very interesting building

Looks very green. Why is there a strip of aluminum going up one side, is that decoration?

I should think so. The strip which you mentioned can be seen in this pic posted by babystan earlier in this thread.

http://img33.exs.cx/img33/8068/pic0130410hp.jpg

3 September 2005
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5161/rq9nr.jpg
Taken from moving car in slight drizzle.

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6630&drawingID=6844http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=26746&drawingID=30764http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5649&drawingID=5647http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3853&drawingID=30655http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5506&drawingID=5504http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6495&drawingID=7920

From the diagrams, I have a feeling that the building will look as tall as Republic from that angle.:)

Here is the map
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4519/view4kq.png

as you can see, ORQ is perfectly aligned with 6 Battery Road, taking into account perspective and viewpoint.

thus, this is how they compare in the skyline pic
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6630&drawingID=6844 http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3853&drawingID=30655

I made an accurate scaled diagram of the two
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8279/gauge7qt.png

Thus, redstone is actually correct! the tower is now 200m, while the core is 205m. AMAZING!

40m to go! Wohooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Singapore's skyline will actually look as if it has 4 - 280m towers...wierd...

why is it weird?

why is it weird?


It would look like a giant sclupture...

This is why...
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/4135/newskyline9xx.jpg

Cliff!!!!
Interesting!!! :eek:

Gosh, if you imagine the Sail@Marina Bay clustered with the "Trump World Tower", it is going to look messy!

*from this view, the Sail will be the tallest building in the skyline.

That makes OMB rather short... But, with new buildings coming up, much of ORQ will be hiddened in a few years' time. Take more pictures!

And in 2010, you will see a big hotel in front of this highway, instead of the skyline!!!!

ya... no more skyline from this angle... :(

ya... no more skyline from this angle... :(

East Coast Parkway has very dramatic, 3D skyline views. Although at some points blocked by trees. :cool:

In a few decades time, it would be a city highway, with skyscrapers on both sides.

is it? I thought the other side is the Botanic Garden (Part II)?

is it? I thought the other side is the Botanic Garden (Part II)?

Oops. Forgot Marina City Park is on part of one side of the highway.

I think Botanic Gardens would be near where Marina Padang is. ;)


I think part of ECP would be a city highway.

24 September 2005
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/4108/rq4rk.jpg
Update. Shorter tower almost same height has John Hancock Tower.

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/91/rq0xy.jpg
Meanwhile an orange thingy had popped out from the core. Anyone know what it is?

how tall is the building now?

Not sure about the height. also, an update on 24 Sep 2005.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5330/p10207072hp.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1120/p10207075xa.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5861/p10207086of.jpg

Anyone knows what is that orange "stick" on top used for?

I notice the wording on the core mould had been removed.

Looks like a green trump world tower...

It would be awesome if they where allowed to build higher in Singapore.

The 'Orange thing' is the top of the concrete pump :)

It looks like one of the two cranes is gone. Maybe the orange thingy you mentioned is a smaller crane to dismantle the bigger ones ?

The 'Orange thing' is the top of the concrete pump :)

I see. how does it work? Looks rather thin isn't it?

They should convert the whole tower into residential, the floorplates are quite small.

They should convert the whole tower into residential, the floorplates are quite small.

That's what I'm trying to say... floorplates so small. :eek:

yesterday:
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7631/dsc025401my.jpg

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2290/dsc025297oj.jpg

Posted in Sg forums:

The impact on the skyline :cool:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6500/dsc025358tr.jpg

This one fits in quite nicely, seen it in person a month n a half ago. Am sure it's taller now.

This is one significant change of Singapore skyline!!

Re-post here:
another pics more clearer on the skyline:
http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/8431/dsc025323zp.jpg

Why does Singapore government prohibit the height in central?
If the height of building was over 280m, the building will affect the Airport’s flight path? What’s the main reason I don’t know?
1 Raffles Quay (245m) is great tower, if it’s increase the height to
350m or higher, Singapore skyline should be better than now.

Unfortunately yes. :(

08 oct 2005
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1251/dsc026212gz.jpg

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/8632/dsc026375xm.jpg

http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/2195/dsc026290nm.jpg

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/205/untitledtruecolor049pi.jpg


9 October 2005

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4698/rq14ky.jpg
^View from Singapore General Hospital

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2499/rq20gj.jpg

Wow! another icon in Singapore has emerged.

18 October 2005
By Mr. ASAP:
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3527/img19288hv.jpg

22 October 2005
by RafflesCity

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/8062/rq22106au.jpg

It does looks outstanding!

The short tower is very massive!!! :eek::cool:

I think it might be time to rename the development Raffles Quay Tower or something... :yes:


So many 'Ones'.
One Marina Boulevard (NTUC Centre)
One George Street
One Raffles Quay
:lol:

this tower looks almost like 25 bank street in Canary Wharf square and very bland its height is its only good point.

Rentals for prime office space edge up

23 Oct 05

Limited supply allows new kid on the block, One Raffles Quay, to ask for as much as $7.50 psf

By Joyce Teo
Property Correspondent

LATELY, some glitzy luxury apartments have been hogging the limelight after commanding sky-high sale prices.

But records are also quietly being set in another niche of the property market: office rentals in top-end commercial space such as the soon-to-be-completed One Raffles Quay.

Because of a limited supply of new large, prime office space - a state of affairs that is expected to continue for the next few years - the new kid on the block, One Raffles Quay, is enjoying quite a bit of attention.

Asking rents there now average $6.50-$7.50 per sq ft (psf), though deals so far are believed to have been signed for less than $7 psf. The 1.3 million sq ft, two-tower project will be completed in phases in April and October next year.

Yet, already, more than 50 per cent of the floor space has been leased out, and the tenants include big names such as ABN-Amro, Deutsche Bank and UBS.

Said the general manager of Raffles Quay Asset Management, Mr David Martin: 'We've come out of a prolonged downturn. Only five years ago, rents were above $6 to $7 psf.

'We want to be heading the market, along with other major buildings,' he added.

Deals for another 20 per cent or so of the project are being negotiated, and should be finalised by the end of the year, said Mr Martin.

New buildings are typically in demand, though One Raffles Quay alone constitutes more than half of the 2.5 million sq ft or so in known new office space that is expected to come onto the market by 2008.

However, that is only about a quarter of the floor space that would typically be expected to be completed over this period, said property consultancy CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

The project is being developed by a consortium equally owned by Cheung Kong (Holdings), Hongkong Land and Keppel Land - the same team that is developing the Business and Financial Centre, which could add another 2.8 million sq ft of new space starting from 2009-2010.

Apart from limited supply, office rents are rising in line with an improving economy, growth in financial services and more hiring by the services sector, said CBRE.

Its executive director, Mr Moray Armstrong, argues that the conditions are now ripe for Singapore's office landlords to enjoy a period of impressive rental growth, though tenants have so far had a 'fair degree of success' in resisting major rental hikes.

He said the lack of price rises was a result of tenants and landlords having become conditioned by the low-rent environment over the past few years.

Average prime office rents in the third quarter stood at $4.90 psf a month, up 4.3 per cent since the second quarter.

Rents in Grade A or top grade prime office space such as Six Battery Road and Republic Plaza moved up 7 per cent to $5.25 psf in the third quarter.

The figure was $4 psf at end-2003 and $4.40 psf at the end of last year. The current level is still almost 50 per cent below 1996-1997 levels, when the market was booming, noted CBRE.

Nevertheless, these bargain basement rents will not last long as tenants - mostly financial services firms, wealth management companies, and accounting and law firms - look for bigger space in which to grow, said property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield's managing director, Mr Donald Han.

New buildings have bigger floor plates, which are attractive to large firms.

One George Street is enjoying good demand, and at 3 Church Street, which will be completed early next year, talks on a deal for a big anchor tenant, which may take up as much as 70 per cent of the space, are ongoing, consultants said.

'We might be revisiting the 2000 peaks in about a year,' Mr Han said. He noted that, in 2000, effective prime rents averaged $7 psf. Certainly, 'the office market is the star performer in 2005', he added.

Beautiful tower !

yeap...will be awesome:)

Oh!!!.It's getting high now.

whats beautiful about it?? Its a box made all the worse by the fact that the cladding looks cheap. Not at all like the renders which showed a slick looking glass tower in the vein of 7 World Trade Centre. That turned out pretty good for what it is....this sadly has not.

24 October 2005

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/3954/dsc02680edited7mf.jpg
By encon

The green cladding is looking great.

27 October 2005
By rark:
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7475/1rafflesquay27thoctober20057si.jpg

i just got back from india, and at 615 in the morning the entire cbd is dark except for ORQ

27 October 2005
By rark:
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7475/1rafflesquay27thoctober20057si.jpg
Oh! It's so tall now. :eek2:

An Amazing contruction site
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4923/construct7gc.jpg

wow the view :eek: too bad for the ppl who work at RQ the view will be blocked by The Sail

Great view!!!, I can see Indonesia from there!!! :eek:

^^ the Batam or Bintan :D

i love it!

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/051103_skyline01.jpg
Taken by Pengui a few days ago

Definately a big change since I was there. Definately a good addition, Singapore needs a few more of those to make that already stunnin skyline an even better one.

I like its glass

it's dominating the skyline now.

9 Nov 2005

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1497/dsc030026pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

wah...nice pic ah!

love the sun reflecting on its glass facade.

Understated elegance :)

Big pic be encon:
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9436/dsc03091ss7ii.jpg

wow thats a reall ynice one, not often do we get a skyline pic with oriental prominently featured

12 Nov 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/DSCN1538.jpg
By RafflesCity

20 Nov 2005
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/745/mb8jw.jpg

singaporing knows what they are doing ,,, gj

it's dominating the skyline now.

definitely

20 November 2005

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/rq2011a.jpg

http://tinypic.com/fykikh.jpg

the result isn't as elegant as in the rendering, what s shame. the facade is bland, even boring. the height is quite impressive though.

yea, quite a disappointment....

Hey RC, NTUC looks so cool, like rendering in that pic! :eek::cool:

I like it a lot, great addition to the skyline !! Looks rather unusual for Singapore skyline..:)

It had reached max height!!!!! :banana:
:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
:banana: :rock: :dj: :banana2:

The moulds are being removed from the tallest tower.

24 Nov 2005

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4866/dsc033071bk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Business Times - 06 Dec 2005

One Raffles Quay secures Ernst & Young as tenant

It will lease about 140,000 sq ft. Another new tenant Barclays will lease about 50,000 sq ft

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

ERNST & Young is understood to have accepted an offer from the consortium developing One Raffles Quay (ORQ) to lease 140,000 sq ft in the development's North Tower, sources have told BT.

ORQ has also clinched Barclays Bank as a tenant. It will lease about 50,000 sq ft, or about one and a half floors, in the development's shorter South Tower, which is expected to be ready in a few months. The North Tower is slated for completion late next year.

In addition, Deutsche Bank, which has already signed up as a tenant at ORQ for about 170,000 sq ft, is said to be in talks to take up an additional 75,000 sq ft, all in the South Tower.

BT understands that the latest signings for Barclays and Ernst & Young are at gross monthly rentals of $6 to $6.50 psf. This does not include rent-free periods and other concessions that may have been given to the tenants. When ORQ first began signing up tenants more than a year ago, the figure was $4 psf a month.

'We expect rents to move up north of $7 psf in 2006,' said Robert Garman, head of commercial property (South Asia) at Hong Kong Land, which has a one-third share in the ORQ consortium. He declined to confirm the latest tenants at the development, or the rents they'll pay, when contacted by BT. 'We expect to be 65 to 70 per cent let by the end of this year,' was about all Mr Garman would say.

ORQ's 29-storey South Tower, with about 565,000 sq ft of net lettable area, is slated for completion around Q1 next year. The 50-storey North Tower, with 770,000 sq ft net lettable area, is expected to be completed around Q3 next year.

Tenants who have signed up for the South Tower include Barclays Bank plc, ABN Amro and Deutsche. The North Tower tenants include UBS, Ernst & Young, RZB Bank of Austria, Societe Generale, hedge fund Orient Services, Capital Group unit Capital International, Jardine Lloyd Thompson and Fitness First Plus gym.

Barclays, which currently has operations at Capital Square and The Atrium@Orchard, is expected to stay put at those locations. The new space it will take up at ORQ will be for an expansion of its operations, say sources.

In contrast, Ernst & Young will be moving out of its existing premises at Ocean Building at Collyer Quay and Keppel Towers in Hoe Chiang Road when its leases expire late next year and move into ORQ's North Tower, which should be ready around the same time.

Office industry sources suggest that all the banks that have made commitments at ORQ are expected to take up more space than they had initially planned for, given that banks have been expanding their presence in Singapore. The trend is expected to continue.

'We will see more international banks increasing their footprints in Singapore next year - for both front-office and back-end infrastructure and support functions,' predicts a property consultant familiar with banks' leasing requirements.

After ORQ's completion by late next year, there will be no new major office projects in the Central Business District until the first building at the Business and Financial Centre (BFC) is ready by 2009 or 2010.

The ORQ consortium - whose members besides Hongkong Land are Keppel Land and Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings - essentially comprises the same team which is also also developing the BFC project nearby. 'We've received several enquiries with regard to the BFC project,' Mr Garman said.

Copyright © 2005 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

Facade looks ugly....

yes day time the facade looks a little boring...however i hope that night time is different ...also the sepcial sutff aobut this building is the atrium below...its a very large atrium (of course not as large as norman foster HSBC) but still a very large open space :)

Are the glass windows full panels? If so, it should look quite good at night.:)

If I'm not wrong, republic plaza has half windows, just that the glass covers everything.

once its neighbour the Sail is complete, people will be looking a lot less at this building...its just a skyline-filler I guess :)

I cant see up close, but seems like the facade is different from NTUC right?, apart from the color.

I cant see up close, but seems like the facade is different from NTUC right?, apart from the color.


Yes.... :(

NTUC's colour is darker and richer.

But all 3 towers in green glass. :(

it does look nice when the evening sun shines on them though :)

^^ so shiny :cool: when the sun shine :D

Yes.... :(

NTUC's colour is darker and richer.

But all 3 towers in green glass. :(

Make that 5:D

One Raffles Quay North
One Raffles Quay South
One Marina Boulevard
The Sail @ Marina Bay Marina Bay Tower
The Sail @ Marina Bay Central Park Tower

Great to see it topped out!

Nice to see that construction has been pretty controlled, the cladding is only a few storeys below the topping out level.

Some sexy renderings....:D

North Tower
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_northtower_lobby.jpg

South Tower
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_southtower_lobby.jpg

The plaza
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_theplaza01.jpg

Retail Link
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_retaillink01.jpg

Night view
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_nite.jpg

Lift Lobby
http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_lift_lobby_2.jpg

http://www.orq.com.sg/prototype/index_gallery.html

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek2:

Good work Stan!!!!!

Seriously they should change the name to Raffles Quay Tower or something, instead of North Tower One Raffles Quay.

^ Thanks.....do go to the website and view the virtual tour......:yes:

One Raffles Quay at night (30/12/05):

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/ylstan01/City%20landscape/DSC014111.jpg

Suddenly slowed down very drastically at the top.... :eek:

eclipsing the then tallest building in Singapore(asia insurance building, 1955)
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7602/jjsml0xx.jpg

Former giant turned dwarf. :lol:

AI is now in shadows..

eclipsing the then tallest building in Singapore(asia insurance building, 1955)
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7602/jjsml0xx.jpg


WOAH !!!!!!!!!! :eek:

so :cool:

3 Jan 2006
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6770/dscn24856rb.jpg

Taken by a China-based freelance photographer and currently working on a Singapore project.

View from 46th flr of 1 Raffles Quay!
http://stars.vip.sina.com/singapore/1.jpg
His website: http://www.999kg.com/

7 Jan 06

spot it in the skyline?

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7330/dsc98508xx.jpg

pic by hyacinthus

It fits stunningly perfect in Singapore skyline, handsome! :okay:

Singapore's skyline is really growing huge!

The design is not superp, but it will fit in well. Can't wait till the area around the bay is filled with skyscrapers. :)

Any updates?? vAlmost a month gone...

sleek tower

The cladding of this tower is horrible imo!
Not the colour, but the appearance...
It looks like a 70's building

Yes it does have a bit of 70s touch, I agree.

7 Jan 06

spot it in the skyline?

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7330/dsc98508xx.jpg

pic by hyacinthus
Oh! MY gosh!!!. Singapore is really beautiful and much developed. :runaway:

Pictures taken on 4 Feb 06.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/img_0048.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/img_0067.jpg

It is simply so beautiful when viewed in the evening, with the sun shining on it and seeing the whole mass of shiny green rising up into the sky...

when travelling on ecp, orq and omb look like they're part of the same project

It is simply so beautiful when viewed in the evening, with the sun shining on it and seeing the whole mass of shiny green rising up into the sky...

I wish I could agree with you RafflesCity =(

I find the tower to be extremely bland. The green glass doesn't help it in the slightest. I think that the building would have looked better with blue/transparent glass. Such a shame, could have been a great building, especially with that location.

Oh well, at least it adds some bulk to Singapore's skyline.

That poor green glass has gotten flack ever since it started to appear. I think it looks mighty fine...

...and 245m is nothing to sneeze at. Take away the 3 height limit scrapers (eek, heaven forbid) and the North Tower would be dominating the skyline along with Capital Tower.

I think it looks pretty good for the modern slab. Thanks for the pics guys. :)

Original renderings was in blue. :cry:

oh really??

but I like green :D

when is it suppose to be completed?

this year but not so sure about the month/date :dunno:

Singapore is really impressive and prosperous.

Posted by RafflesCity, old update:

28 January 2006

the fin of the shorter tower being cladded up

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2994/rq28015xu.jpg

Posted by Hyancinthus:

8 Feb 2006

Last few pieces to deliver?
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6508/dscn27659qb.jpg

How much longer to go?
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1908/dscn27688rt.jpg

The tenants have started advertising on the hoardings...
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7315/dscn27717sh.jpg

Pics by hyancinthus:

8 Feb 2006

More pictures...
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5108/dscn27732na.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2324/dscn27872ay.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/844/dscn27767ib.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1664/dscn27757tn.jpg

Ellegant tower :okay:

ORQ (12/2/06)

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1860/dsc0175917pj.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2421/dsc0176012iy.jpg

Woah Stan... :eek:

1 Raffles Quay
Saturday, 25 February 2006
© ignoramus
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/2050/dsc001134cl.jpg


1 Raffles Quay & The Skyline
Saturday, 25 February 2006
© ignoramus
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4012/dsc001146ir.jpg

A little bit simple, but I prefer classic designs than futuristic ones :happy:

does anyone think the quite beautiful black central podium doesnt match the rest of the development?

It's a nice design, nothing special, but not hard on the eyes either.

Feb 27, 2006
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Genuine007/Others/060227307.jpg

mmm, i dislike, very blocky

The Big Three of Singapore are far superior in design. I never liked this new addition.

awesome towers, of course.

I like too much glass colour

I wish we could get something like this actually anywhere in FL!!

11/03/06:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/ylstan01/City%20landscape/DSC021471.jpg

Looks bluish at night
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/ylstan01/City%20landscape/DSC021931.jpg

LATEST
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6212/orq9xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

it looks gorgeous at night!!!

CBRE sees rising rents in prime areas

7 Apr 06

By KALPANA RASHIWALA


CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has painted a picture of tightening prime office space and rental escalation here.

The firm, in a report released yesterday, says that the monthly average Grade A rent in the Raffles Place and Marina Centre locations rose 5.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year to hit $6 psf.

The firm is predicting that the figure will continue rising to $7.20 psf by end-2006, reflecting a 26.3 per cent increase for the whole of this year, after last year's 23.4 per cent gain. The figure is now almost 32 per cent higher than the early-2004 trough of $4.55 psf.

The vacancy rate of Grade A office space in the Core CBD area - comprising the Raffles Place, Shenton Way and Marina Centre locations - continued to dip to 4.9 per cent as of end-March, from 7.5 per cent three months earlier.

Net new office demand is expected to remain firm at around two million sq ft. This year's new supply is expected to be about 1.54 million sq ft, with the bulk of it coming from One Raffles Quay (ORQ).

The 1.33 million sq ft project is approaching 90 per cent commitment rate. Rents at ORQ have doubled since leasing began in late 2004, with rents now being set above $8 psf, says CBRE executive director Moray Armstrong, whose firm is marketing ORQ.

Despite this steep rental rise, he is not fearful that the Singapore office market is in danger of being overpriced in the race to attract big office tenants to the island.

Mr Armstrong said: 'Current Grade A office rentals in Singapore still represent a significant discount to comparable buildings in the region, most notably in Hong Kong where MNCs will pay about three times the rent they have to pay in Singapore.'

New tenants at ORQ include Barclays Capital, Norton Rose, Reuters and Rothschild. BT understands that Deutsche Bank will be doubling its take-up in the development to 290,000 sq ft. Mr Armstrong would not be drawn into confirming that Deutsche Bank is doubling its space in the project.

The project's 29-storey South Tower, where Deutsche Bank will be housed, is expected to receive Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) in a few weeks. The 50-storey North Tower is slated for TOP in October. Office space on the island is expected to remain tight over the next few years until the first phase of the Business & Financial Centre is ready around late 2009 or early 2010.

CBRE predicts that over the next three years, large occupiers in the Central Business District may be forced to split operations as they run out of space for 'client-facing' front-office departments.

Office rental price is quite expensive compares to BKK's.

Today, looks like they are wrapping up the 2nd last floor
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/971/orq3pr.jpg

How it fares against the rest....:D

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/City%20Landscape/DSC_0012.jpg

bit boxy.. and i dislike the colour..

but overall look not too bad though.

Singapore has a winner on it's hands. I love the colour, in one pic it looks green in another blue and the facade, a very well done tall box.

wow, looks really nice in the slyline at night. It has a considerable height !

Not bad. Reminds me of 7WTC in NY.

A closer look
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/City%20Landscape/DSC_0011.jpg

Its nice :)

Anyway this building will probably play 2nd fiddle to the SAIL, which is now starting to rise next to it...so enjoy it, or hate it if you can :D

9 April 2006

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5231/rq09049kg.jpg

the disign is to simple and it's not very special

It looks great at night but daytime.

15 April 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/rq1504.jpg

It's almost finished. Look very great at night.

Interesting design, simple and very futuristic! But feels a little out of place as NTUC building next to it is also green while the rest of the skyline looks very colourful! But i like it! :)

so plain at day but very brilliant at night! it makes the night in Singapore more colorful!

Lights off on Sat night (22/4/06):

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/70-300mm/DSC_0083.jpg

Hmm... it seems stagnant, maybe its gonna be "never completed" haha:D

Very outstanding and massive tower. It's almost completed now.

Business Times - 28 Apr 2006

New Reuters office at One Raffles Quay

Move will free up room for new staff to join them

By CONRAD TAN

REUTERS, the London-based news and financial information provider, is setting up a new office at One Raffles Quay as it continues to expand its Singapore operations.

The office, spanning some 18,000 sq ft on the 28th floor of the One Raffles Quay building's north tower, will house client training and demonstration facilities, as well as disaster recovery and editorial functions.

Reuters managing director for Asean, Edward Haddad, told BT that around 100 staff will move into the premises when it opens sometime early next year.

The staff will come from Reuters' existing facility at the Singapore Science Park, which will remain in operation. But Reuters' downtown sales office and training facility in the OUB building at Raffles Place will close when the new office opens.

The company, well known for its financial data computer applications as well as news services, has been busy developing new, 'thin-client' applications that can be delivered over an Internet browser.

Such applications would substantially increase the potential client base for the company's products and services, particularly in Asia, said Mr Haddad.

He said the expansion in office space was necessary to accommodate the growth.

The move will also free up room for new staff to join Reuters, he said.

Its staff strength in Singapore has grown from 539 in 2004 to 618 last year, and is expected to reach 767 by the end of the year.

Singapore is one of three global data warehouses for Reuters which delivers high-speed financial data and news to its clients around the world for trading, portfolio management, risk management and other purposes.

Last year, the company set up its global pictures editing desk and global sports desk at its Science Park office.

The desks provide 24-hour support for its team of photographers, editorial staff and clients around the world.

Copyright © 2005 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. All rights reserved.

Some updates on 29/4/06:
(Taken at different time, hence slightly different colour)
1.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Sigma/DSC_0208.jpg
2.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Sigma/DSC_0063.jpg

Wooow! Nice photos! :)

Wooow! Nice photos! :)

Thanks.....:D

Here's one more....:D
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Sigma/DSC_0060.jpg

Wow!!!!!!!! great and impressive pic indeed. This tower really dominates Singapore's skyline.

Thanks....:D

Here's another one....:D
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Sigma/DSC_0062.jpg

Oh! many thanks, Babystan03. I've never bored of looking at this tower. :rock:

Green glass CAN be stunning!

Simple and classy :happy:

WOW!!!! Stunning pics, babystan!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, just another update
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5741/orq9fj.jpg

great pictures! its almost finished.

How it looks at night......:yes:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/BSB/DSC_0019.jpg

How it contributes to the skyline
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/BSB/DSC_0007.jpg

^ That's a great picture! It makes a really positive impact on the skyline, but I think the Sail will have a bigger impact, especially from that angle.

the building does a great job anchoring the area of the downtown skyline bordering the new Marina Bay development and serves as a good lead to the 280m triplets. too bad all that separates it from the Sail is a road. would've been better if they're a block apart so each can stand out better in their own ways.

any new update fotos? saw that curtain walling for the foyer / lobby area is being installed now...

19 May 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/rq1905.jpg

the building does a great job anchoring the area of the downtown skyline bordering the new Marina Bay development and serves as a good lead to the 280m triplets. too bad all that separates it from the Sail is a road. would've been better if they're a block apart so each can stand out better in their own ways.

This building (and the shorter green one in front of it) marks the thrust outwards for the skyline's expansion into Marina Bay.

I dont think the Sail will be compromised, as the curvy part of the Sail faces away from this one.

19 May 2006
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/wpp2.jpg

Although it's a box, but sure its a great seductive-looking one :okay:

BTW Whats that U/C green scarfoldings near the OUB?

Almost done. Wonder how is the view from Sentosa?

BTW Whats that U/C green scarfoldings near the OUB?

Oh dear...I really dont know! Its been there for so long but I couldnt be bothered hehe....someone said its an old building being demolished. There are many such older blocks inside the CBD :D

Almost done. Wonder how is the view from Sentosa?

This was taken from Sentosa Sky Tower, 13th February, by baqthier.

You gotta scroll as its kinda long :-)

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8243/sgpanosentosa15vp.jpg

^^ Thanks..

Looks like 1RQ is not very visible from Sentosa. Almost hidden behind that evil cluster :D

heheh...its more visible from Mount Faber and most other parts of the city though

LOL...evil? yeah they look like theyre conniving to block your view of it! :lol:

How it looked from a distance....:yes:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Tanjong%20Pagar/DSC_0005.jpg

and this is the shorter tower being lit up at night

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4868/orq32ah.jpg

^^ wow great shots

26 May 2006

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8720/rq26052zc.jpg

Simply glassy and modern and Singapore's skyline is very massive and wonderful.

havent seen orq in this light before.. quite nice :)

It looks wonderful.. but doesnt seem as tall as 245m from this angle :)

3 June 2006

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/75/rq03065bs.jpg

3 June 2006

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2135/p10503682rx.jpg

Has it been opened yet or is it still being furbished or something?

The shorter block should be opening for tenants this month, but the taller block is still nearing completion. You can see that its base still has to be completely cladded in the pic above.

Also opening will be a pedestrian underpass that connects it to the MRT station.

wow nice photos rafflescity! seems like your vantage point is quite interesting! do you happen to have daytime shots of 3 church st's crown ? i would like to see how they did the crown...:)

http://i6.tinypic.com/11lt0zl.jpg

some pic i like to share.. taken a few weeks back of the main tower's cladding

Wow! the base looks so cool with that fold on the glass, don't know why, I keep thinking New York when I see this building. Then again, it is by KPF.:)

The base looks really cool with its angled-out shape!

I dunno..I dont think New York...every day when I pass by, I see OUB reflected in it...its a magical sensation to see OUB in it...its like this new kid is paying respect to an old classic :cool:

wow nice photos rafflescity! seems like your vantage point is quite interesting! do you happen to have daytime shots of 3 church st's crown ? i would like to see how they did the crown...:)

Thanks! :)

Here is the construction thread for 3 Church Street:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=125889

I see OUB reflected in it...its a magical sensation to see OUB in it...its like this new kid is paying respect to an old classic :cool:

:happy:

HOT DAMN!! The Podium Looks rocks!!!

the birth of a skyscraper.:D

7 August 2005
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9177/orq78056ou.jpg
7 May 2006
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4932/orq75069ne.jpg

taken a few days back...

http://i5.tinypic.com/154aclf.jpg

very nice podium, very glassy and modern.

the birth of a skyscraper.:D

7 August 2005
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9177/orq78056ou.jpg
7 May 2006
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4932/orq75069ne.jpg

From nothing to something.....:cool:

More to come....:D

1 July 2006

It is fully cladded now, should be opening in a few months time. The shorter block has already opened. An underground link to the MRT system is also opening soon.

http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/rq0107.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/rq0107b.jpg

Amazing

Very neat and glassy..

Night lighting scheme being tested:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/rqnite1.jpg

^^^It looks cool!!

I can't wait for it to open!

brilliant as expected