raffie this will be awesome:):cool:


i wonder if the construction workers do notice when you guys go around taking pictures of the U/C-work :)

sometimes they do..but most of the time no..cos theyre so busy :D

Wow! The new renderings are just perfect! So nice!! ORQ will be another landmark tower once its completed.
Sigh, why does Singapore buildings face so many mishaps...

Btw, I didn't know that the floors of office buildings were so thick!

Taken by Cliff (27/12/04)

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/4664/orq1vf.jpg

Woah, this last pic is great ^^

Taken today:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/050111_orq01.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/050111_orq02.jpg

I'm a bit confused... The base of the westernmost tower is much wider (the core looks also wider). Would this one be the tallest one ? Till now my understanding was that the eastern one (now tallest) would be the 245m one, am I wrong ?

It's quite interesting that the designs for the two towers are different: one is with metallic structure (east), the other one is concrete (west).

the western one is the shorter building (the South Tower)- it is fatter though (larger floorplates)

but the back looks extra big, I think thats becos it will be the carpark ^^

http://www.orq.com.sg/media/popup_plaza_floorplan.jpg

I am looking forward to seeing the part between the 2 towers being built :cool:

Ah, that was my guess for the car park :-) The shape of the north tower looks interesting on this diagram.

Promising progress! :okay:

Taken by Cliff (27/12/04)

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/4664/orq1vf.jpg
Absolutely beautiful. Its possible to take such a shot from OMB?

I was not allowed when I tried ^^
Lucky you :-p

Sigh....I almost got screwed when I tried too. Seriously wonder how it was done!

Absolutely beautiful. Its possible to take such a shot from OMB?

yes, at 30th storey sky garden. But, you have to stand near the glass and bend over to take a shot like that...

Can you access this place freely ? It's rather surprising ^^

Can you access this place freely ? It's rather surprising ^^

On official business. ;)

Oh, this explains that ^^

but you can always ask or write to the management, if you're lucky, you may be allowed to get up there to take a shot :)

Since when is cliff on "official business" in the OMB? His the son of the NTUC chief? :D

Since when is cliff on "official business" in the OMB? His the son of the NTUC chief? :D

he "sneaked" in... :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/orqshort.jpg

Wah....that road isnt going to see much sunlight soon. :D

at least Singapore CBD is getting thicker..like Manhattan :lol:

21 Jan 2005
Much taller now... :) Can't see if The Sail@Marina construction has started?

http://img106.exs.cx/img106/4884/orq3es.jpg

this thing is rising fast imo! good to see the progress! :)

AI's gonna be in its shadow soon...
It used to tower above all others 50 years ago... Now others tower over it...

but it might reflect AI beautifully in its facade, as well as Raffles Place! :cool:

27th January 2005

http://img180.exs.cx/img180/104/rq27018nq.jpg

Woah ! Is it me or construction pace has suddenly peaked up ?

I'm not sure, but seeing it from the 'skyline' angle it does look bigger :D

I think it is at least 20 floors now

i think the acceleration we are seeing now is becoz the due date is approching...really fast...aniticipation soaring like the building itself!!!

i think the acceleration we are seeing now is becoz the due date is approching...really fast...aniticipation soaring like the building itself!!!

yes...on top of that, this project was delayed..originally was meant to be completed this year!

27th January 2005

http://img180.exs.cx/img180/104/rq27018nq.jpg

hmmm... where were you exactly when u took this pic? :)

hmmm... where were you exactly when u took this pic? :)

standing on reclaimed land for the future NEW downtown :D

standing on reclaimed land for the future NEW downtown :D

oic... so I am expecting some pictures there? :)

i tink now tht the rental market for prime offices are picking up, there will be a lot of pressure from the big bosses to finish up this project and get some dough rolling in to offset those interest

WOW, really rising VERY FAST!!! :eek::runaway:

During the worksite collapse incident, it was shorter than AI...
Now AI, the giant-turned-dwarf is in it's shadow...

4th of February

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050204_orq01.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050204_orq02.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050204_orq03.jpg

Seen from Cecil Street, peeking through the other scrapers:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050204_orq04.jpg

the floor-to-floor height is so high! :eek:

I like to see how it is starting to appear in various nook and crannies :cool:

Yeah, at 245 meters and 51 stories, the floor height must be more than 4.5m.
Btw, I counted at least 13 floor plates and 20 storeys for the core.

13 Feb 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/rafquay.jpg

^
The picture a bit dark siah......:?

Its gonna be monstrous when completed!

imagine...3 blocks of all-glassy buildings when completed....will really kill the concerety-looking effect along Shenton Way

It's really shooting up now.. :eek:
Hope Sail would be as fast...

Imagine the shadow...kaoz!

How come we dont have such a major shadow effect with the other major scrapers?

It's gonna cast a huge shadow on AI and John Hancock...

Just for the sake of showing the big lights... ^^

14th February
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050214_orq01.jpg

when completed, the shorter of the 2 blocks will be around the same height as Hong Leong Building! :eek:

The taller one is almost as tall as NTUC now... :eek:

19 Feb 2005
http://img86.exs.cx/img86/74/orq1902057ka.jpg

Is it just me, or did it kinda slow down?

I think its just you, cos it looks massive!

24th February

The shorter tower is now rising out of the podium carpark
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050224_orq01.jpg

I wonder what those white nets are?

Facade supports?

looks like decorative elements?

19 Feb 2005
http://img86.exs.cx/img86/74/orq1902057ka.jpg

Is it just me, or did it kinda slow down?

Looks so...overbearing.

Now when you stand at Finlayson Green you will be surrounded by a circle of skyscrapers..makes a strong impact ^^

The small patch of land is now a huge hole... :(

Hope they turn it into a plaza or something...

26/2/05:

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/7136/pic0004214ws.jpg

5th March 2005

http://img123.exs.cx/img123/5250/rq05031wy.jpg

Wah, taller than John Hancock! :eek:

In the world forum thread somebody said it is now 26 floors

Wah, taller than John Hancock! :eek:

How tall is John Hancock again? I'm lazy to check.. ;)

I dunno! :D

5th March 2005

http://img123.exs.cx/img123/5250/rq05031wy.jpg

Nice pic!

Yeap that is a sweet photo! 50% more to go!

AI blocked after 50 long years....

Its about time....

Haha..... :lol:
BOC isn't blocked on it's south side for over 50 years now..... :lol:

After its completed the view there will comprise of three huge glass/semi-glass boxes.

After its completed the view there will comprise of three huge glass/semi-glass boxes.

a total of 4 actually...

try to imagine it from this perspective

7th March 2005

http://img55.exs.cx/img55/2137/rq07035cu.jpg

WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek2:
Where did you stand????!!!!!

^

taken from Capital Tower skylobby :cool:

Hm....will the SGX be blocked as predicted by ahlipp?

^

remember this? :D

I think it will be blocked in this angle.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3130/2829copy_of_2006.jpg

Ah! I am saving that photo to my pc now! :D

It was actually on one of the first few pages of this thread :yes:

Whoops...haha....now very hard to find things liao lah. :D

a total of 4 actually...

try to imagine it from this perspective

7th March 2005

http://img55.exs.cx/img55/2137/rq07035cu.jpg

er.. I don't count OMB as a box actually.

BREAKING NEWS !

Cladding is going UP on tallest tower ! It looks surprisingly green...
But this may be due to some lights conditions, I had a very brief view and no camera ;-)

:eek2:

they ARE FAST

well they should make up for lost time..

BREAKING NEWS !

Cladding is going UP on tallest tower ! It looks surprisingly green...
But this may be due to some lights conditions, I had a very brief view and no camera ;-)

Yes I've seen it from the ECP and it's green.......:yes:

They have a rather huge cladding already from the expressway......but if you look from NTUC the cladding is relatively few.....:no:

http://img214.exs.cx/img214/9310/pic0137911gf.jpg
Taken on 16/3/05

hmm..it looks rather greenish

I thought they were just testing a portion of the facade...

16 March 2005

http://img37.exs.cx/img37/2203/rq16037vn.jpg

seen from Raffles Place

http://img205.exs.cx/img205/8425/rq1603b2wd.jpg

Looks like NTUC.....

Taken from Marina South (17/03/05):

http://img211.exs.cx/img211/5468/pic0146214lm.jpg

A closer look at the glass cladding:
http://img211.exs.cx/img211/8765/pic0146416yp.jpg

how come all the new buildings have the same type of glass cladding............ :(

I was expecting blue-green glass...

Another filler for the skyline.

I'm not sure if I am crazy about the cladding...it might change over time and in different weather but that cladding went up real quick! :eek:

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!Bunch of idots! The entire BFC will be made of buildings that share the same cladding! Even the Sail may have the same tone of glass, we already know that the model looks like it.

Singapore will look very much like the URA model, the CBD next to a bunch of massing models...LOL.

eewww...why all greeny greeny

Huaiwei will be especially disappointed with the colour......:lol:

omg the sail can't have the same tone?? i thought it was not green!

i just hope we dont get something like Suntec City again..that would be so oppressively boring! :rant:

eewww...why all greeny greeny

I want the Sail in white or light blue glass!!!!

Now we face the possibility of having NTUC, Sail and 1RQ in green???!!! :puke:

I want the Sail in white or light blue glass!!!!

Now we face the possibility of having NTUC, Sail and 1RQ in green???!!! :puke:

i always believed in colour schemes for cityscapes. i even borrowed a book on it. the current CBD now evokes the imagery of pure spotless resolution. its pure white by day! even Joan Chen was quick to remark, from her vantage point in the Equinox, that she liked the brilliance of it all, it was so transparent.

as for the NDT, i always fantasised about forming a mirror to the CDB. Green is the perfect match for white in this mongoloid obsessed society of ours. they evoke the serene colours of shan sui (mountain water) of traditional chinese sensibility. Three (ok 4) columns of jade sited between two confluences of influence being the CBD and the NDT makes for a rather compelling vision.

As for the NDT, i envision cacophonic tropicality. flying buttresses! Amphibian zones! Spilling Liana vines and rampantly flowering orchids. Plus sophisticated engineering of architecture for the tropics. the wind manipulating engines of KEn YEang! The megalomania of Tay Kheng Soon's mixed use zoning! William Lim's undeniable dignity! An example in tropical city excellence!

So yea. you want red is it redstone?

So yea. you want red is it redstone?

:rofl:

i always believed in colour schemes for cityscapes. i even borrowed a book on it. the current CBD now evokes the imagery of pure spotless resolution. its pure white by day! even Joan Chen was quick to remark, from her vantage point in the Equinox, that she liked the brilliance of it all, it was so transparent.

as for the NDT, i always fantasised about forming a mirror to the CDB. Green is the perfect match for white in this mongoloid obsessed society of ours. they evoke the serene colours of shan sui (mountain water) of traditional chinese sensibility. Three (ok 4) columns of jade sited between two confluences of influence being the CBD and the NDT makes for a rather compelling vision.

As for the NDT, i envision cacophonic tropicality. flying buttresses! Amphibian zones! Spilling Liana vines and rampantly flowering orchids. Plus sophisticated engineering of architecture for the tropics. the wind manipulating engines of KEn YEang! The megalomania of Tay Kheng Soon's mixed use zoning! William Lim's undeniable dignity! An example in tropical city excellence!



LOL, you make this disaster sound like utopia in the making.:D

i was hoping the ndt could take on an ethereal look with hundreds of translucent, jellyfishy buildings like jean nouvel's torre agbar.

http://old.clarin.com/suplementos/arquitectura/2003/04/21/tapa_arquitectura.jpg

LOL, you make this disaster sound like utopia in the making.:D

WHAT DISASTER! IS VERY ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL OK!?

5 green towers together do not look nice at all!!!!! :puke:

Taken from URA(16/3/05):

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

LOL, the irony of it all.:D

Let's pray it's just protective film over blue glass.....

WHAT DISASTER! IS VERY ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL OK!?
Thats your business then. It sucks. Confirmed plus chop plus guarantee plus CO signature.

Cool model pic!

We cant say for sure what the actual facade of the Sail will look like, so its too soon to tell, and IF theyre all green, I'm sure they will be of different shades.

Raffles Quay is supposed to be turquoise (read it somewhere)

I like to know... which city, Singapore or KL have more highrise buildings?

1. May be the three developers have special bargain agreement with the supplier that allow them to purchase the dark green glass cladding material @$1 for three pieces. :)

2. Dark green colour is not an auspicious colour in Chinese "FengShui". In local dialect, dark green means "Black Green" or "bruise". :)

3. May be they should clad the entire block of building with my favorite " bright Red" colour, which no developer in this world dare to use including communist China. They will immedately become world record breaker and also bring us inline with other people like to tease us for: " Little Red Dot" :)

Cool model pic!

We cant say for sure what the actual facade of the Sail will look like, so its too soon to tell, and IF theyre all green, I'm sure they will be of different shades.

Raffles Quay is supposed to be turquoise (read it somewhere)

Yes I agree with you.. Should just wait.

Models aren't accurate, even if they're good quality or whatever. How wouild you know what the cladding would look under different weather, lighting etc..

Hope for the best too. :)

I like to know... which city, Singapore or KL have more highrise buildings?
Depends on how you define a "highrise" mah....but anyway why suddenly ask that here ah?

1. May be the three developers have special bargain agreement with the supplier that allow them to purchase the dark green glass cladding material @$1 for three pieces. :)

2. Dark green colour is not an auspicious colour in Chinese "FengShui". In local dialect, dark green means "Black Green" or "bruise". :)

3. May be they should clad the entire block of building with my favorite " bright Red" colour, which no developer in this world dare to use including communist China. They will immedately become world record breaker and also bring us inline with other people like to tease us for: " Little Red Dot" :)
Bright red.....well we came quite close to that with a PINK building. :lol:

I like this, good idea. I'm going to write to CDL and ask them to change the shape of the building from "sail" to "panther". So that we can have a "Pink Panther" building.

:lol:!!

Depends on how you define a "highrise" mah....but anyway why suddenly ask that here ah?

Just curious and want to find out and don't feel like opening up a new thred... so just post my question here... anyone can help?

28 March 2005

http://img208.exs.cx/img208/255/rq28034ri.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/2668/rq2803a5mr.jpg

NTUC's twin?!
:cry: :bash:

how about triplets! :lol:

Lets hope they simply remove the cladding and replace with blue.:D

29th March

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050329_orq01.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050329_orq02.jpg

It looks greenish-blue.

alternating strips of blue and green?

I think it looks blue because of the lighter green of the windows. So with the sky reflection it becomes blue.

Just hope it's not green like NTUC....

Lets hope they simply remove the cladding and replace with blue.:Dno la! i find green glass sexy...
but, for the contrast, how about that?:
-the shorter tower in blue
-the taller tower in mix of blue and green :D

some1 agree me?

.

-the shorter tower in blue
-the taller tower in mix of blue and green :D

some1 agree me?

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Agreed ^^

It looks kinda funny with the base not cladded, kinda like Citigroup Centre ^^

Poor AI.
It used to overshadow all others, now all others overshadow it.....

Here's one recent picture taken on 17 Mar 2005.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/pict0075.jpg

welcome to the Singapore forum, nolimit.

Looking forward to more pictures from you. :)

Is it just me or is the tower ctaching up with Hong Leong? :eek:

Maybe it's Hong Leong getting shorter... ^^ :-p

Wonder how tall it is now...

Wonder how tall it is now...

about the height of Bangkok Bank Building...

Hey now I see the photo! :D

The shortie seems to be rising fast too....wont be able to see the ugly carpark of hong leong soon. ;)

about the height of Bangkok Bank Building...

How tall is Bangkok bank? :colgate:

How tall is Bangkok bank? :colgate:

eeee.... I dunno... slightly shorter than Natwest.

Its nearing the height of NTUC Centre.

10 April 2005

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/7205/rq10048wz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

OMG! If I had went to take the sunrise shot this morning... I might have met you there izzit??! :eek:

The claddings of NTUC and ORQ look VERY similar on this pic...

OMG! If I had went to take the sunrise shot this morning... I might have met you there izzit??! :eek:

maybe ;)

but I didnt stay very long there..just walk and snap :yes:

From another angle. You can still see the AIA Building^^

http://img23.echo.cx/img23/9043/rq1004a0kf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Wah...the NTUC seems to look taller then it realli is there. :D

http://img23.echo.cx/img23/9043/rq1004a0kf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Woah, that's a huge pile of blocks on the Sail site, isn't it ? ^^

yeah..those are on the Sail site..never seen such a huge stack of boulders on a site before..I think theyve recently been brought in cos there werent so many the last time :O

Wooosh,,thats a cool pic raffie!:eek::cool:

I am still wondering if its blue or green. :D

a mixture i think

update
http://img186.echo.cx/img186/8271/orq24ox.jpg


http://img186.echo.cx/img186/408/orq1xk.jpg

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
Looks like I missed many things....

just checked out the site yday...goodness, smells of SHIT SHIT SHIT! yikes...what the hell happened there..

sewer?

The entrance of the taller tower looks really nice in this pic

http://www.cbre.com.sg/commercial/ORQ_South%20Tower%20copy-300.JPG

where's taht rendering from? looks much nicer than what they're building now

I like this building, should fit in perfectly with the existing skyline and with that marina tower also comin up, the skyline will be more picturesque.

Here some more..

http://www.arrowcrest-tech.com/images/img_case_study.jpg

http://www.kepcorp.com/kcl_eAR/2002/img/presence/opsreviewsproperty04.jpg

cool renditions Chad! :cool:

I just wish the colour was as nice as the renderings

btw I saw them constructing the middle bit last week.

27 April 2005

http://tinypic.com/4r72jd

http://tinypic.com/4r72nl

the colours of both omb and orq looks much better from here

8th May 2005
http://img107.echo.cx/img107/5615/1rafflesquay7lt.jpg

http://img239.echo.cx/img239/6361/imgp82922da.jpg


http://img43.echo.cx/img43/8360/imgp82936ie.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/nicholasliha/urbania/green3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/nicholasliha/urbania/green2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/nicholasliha/urbania/green1.jpg

dam, i laik dem green bildings man. deez are from shenghai city. blue would work in a very boundless blue sky kind of situation like melbourne or canada, but singapore's skyline colour is green aquamarine because our water and cloud conditions mek it sho man. anyway its jez my opinion, i think that blue wouldn't work because backdrop will usually be gray cloudy skies.

http://img239.echo.cx/img239/6361/imgp82922da.jpg


The cladding's color seems significantly different from One Marina Boulevard :-)

Actually I think it looks very good contrasting with it and Republic Plaza's glass cladding ^^

@nicholasliha

whats with the funny words?



i like the sharpness of the box.

it just looks good in that pic...contrasts with all those older white buildings

It looks okay, the facade is far too simple for my liking, like a block of green and blue lego bricks placed randomly at the edge of the skyline.

like a block of green and blue lego bricks placed randomly at the edge of the skyline.

exactly what i like :))

but i also like interesting façades :) a mixture would be good

a mixture would be good

Agreed ^^
Now we need a granite-clad tower around here ;-)

Yes, too much of a good thing can become bad.:)

Get some concrete monsters there!:D

I KNOW!!!

Suddenly I thought of it. What makes older buildings special is the way they play with light and surroundings, they are beautiful not from their own design, but the way they display themselves in the surrounding. That is the magic of great architecture. I fear that the new downtown will be like marina city, blocks of monotone buildings only good for a silhouette.

Why does the BOC stand out in the HK skyline, OUB in Sngapore's, Fountain Place in Dallas?

e.g., Although the Gateway stands next to Parkview Square, its simplicity cannot be eclipsed by Parkview's loud design.

marina city? like suntec city, marina square, and millennia walk? i actually love that skyline! because the buildings are so squat and distanced they look so majestic and aloof.

Okay, we have different opinions, I feel that it is quite boring as a whole, a very flat skyline.:)

Singapore has this problem, it designs things one "city" at a time, so Marina City is all Concrete with square cut-out windows, while the NDT will be all glass boxes.

like a theme park

11th May

One Raffles Quay popping out in the skyline:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050511_orq01.jpg
(the two cranes left of Pearl Bank Apartments).

I KNOW!!!

Suddenly I thought of it. What makes older buildings special is the way they play with light and surroundings, they are beautiful not from their own design, but the way they display themselves in the surrounding. That is the magic of great architecture. I fear that the new downtown will be like marina city, blocks of monotone buildings only good for a silhouette.

Why does the BOC stand out in the HK skyline, OUB in Sngapore's, Fountain Place in Dallas?

e.g., Although the Gateway stands next to Parkview Square, its simplicity cannot be eclipsed by Parkview's loud design.

oh tay kheng soon has a whole book on how the ambient light of a region affects architecture. "line edge and shade". which is really good to keep in mind because nice glassy buildings that melt into the sky in Anzac and Canada cannot work in our location, while concrete edifices don't stand out so sore here because they have clouds as backdrops. apparently.

i like how colourful pengui's pic is ^^

Advancing from Raffles Place....:D

http://img215.echo.cx/img215/8458/img00100s9qe.jpg

A little bit closer....

http://img215.echo.cx/img215/8444/img00101s4vd.jpg

It has lots of company!

http://img215.echo.cx/img215/2091/img00102s8qn.jpg

Looking from another angle (12/5/05):

http://img83.echo.cx/img83/7864/pic0195116gr.jpg

What an impressive "wall-effect" :yes:

Aiyo....this is terrible....:no:

May 17, 2005
Third worker dies at site of One Raffles Quay
Chinese national dies in 2nd fatal accident in 6 months; MOM orders work stoppage

By Daryl Loo

A THIRD construction worker died at the site of office building One Raffles Quay, six months after two others fell to their death last November.

Carpenter Pan Xueqiu, a 50-year-old Chinese national from Jiangsu province, was hit on the head while transporting building materials about 50m above the ground.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said he was on the development's 15th storey, when the 3m-high trolley he was pushing tilted and hit him. He was pronounced dead at 2.50am on Sunday.

He was employed by Yangzijiang International, a sub-contractor responsible for the structural work.

He had been working for the Chinese company for less than a year, said a site manager, who wanted to be known only as Mr Wang. He added that the company employs about 200 Chinese nationals on the project.

Main contractor Obayashi Corporation has been ordered to stop work on the site while MOM investigates.

This will further delay the project, which is already several months behind schedule. To catch up, Obayashi had been running two shifts round the clock.

The latest investigation comes on top of an ongoing one into the deaths of site manager Ang Chee Kong, 29, and his assistant Sundramoorthy Vijayan, 26. They fell 16 storeys when the structure they were on gave way.

MOM issued a Stop Work order on the site then too. It lasted five days.

A ministry spokesman said it has to finish its investigations before any penalties are meted out.

Contractor Greatearth-United Engineers Joint Venture, being prosecuted for an accident at high-tech township Fusionpolis which killed two and injured 29 on April 29 last year, could be fined up to $200,000.

Three of its project managers could each face $200,000 in fines, a year's jail, or both.

If Obayashi is found to be at fault, it could also be barred from employing foreigners, under a scheme where bad safety records are also punished with the contractor being disallowed to extend the foreigners' work permits.

This is considered a severe penalty as contractors here rely heavily on foreign labour, and more than 90 per cent of construction workers are from overseas.

Two contractors have been debarred in the past two years.

MP Yeo Guat Kwang, an advocate of the scheme who is also director of the National Trades Union Congress' quality worklife department, said: 'The Government should impose strong penalties to deter employers from cutting corners when it comes to safety.'

An Obayashi spokesman told The Straits Times it believes both incidents, while unfortunate, 'are real accidents', and not due to it not complying with safety rules.

He said Yangzijiang will be compensating Mr Pan's family, and is arranging for his body to be sent back to China.

Copyright © 2005 Singapore Press Holdings. All rights reserved.

oh dear..this building has so much bad publicity before its even complete!

a 3m high trolley???

i hear the construction will be stop for a while

must be jinxed. cos its boring.

Heard from some uncle that the place is haunted........but I think superstition lah......:lol:

i believe its the lack of safety precautions during construction... the site seems abit too messy from time to time...

I like the density on the last pic, it's a nice shot.

Picture taken 22 May 2005. Although all the cranes were not in use, I saw some work going on when I passed by yesterday. The stoppage wont be long because all parties involved will be loosing a lot of money.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/pict0008.jpg

Wah it's does look different with more glass.......:eek:

This building is reminiscent of the ancient buildings which costed the lives of many during their constrcutions.:(

25 May 2005

Cladding has started on the shorter tower

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/7725/rq25056qv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Good news, construction has resume at ORQ. Pictures taken a few hours ago on 8 June 2005.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq080605.jpg

The cladding looks blue at night...

Picture taken 11 Jun 2005.
http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq110605.jpg
Construction progressing well, saw 5 or 6 cement truck queuing up today.
http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq110605_1.jpg

ORQ is progressing rapidly, picture taken on 18 Jun 2005. Glass cladding going up on both towers.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq180605.jpg

if im not wrong, i could see those 2 cranes being lighted up every night from my window already... its really rising...

17 Jun 2005

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UBS to take up to 10 floors at One Raffles Quay

21 Jun 05

It will occupy 200,000 sq ft at the top of the 50-storey North Tower, to be ready by Q3 2006


IN one of the biggest office leasing deals in recent history, UBS will take up to 10 floors totalling 200,000 sq ft at One Raffles Quay, which is coming up in Singapore's New Downtown, sources have told BT.


The space to be taken up will cover the top floors of the development's 50-storey North Tower, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of next year. Two other banks will also move into One Raffles Quay, but they will be in the shorter tower, the 29-storey South Tower, which is slated to be ready next April. ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank will take up about 160,000 sq ft and 140,000 sq ft respectively.

Sources say that a few smaller tenants have also been secured, bringing total commitment to about 45 per cent of One Raffles Quay's 1.3 million sq ft net lettable area.

For UBS, the space that it will lease at One Raffles Quay space will eventually replace its existing offices at Suntec City. The bank currently occupies about 135,000 sq ft - spread over five full floors and part of six other floors in Suntec Tower Five, which is an 18-storey block with big floor plates.

According to Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust's listing prospectus dated November last year, UBS's lease expired in March 2005 and was renewed till March 2009, but the bank may terminate the lease by serving six months' notice on or after Oct 1, 2007.

Market watchers say that although One Raffles Quay's North Tower, where UBS will move to, will be ready by late next year, the bank may not move into its new premises at that time, because of its existing lease commitment at Suntec City. Sources declined to say when UBS's lease at One Raffles Quay will start running.

The project is being developed by a tripartite partnership involving Hongkong Land, Keppel Land and Cheung Kong Holdings.

UBS has more than 1,000 employees in Singapore and its core businesses here are wealth management, investment banking and global asset management. The bank, headquartered in Zurich and Basel, also occupies some space in the HarbourFront office park where it houses its IT and operations divisions.

Sources would not be drawn into speculating the rental rates that UBS is likely to pay at One Raffles Quay as the figure itself may not be meaningful if the deal is complicated and involves many other elements, including a delayed onset of the lease.

Average prime office rents on the island have risen by about 18 per cent since bottoming out nearly 18 months ago, when they plumbed near 15-year lows.

Property analysts generally expect CBD office rents in choice locations to continue recovering on the back of limited supply of new offices in the next five years, as well as improving demand as financial institutions and other businesses expand.

One Raffles Quay is the only major new office project slated for completion next year. After that, the only known major supply will come from the Business & Financial Centre nearby, which is expected to generate about 2 million sq ft net lettable area of offices in phases.

Of course, the authorities could release more land parcels in Singapore's New Downtown for office development in the near future, say observers, to keep office rentals here globally competitive.

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

Wow...200,000 sq ft?? thats equivalent to the size of some shopping malls....:eek:

oh..didnt realise that...but 10 whole floors...that sure is huge! :eek:

good..at least we know when this building is complete it wont stand dark and lonely like the shameful excesses of some Asian cities.

i hope UBS moves in quicker though; i want ORQ to have a bright crown

is it going to have its top lighted up?

Maybe theyll call it UBS Tower..hmmm

nono because ubs is occupying the top 10 floors it'd be dark if they didn't move in soon

ORQ in full swing, picture taken 21 jun 2005.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq210605_01.jpg

ORQ rising fast, cladding going up on lower floors. Picture taken 25 Jun 2005.
http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq_1_250605.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq_2_250605.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq_3_250605.jpg

its looking tall and glossy in that 1st pic!

can see Republic Plaza reflected in it.

Look about just the same type and color of glass facade as the NTUC Tower?

3/7/05:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7650/pic0314510sn.jpg

I think it needs an official name. Raffles Quay Tower(s) is good... :D


Reflects the former occupant of it's site...

I think it needs an official name. Raffles Quay Tower(s) is good... :D


Reflects the former occupant of it's site...

may i know what is its former occupant to the site?

Raffles Quay! :D

Later, land was reclaimed and Telok Ayer Basin was formed. It was like a small port. Raffles Quay and Telok Ayer Basin was where 1 Raffles Quay now is, stretching all the way to S'pore Conference Hall.

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005100-8073-3222-4796/img0040.jpg

" Communication between Keppel Harbour and the town centre was improved in 1907 with the extension of the Tank Road - Kranji Railway that provided a service for the next 25 years. The year 1907 also saw the beginning of the second phase of the Telok Ayer reclamation and the construction of the Offshore Mole that led to the development of yet another gateway for the Port of Singapore. The mile-long Mole, an artificial breakwater of granite rubble, was completed in 1914 and it offered protection for some 40 coastal vessels during the north-east monsoon. On the landward side, Telok Ayer Basin (now, Telok Ayer Wharves) took form as a line of wharves for coastal vessels with an opening in the centre leading into a tidal basin for lighters. Thus by 1932, when Telok Ayer Basin was formally declared open, the Port of Singapore encompassed the Singapore River, Telok Ayer Basin and Keppel Harbour, and the port limits covered some 36 1/2 sq miles (23,168 acres)."

I think it was still around up till the late 1990s, when it was closed, demolished and filled up for the New Downtown project.

Redstone, that's an interesting picture before Telok Ayer Basin is reclaimed! hmmm... there aren't any skyscrapers then as shown in your picture...

The Telok Ayer Basin probably "disappeared" long before that... think late 1980s.

1 Raffles Quay can be seen from Tiong Bahru flats now :)
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7950/p10006189pj.jpg

Hya, I'll try to post a pic captured from a book that shows the Basin in the 1990s... :)

Height had exceeded Hitachi Tower!!! :banana:

16 July 2005
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6307/rq5jw.jpg

its really adding to the skyline now :cool:

29 July 2005
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9922/rq1vz.jpg
From Selegie House

6/8/05:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/374/pic0353014la.jpg

I noticed in this Model, the connection atrium exterior wont be glass-cladded ?? :?

http://www1.bluescopesteelasia.com/BlueScopeSteel/image/content/decking/projref/One%20Raff%20Quay%203.jpg

hmm..thats a cool rendering.

no idea about cladding of the middle podium but they are now constructing it.

They also havent cladded the base of the taller tower yet. Just the floors above the atrium.

I wished it to be blue like that... :cry:

I thinnk the type of glass on the taller's atrium level is different from the rest of the buildings facade?, looks more transformative :)

At the non-glass part of the linking podium portion, I hope they use any kind of light-brown stone....must looks fabulous :okay:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103shenton70s.jpg
Telok Ayer Basin, early 1970s.

Wow, it's changed quite a lot since then...

Picture take on 13/08/05. Really looking tall now, the steel structure probably reached around 41 floor now.

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq130805.jpg

Great update !
It seems the structure linking the two towers is pretty advanced now.

I took some more pictures today 14/08/05, I counted the number of floors, seems like the steel structure has already reached 43 floors and the lift core 47 floors. So pretty soon the core going to top-out !

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq140805.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/unixxi/orq140805b.jpg

This picture taken from the 12 floor of 1 of the blocks at Everton Park.

its really tall! :eek:

this is going to be Singapore's first BIG and pure glass box in the CBD..I dont recall any other significantly tall glass boxes

Yep, you are right RC ! It is really looking tall now.

If its something like 350-400 metres, I think would really be fantastic. One day there will be 1 after CAAS abolish the 280m limit !

If its something like 350-400 metres, I think would really be fantastic. One day there will be 1 after CAAS abolish the 280m limit !

I do pray about it :D

well yes maybe one day :D

:redx: i cannot see the pics of nolimit :(

EDIT: now i can see them, i guess it was bandwith limit...


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15/8/2005 - Took this again since I was there and with my camera. :)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7112/dsc79987gl.jpg

Look like twins or rather triplets.... :(:(:(

nice pic hya, actually I think its mot such a bad idea, the skyline could do with some colour...I like the analogy with jade.

Jade?

21 Aug 2005 - Evening

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9779/dsc84576pw.jpg

So cool looking....:cool:

from the cladding, its getting into shape... but the truth is, ground floor looks very very messy...

Update:25/08
Outside Fullerton Hotel

Taken with camera phone, but I'm looking for the other HQ digicam pics too which I'll post later ;)

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1679/rafflesquay6rz.th.jpg (http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rafflesquay6rz.jpg)

Post in world forums! :D

lol great idea, I shall! :D

New Update 25/08

Click to enlarge

http://209.172.55.6/loc39/th_365_Raffles_Quay_1.jpg (http://209.172.55.6/img.php?loc=loc39&image=365_Raffles_Quay_1.jpg) http://209.172.55.8/loc174/th_5b2_Raffles_Quay_2.jpg (http://209.172.55.8/img.php?loc=loc174&image=5b2_Raffles_Quay_2.jpg) http://img111.imagevenue.com/loc141/th_cec_Raffles_Quay_3.jpg (http://img111.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc141&image=cec_Raffles_Quay_3.jpg) http://209.172.55.8/loc101/th_a4d_Raffles_Quay_4.jpg (http://209.172.55.8/img.php?loc=loc101&image=a4d_Raffles_Quay_4.jpg)

Also posted them in the World forums ;)

^^

nice pics! I like the 2nd and 3rd one :yes:

03 Sept 2005:
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/5075/dsc019593ex.jpg

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

Can anyone post more pic of the construction :)

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

Looks nice!

I was worried it would kinda spoil the skyline, but apparently not from this angle. In fact the Sail would also look nice from this angle. At 245m, it adds height, without having the boring sameness of being 280m.

i think orq is of just the right proportion to de-vulgarize omb's fatness

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1600/p10204875ol.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8840/p10204886rq.jpg

WOW!!! It looks really slender! Make sure someone makes a huge ORQ TOPS OUT! thread in the projects and contruction section when the time is right.:D

The short tower looks massive! :eek2::cool:

The tall one is soooo going to look like Trump World Tower! Btw, the left side looks like NY

The side of the striped tower is ugly.
I don't like 'terraced skyscrapers'. :(