The Concourse
Singapore, Singapore

HEIGHT: 175m/573 feet
FLOORS: 43 floors
COMPLETION: 1995
ARCHITECT: Paul Rudolph / Architects 61

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Seen in its context
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Very unique, but too ugly. 5.5

I remember being very impressed by this building the last time I was in Singapore, on the way in to the city, but other than it's unique design, it doesn't have much, so it gets a 6 from me.

weird one. I like it. 8.5/10

6.5 the design is weird all right but the color of the building is what bother's me the most. white seems a bit cheap

7.5/10

Looks garish and certainly screams for attention in Singapore..which is probably why it stands alone.
It is lighted up at night and the shadows cast a garish effect on it, making it look like a shard of tall rock.

Impressive if you are taking the highway from the airport into the CBD though;)

8.5/10 just for originality. :cool:

interesting. but...
7/10

5.5/10

The building's shape got a very attractive identity that gives a very-metropolis looking impressions...7.5/10

What the..
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Looks weird.And intresting too.But i like it!
7.0/10

Interesting design!
8/10.

bue nice afterall:dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

i like the facade, but not the shape

apart oft the structure a very boring building...and it's ugly
4.0/10
Kai

A very daring design, perhaps too daring... Its got a good design but the facade is simply terrible. WOuld have been much better with blue glass all over

7/10

Looks strange, but when it's all lighted up it's a totaly diferent story. At night the concourse is AMAZING!(well, at least to me)
http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/im/df/119700/
The real lighting, is much better.

I like it, 9/10

8.5/10



weird, but I really like it

Originally posted by Cliff

Looks strange, but when it's all lighted up it's a totaly diferent story. At night the concourse is AMAZING!


I agree, and I just added a night pic.:cool:

9
i like it, lit or not. stand below the building under those columns and one feels in such awe. a bit like a rocket taking off and its gonna shit smoke on you

8/10 weird but original

7/10
very special design. like it better at night

Excellent photo by Cliff!!

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The Concourse rises 147.4m ,43 floors above Beach Road.It was built in 1995 ,and comprises of an office tower ,a shopping mall and a 87-unit luxurious serviced apartments.
Consisting of a total site area of 20,905 sqm and a gross floor area of 105,754 sqm
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Office Tower:
The office tower of The Concourse is no ordinary building. It offers you a total business environment and features to satisfy the requirements of the corporate office. Upon entering The Concourse office tower, you will notice a spectacular 5-storey atrium lobby, one of the grandest in Singapore. With no retail premises or banking halls, the lobby gives your corporation the dignified setting it deserves.

With his unique approach to the use of glass and angles at The Concourse, Mr Paul Rudolph has created a building literally caressed by light. Visually, its most remarkable aspect will be the windows, sloping outward to maximise the use of light, allowing you to enjoy Singapore's spectacular horizon from any vantage point. In addition, fourteen 3-storey high sky atriums in the office tower create elegant reception areas for large multi-national tenants.

The Concoures Executive Suites:
http://www.concourse.com.sg/images/services1.jpg
http://www.concourse.com.sg/images/suite_main.jpg
Living in The Concourse Executive Suites opens up a whole new lifestyle. Its comfortable proximity to our very own shopping mall means easy access to varied yet practical amenities - restaurants, retail outlets, clinics, air-conditioned food court and entertainment centre etc … virtually everything you need is just a mere escalator-ride away.

The Concourse Shopping Mall:
http://www.concourse.com.sg/images/malld.jpg

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Very strange design and yet you can't keep yourself from looking at it. Reminds me of those stackable Tupperware food storage containers. :lol:

pic by huaiwei

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7/10

Interesting design - looks like a stack of dishes or something. I didn't get the opportunity to see it up close, but I did spot it while on the roof of one of the Suntec City Towers. 7.5/10

weird !! 5/10

weird !! 5/10
Haha..maybe this inspired Taipei101? :D

Haha..maybe this inspired Taipei101? :D


Ahhhhahahha i remember someone on this forum sayin taipei 101 looks like chinese takeaway boxes stacked up together.
I actually like the desin of this building, and that pic of the pool and that part of the building looks relaly nice..
Take a look at Lippo Center in Central district Hong Kong, it's a glazed curtain wall version of this buidling.

Ahhhhahahha i remember someone on this forum sayin taipei 101 looks like chinese takeaway boxes stacked up together.
I actually like the desin of this building, and that pic of the pool and that part of the building looks relaly nice..
Take a look at Lippo Center in Central district Hong Kong, it's a glazed curtain wall version of this buidling.
Yeah lah...everybody keeps saying T101 look like takeaway boxes, but its such a Westernised view. Coz over in China, since when do we use takeaway boxes with that kind of shape! :D

As for Lippo Centre, I dont think they look similar leh? Lippo centre has lovely glass over what looks like modular blocks attached vertically to a pole...not quite the same as T101 or the Concourse with repeated patterns of facade becoming narrower downwards instead of upwards! ;)

Highly original. I really like it - especially the base.

8.5

A very unique shape but looks quite cheap. 7.5/10

ewh. overly designed. i like the night pic.

3/10

8/10

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very original I love it 9/10

Concourse has an interesting shape.

8.5/10.

5.0/10
very original but looks ugly!

I like the design, looks like pancake on top of another. 7.5/10

8/10

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Looks heaps better in real life... that building definitely caught my eye when i was last in Singapore. Looks quite cool at night too 8/10

interesting design..but something is missin' 7/10

7.5/10

7.5/10

the more I see it, the more i like:D

Looks real good at night 7/10 not so pretty during the day tho

7/10

quite okay, unique but i don't like its color. 6/10

5/10

8/10

i love this design 8.5/10

Weird but nice!! 9/10

9/10 weird and nice

7/10

7.

8/10

8/10

4.5/10

8/10

7,5/10

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8/10

It looks pretty nice, it's just that the pillars are very unique. 6/10

7/10

7.5/10

10/10
amazing design...

nice and look difference from other buildings. 8/10

9/10 nice :)

7/10

5//10

a 9! nice use of angles here.

9/10:)

8,5/10

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8.5/10 - I like the 1st few floors a lot :yes:

3/10

7.5/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

8/10

9/10 It´s amazing

7/10 it's unique..

8 for most of it - I like it
6 for the lower part - don't like it
7 for the total building

7/10

9.5/10

6.5/10

It looks so weird and with the new condo extension it will look even worse. 3/10

unique.
8/10

8/10

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7/10

7/10

7/10

weird shape

5/10