singapore... Pity about the heights though :(
C'mon, 245+215 is not that bad though with height restricted island like Singapore :)

Its such an amazing tower, nice to see Norwegian architects making landmarks on the other side of the world! ;)

Its such an amazing tower, nice to see Norwegian architects making landmarks on the other side of the world! ;)
ahh!! who is the Architect? :)

ahh!! who is the Architect? :)

Peter Pran (Website (http://www.peterpran.com/)). He is working mostly in USA with his firm NBBJ, but also with the two Norwegian architect firms HUS and PKA. :)

Thank you so much, Qazag. :)

3 June 2006

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/1971/sail03067tp.jpg

It's rising....:D

its going to look asthetically pleasing. would be nice to complement it with an annual yatch race from Singapore to Hong Kong :P

amazing!

No updates :? :D

Taken by Hyacinthus from Marina Square:

28/06/06

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSCN3550.jpg

A model of The sail @marina bay by rafflescity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/modelpic.jpg

Update of the project by Cliff.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9475/sail0wb.jpg

Haha thanks Raffe. I wanted to help u poast the pic by u did it at the same min as me. LOL.

no worries JoSin

I do appreciate your help in posting the pics :D

You've been doing that in the World section, thanks :)

Oh! Gosh!! The model is so awesome and the construction site looks so well-organized and neat.

yeah its neat because it sits on reclaimed land, there's nothing around it. Totally starting off on a clean slate...

Not the newest pics , wanna share anyways. I found them at Bachy Soletanche's webside.

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail003.jpg
^^ Diaphragm wall excavation adjacent to the CST ventilation shaft

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail004.jpg
^^ Installation of reinforcement cages into the diaphragm wall

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail001.jpg
^^ Excavation of a barrette pile with ORQ in the background

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail005.jpg
^^ Barrette pile construction in full flow

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail006.jpg
^^ 24 hour working to ensure completion in accordance with the programme

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail007.jpg
^^ Excavation for the basement & foundation cap under way

http://www.bachy-soletanche.com.sg/bss-thumbs/067-TheSail/images/Sail008.jpg
^^ Excavation complete and the barrette pile cap reinforcement being laid

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/modelpic.jpg
^^ dont get me wrong, i like the Sail... but it starts getting boring, all the new buildings there are greenish.
I would like to see more colour variety.

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^^
In my view the dosage of glassy green helps counterbalance the white/grey/metallic feel that has characterized the skyline.

Green is also a pleasing colour and someone has even ventured to say is an auspicious colour as it evokes jade. But yeah for the next development which will be built to the left of the Sail, I hope for a contrast of colour.

8 July 2006

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sail0807.jpg

Whoa!!! It'a growing nicely day by day.

5 August 2006

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sail0508.jpg

:cheers: cool update

Finally its going up.

5 August 2006

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sail0508.jpg

Wow!!! It's growing impressively, thanks, Raffle. :runaway:

No problem!

8 August 2006

its forming presence can be seen in the form of giant 'tentacles' growing the skyline leftwards, (next to the recently completed Raffles Quay ----->>>>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/nitepano0808a.jpg

Wonderful Updates, I love Singapur :)

hi all, i'm new here :) am currently workin in a interior design firm

nice photos u hv there raffles......how u manage to shoot this scene??r u a pro photographer??

Cheers for the update, rising steadily now

i saw it when i stayed in Raffles The Plaza in August.

Singapore is really great, one of my favourite cities.

I wonder how they allocated such a nifty spot?

I wonder how they allocated such a nifty spot?

What do you mean by nifty?

I wonder how they allocated such a nifty spot?

they paid tons of money for it:D

Singapore has one of the most impressive skylines in the world.

1ST SEPT 2006

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1540/img6297uh5.jpg


http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7646/img6310qq5.jpg

wow it's fast! Thanks for the pics!

Managed to stand near the structure for a while at about 11 plus.....and i can feel that it's huge....:eek: Can wait for it to rise to full height....:eek::D

Looks like it has risen 3/4 floors since the last update.

yes, i looks so :)

good quality pics :okay:

Whoa!!! look at those cranes, I am sure it will rise fast.

23 September 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/sail2309.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sail2309a.jpg

Interesting

At the moment the construction reminds me of the near-twin Circle on Cavill in the Gold Coast.

Great!!! the buildings are taking shape now, really nice progrssing.

Its risen bare.

8 October 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/sail0810a.jpg

As soon as this tower is finished I'll visit Singapore. :)

when its finished it will really add to the already impressive skyline

really want to see its facade.

when its finished it will really add to the already impressive skyline

By the time its finished, 3 more towers (Marina Bay Financial Centre) next to it will have started rising. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/newdowntown0810.jpg

Here is a closer look at the SAIL:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/sail0810.jpg

Slowly but surely.... :)

nice progress, don't think it's slow.

Oct 24th:

1.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Oct%2024th/DSC_0066.jpg

2.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Oct%2024th/DSC_0063.jpg

Nice progress and looks really neat.

nice pics stan, orq ilooks really monolithic, and the curve of the sail was captured beautifully :)

These buildings are incredibly thin for how tall they will end up being. It's amazing what they can do with concrete!

The buildings turned out thinner than I expected. Lets hope the cladding's good! Surely a landmark for Singapore.

Oct 24th:

1.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Oct%2024th/DSC_0066.jpg


I like how it looks so wide and smooth from one angle, and suddenly becomes sharp and flat at the next....truly like a sculpture...the next thing is to wait for the cladding

This is rising quite quickly actually be great to see this nearing topping out.

Realised that it doesnt have a core..quite funny...where are the lifts?

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Oct%2024th/DSC_0063.jpg
^ seems like the cladding will be starting very soon. (that green rail is a hint for me)

Realised that it doesnt have a core..quite funny...where are the lifts?i spotted the same when Four Seasons was u/c in HK

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yes, the green rail is a good sign

It's rising very fast compared to One Raffles Quay, which took 1yr or so just to do the foundations.

^^

the foundations of ORQ were complicated by the fact that the MRT tunnel ran right beneath it