I made a trip up there, and like with the UOB Plaza, I took pics of the exterior, interior and view out. Enjoy!:cool:

254m/ 833ft
52 floors
completed in 2000
designed by RSP Architects
Gross Floor Area - 95,556 m²/ 1,028,565 ft²

Located in the city-state’s financial district, Capital Tower is "home" to anchor tenants Government Investment Corporation (GIC) and JP Morgan Chase, as well as new economy titan Cisco Systems.

Capital Tower is the first of a new generation of wireless intelligent buildings and the first office building in Singapore outfitted to provide wireless local area network (LAN). Other intelligent features include screens in high-speed lifts providing live news and stock market updates, state-of-the-art carpark guidance system and a fully-integrated intelligent building management system.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0129.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0127.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0140.jpg

Landscaping and water fountain at the base
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0142.jpg

Lift bank
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0139.jpg

Art decorates the wall
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0132.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0134.jpg

A seating area is provided
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0133.jpg

Those small red shophouses are part of the Chinatown
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0137.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0130.jpg

The SGX Centre
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0135.jpg

Up close with the SIA building!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0131.jpg

My apologies for the quality of some pics
:cheers:

Capital Tower looks great and it looks more like something from Shanghai! I also like the SGX centre. :angel1:

I like Capital tower a lot! But I've always wondered what is at its strange crown. :? An observation deck?

Anyway how did you get into the building.....and take picture inside as well??? ;)

And I am surprised that the whole building is wired for WiFi / WLAN access. The only other building I know of is Menara Maxis (where I work) and there are bound to have pockets of very weak signals (like my desk :( ). Even the Petronas Towers aren't wired entirely (only portions and certain floors).

You must bring me there when I come to Singapore! :D

Yes! I love this building although I have no official business there.

I just strolled in during office hours. Best time is lunch time when there is more in and out traffic;)

There is no obs deck up there..just a posh and private club called China Club..although I did get a view out of there once by pleading with the receptionist for 'just a few min..I want to look out of the window only'

At night the top keeps changing colour..so it more like a HK kinda effect.;)

love those pics!! great job RafflesCity!!

i thought it was the 4th tallest?:? anyways those are nice pics, and the Singapore buildings sure are quite loose.. we can't even take pics from the outside of MM buildings without security guards chasing us..

we can't even take pics from the outside of MM buildings without security guards chasing us

really true. and this is really :rant: so ur one lucky guy. nice trips btw. and like uob, this building is cool.

Nice Pics Raffles City!..Been iin Singapore for 3 years but never got the chance to go inside Capital Tower, though I always see it well lighted at night (with all those neon-colored signs)...Will try to visit this building one of these days...at least before I leave Singapore...hehhe

i've been in the china club once too :D my mother's friend invited us for lunch--- gawd it was gorgeous if i ever get in there again i'll make sure i've got a camera. but the food was so-so. :/

Capital Tower is nice!!

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yeah, i agree!! looks "China-ish"

the interior is cool too!

OH wow nice buildings. Singapore is my favorite skyscrapers city for sure~!! I like the way they organized the city and keep it neat. No offense but not like HK where they just build buildings just for the hack of it.

Glad that you guys enjoyed the pics. Here are the night shots

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0157.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0160.jpg http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0159.jpg http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0158.jpg

@raff: great pics of those morphing lights raff! :D ;)

Originally posted by TropicalSQ744

@raff: great pics of those morphing lights raff! :D ;) Hey I tot one of you did an animated effect from those lights? Why not post it? ;)

Awsome photos of an awsome building! Those rock! Thanks! :D

Oh btw, this tower happens to be the most photographed building in s.com. Goes to show how controversial it is! :D

Originally posted by huaiwei

Oh btw, this tower happens to be the most photographed building in s.com. Goes to show how controversial it is! :D

wahaha..was it you or the s.com editor that took the pics? There must be something religious about it that draws people...

Originally posted by RafflesCity

wahaha..was it you or the s.com editor that took the pics? There must be something religious about it that draws people... Ops...I realised I made a typo...it is the most photographed in singapore. :D Still, it did make it into the top 50 photographed in the world. ;)

Well, one of the main founders of the site happened to have a huge love for the building. He came down to meet me, and he took tonnes of photos there! :)

Originally posted by huaiwei

Ops...I realised I made a typo...it is the most photographed in singapore. :D Still, it did make it into the top 50 photographed in the world. ;)


Wouldnt that be the OUB? Its been around much longer.

Heres a street level shot of Capital Tower.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103captower.jpg

I think he means only in emporis.com:)

Originally posted by RafflesCity

Wouldnt that be the OUB? Its been around much longer.

Strangely, we cant seem to find much photos of the building online?

Originally posted by huaiwei

Strangely, we cant seem to find much photos of the building online?

Strange. But when you open an architecture/skyscraper book, they usually have OUB as an entry. I guess there is a difference in how the critics and the skyscraper fans see things:cheers:

Originally posted by RafflesCity

Strange. But when you open an architecture/skyscraper book, they usually have OUB as an entry. I guess there is a difference in how the critics and the skyscraper fans see things:cheers: I suppose what we can do is to scan those images in? ;)

Some recent views from the skylobby

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/caplobby.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/caplobby2.jpg

Looks like they need a window cleaning season! :D

err yeah..the next time we'll see if they did it..thank goodness it aint birdshit! -_-

Haha! Nonetheless, Chinatown looks so cute from there. :D

what floor is that arh?

Should be the 36th or 37th floor.

@huaiwei, Chinatown indeed is a very exciting and colourful place by street level!

Nice photos of capital land tower. :carrot:

Another shot of the cozy skylobby.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/lobbycap.jpg

Notice it is almost forever empty thou? Wonders why.....

LOL the office workers probably just want to get home as fast as they can :lol:

LOL the office workers probably just want to get home as fast as they can :lol:
Of if they want to eat snake, they wont be dumb enough to do it right there in full view of everyone? :D

eaet snake??

eaet snake??
aka jiak jua. You dunno what that means?

uh.. dunno... dunno jiak jua either..

uh.. dunno... dunno jiak jua either..
thats wierd....you seem to jiak jia quite often leh......:D

Can someone else explain this to him?

Hmmm.....this is yet another good place for photography..........:yes:

Nice fountain!

Another view from the skylobby

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

That pic faintly resembles Chicago from the Sears Tower.

yup, the skyline looks dense from that angle

looking out to Chinatown the highrises suddenly drop away
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/capview.jpg

:eek:
What floor?

37th floor skylobby :cool:

So short? :eek:
Now imagine the views from the glass crown! :cool:
Wished we could go up there!

Its a private club, the China Club..I think it has a restaurant there

Its a private club, the China Club..I think it has a restaurant there

Well, it's for the members only...

Hold your wedding/private function there? ;)

http://www.chinaclub.com.sg/wedding/index.htm

Between 800 and 1000 per 10 persons... Not SO expensive, I thought, before I realize you have to book at least 5 tables ^^

Between 800 and 1000 per 10 persons... Not SO expensive, I thought, before I realize you have to book at least 5 tables ^^

Of course... It's wedding dinner... in fact some hotels require much more tables than 5 for minimum :)

so i guess ordinary members of the public cant make bookings? :P

so i guess ordinary members of the public cant make bookings? :P

You CAN if you have an EVENT or WEDDING DINNER hosted... meaning many tables :yes: This applies to Tower Club too on the 62nd floor.

Who was it who took a pano that shows China Square in it? :?

It'll be really exciting if we can take picture from here......:yes:

http://img89.echo.cx/img89/2493/pic0184514bq.jpg

^ indeed..looks like some exclusive bar :cool:

the view from there was indeed superb :)

Very nice.

Singapore's buildings look very asian, fair skin and dark windows.:D

look at the sexy lanterns inside :)

Very nice.

Singapore's buildings look very asian, fair skin and dark windows.:D

LOL

according to Pengui's taste, Capital Tower is the most Singaporean skyscraper to him, I kind of agree :yes:

nothing better to do... so heres a pic...



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/CapitalTower.jpg

So small... :(

But, it's still a nice picture.

futuristic-ish

A new pic ;-)
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/051102_capital_tower01.jpg

How about merging this thread and encon's ?

^^ good pics and idea :D

lovely pic there, Pengui! :)

Thanks :-)