Capital Tower
Singapore, Singapore

HEIGHT: 254m/833 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2000
ARCHITECT: RSP Architects Planners & Engineers

Capital Tower was christened tonight just days after receiving one of the most prestigious prizes in local construction. Last Friday, Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) awarded the building with a "Best Buildable Design Award", and acknowledged Capital Tower as the "newest landmark in Singapore".

BCA also described Capital Tower and its building’s penthouse as a "well-known beacon on Singapore’s night skyline". The 52-storey building is the flagship and headquarters of CapitaLand, Southeast Asia’s largest listed property developer.

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.

More than 250 guests witnessed the launch celebrations this evening under a see-through marquee set up on the Urban Plaza in front of Capital Tower. The event was graced by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development. Guests were invited on a tour of the building and its facilities to experience first hand the vibrant "living communities" inside Capital Tower: a variety of retail and F&B outlets are offered inside, including Starbucks Coffee, Angie The Choice, Galerie Belvedere, Capital Garden Exchange, Hibiscus Florist, Kodak Photo Processing, Raffles Medical Clinic and a hair salon. The Spa located on the ninth floor offers spa packages and facilities including a gymnasium and a heated swimming pool. On the 52nd floor, the exclusive China Club Singapore will offer a premier dining experience to members as they enjoy the panoramic view offered by the surrounding 16-metre tall glass panels.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/9singcbd9992.jpg

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/s05.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/capital01.jpeg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/capital2.jpg

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sbn05.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/capital3.jpg

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

Many pictures thanks to http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing2/Sing2_e.htm

Amazing building :)

9.5/10

N E A T O!!!! 9-10

8, not the best, but certainly not the worst!

Very neat. Love it's slanting walls and colourful sign and top.

9.5/10

I've always liked this one since it was built. Nice shapes and form.

A nice mix of Helmut Jahn, Michael Graves and other stuff!

Full marks.

9.5/10

I didnt notice this building until I passed by it at 3 am. The city was dark but its colourful lighting was still turned on. The cool thing is that the colours at the top and the name change colour gradually every 10 seconds.
Been inside it..love the SMELL of new airconditioning!

2 shots I took showing the changing colours:
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~mippy/DSCN0662.jpg
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~mippy/DSCN0656.jpg

Nice, but also pretty wierd..
Looks good at nite though...
8/10

Boy, I like this one! :) Interesting and varied fassade, all very fitting. 8.5.

Looks great. I see this one a lot when I look at singapore city skyline pics. 9/10

9/10

Incredible!

i don't like the shape...
but looks awesome at night@!
7/10

This building has Character it's more than just a box.

9.5

the top part looks so cool
8/10

6.5/10 - this is, to me at least, an odd building - I like the handling of the glass and stone on the facade, which gives it a nice, sleek feel, and the tower has good, soaring height. But the way the tower curves is, to my eyes, anything but graceful, and the top section doesnt seem to fit with the rest of the building, as if it were an afterthought. I wonder how much tradtional Chinese or Asian forms have influenced this tower, though? The - what do you call it in this case - finial? crown? (it sure ain't a spire) - top, or whatever, looks a little bit like a Chinese house to me (am I correct here?), for instance. And this might say something about a bit of provincialism on my part, and the need to look at different architectural styles on their own terms.
Nice lighting at night, in any case.

9/10. Very cool!

a little too goofy in uniform for me . . . 6/10

I find it a little over-reaching as a whole, while each of it's parts work on their own. It's tough to see it as a unified building because so much is going on.

It's as if they had seperate design teams work on various sections w/o conferring with eachother and then pieced them together. One thing is for sure, it's unique!:D

7/10

It's a sharp building until that certain point...it's crown is odd.

6.

I like! 10

This place looks like it was over-done. What is that in the middle? Half of a helipad? It is quite interesting, though. -> 8/10

i like the crown... i think its occupied by china club... really cool... for the super rich to exchange contacts i think. sort of like the tower club at the top of republic plaza.

8/10

Originally posted by heirloom
i like the crown... i think its occupied by china club... really cool... for the super rich to exchange contacts i think. sort of like the tower club at the top of republic plaza.

8/10

Yup..it is occupied by the China Club..another exclusive outfit.
Although I had no business being up there, I was so adamant on going to the top I got my way with the receptionist.."Can I have just 5 min to look out of the window PLEEASE?"

A PoMo DISASTER. 4.5/10

It`s a little bit overdressed ;) 7.5/10

I like the bizarre façade details, in fact I like most of the skyscraper, but the top part just ruins it all. It looks like some kind of tumor bulging out. 6.0/10

What the hell is that?? I've been hopping around the ROT forum tonight, voting on random supertalls, and almost everything i've seen thus far has been hideous Asian PoMo. WTF?

well what's this..??...well it has an interesting design but then it gets progressively worse near the top which looks unfinished....bizarre...5/10

Beautiful! Makes the Singapore skyline less conservative!
10/10!:D

I'm glad I didn't get to visit Singapore until 2000. That way,
I was able to see Capital Tower in person. This is my
favorite high rise in Singapore, by far. I love how all the
different exteriors mix together. What an innovative building.
Also love the way the top changes color at night.
One of the best towers in the world.

i dont like the top part, but i like all the blue glass.. 7

Definitely unique, but too busy and overdone. 7/10

Not a very nice design, 5/10

The top is a bit weird,when i saw the first pic i thought the tower wasn't finished ye't :D But that is just part of the design.
Maybe too bold at the same time...
Rest of the design is ok.
7.5/10

The Lighting is so colorful.:)

Kinda cool... not spectacular... 8/10

it's weird and ugly and doesn't deserve the 6 that i gave it, except for at night time, you might give it about 7.5
But it's only 250 odd mmetres, which is nothing spectacular, and it is ugly as sin in the daylight. looks like it was designed by a 12 year old kid.

5.5 Once again, I agree with enzo's and Liz's comments... what is that thing on the top? :bash:

It's bound to look almost finished for ages with that scaffolding-like top....

Best scraper in the Shenton Way district!! The glass is just great and the lighting makes it look really majestic when you view it upclose at night.. :D

10/10

9, nice

8/10...A bit too detailed and overdone, but looks good and I like the night view.

9.5/10
Very colourful at night, and my favourite skyscraper of Singapore. :)

Very nice

8/10

Cool! 8.5/10

7/10

Pretty nice.

Pictures I took.
The 2-storey skylobby midway up the building:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0133.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0132.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0134.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0139.jpg

Looking up
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0129.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dscn0127.jpg

8/10

7

Another shot of it. I love how it complements the Hindu Temple in the foreground.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103dscn0701.jpg

Wowzah! :applause:

Sheer brilliance... Bravo! Context, originality, pedestrian-orientation, wow-factor = 10

Love it just lights up the sky at night in Singapore
Wounderful I would trade any thing to have it in sydney

Pretty nice !! But i don't like the shape
8/10

6.5/10

9/10


I didn't give a 10 because of the top.

8/10
Nice glass building, looks a bit too fat.

nice building!!! 9/10, at night it looks beautiful

Hmm.. I knever noticed thatCapital Tower had huge cornices...

nice 8/10

I do not like the top part, It looks like a building of toy, plastic and enterteining materials, nice colors.

His failure: the design 7/10

:puke:

8/10

pics by Chad
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310singapura_002.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310singapura_049.jpg

pic by me
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103captower.jpg

Cant believe I have not posted in this thread yet...probaby the most controversial building ever built here so far? ;)

My photo:

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/01/237910.jpg

And my friend's:

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/186865.jpg

A 10 for this tower?........

The lights are nice but unfortunately this tower is not slender.

Wow I really love this building. I've been there to see it myself, and my impression of it is that it's soooo big! It feels much taller and bigger than for example republic plaza.

7

I think this is one of my new favorites. The shape, facade and top are so neat. The best skyscraper in Asia imo.

arrgh...the top frame structure must go. looks like a bird made a giant nest on top of that building. the rest of the building's okay i guess...

6.5

9/10
Love the Crown and Height

some night pics

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/capital5.jpg

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

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/capital4.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/capital6.jpg

6/10

7/10

A lot is going on there, but it adds up to a pretty nice tower, if they went a little overboard on the design. Very futuristic looking, but so is everything else in singapore so it doesnt add that much to the skyline. Still a decent building.

Chunky tower, but the complex planes and colouring make it look interesting. It looks like a carved artifact. 8/10

Definitely the most colourful skyscraper here!

10!!!

just love this one! 9.5

Absolutely wonderful little scraper. I really love it!! 10/10

7.5/10
On the negative side, it's fat and bulky, and the design looks a bit overdone - too many unnecessary lines, setbacks and other bits sticking out (including the top). On the plus side, it has a really nice smooth facade when seen up close, the curved shape isn't all that bad, and the lighting is very nice at night.

Pitty it is not taller...really like it though...best Singapore scraper

8.5/10

I like it !! 9/10 :cheers:

8

Wow, it's different. I appreciate its basic form but get distracted by all the extras. This could easily be a 10 IMO if a cpl things were different. I'd like to see it all black (or at least dark) and have the stone taken out from the facade along the sides leaving the mixed facade only on the front and back. Who's bright idea was it to include that horrible setback 2/3 the way up? I like the top and pretty much everything else about this scraper. This one could rock if they just didnt try so hard.

8 from me

Ugh.
3/10 for the height.

It just looks so messed up. They were confused whether to choose the glass or the other half!! Too weird for my conservative view.

Cooling looking building. 9/10

Too much of nothing: 5.5

one of my favs in SG! simply 10/10

here is one of my many shots of it from June 04

http://micpix.de/gallery/data/media/164/PhotoContest062-beetlecityBIG.jpg

it put it in the UPC of this week too :D

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Great! especially on the night.

Interesting design, but it almost looks like the architect overdid it. I give it a 7.5/10.

9/10 This I love.

Strange but cool 8/10

Uhoh, so awesome I can't resist adding some of my pics of it ;-)

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/050111_capitaltower04.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/050111_capitaltower05.jpg

Very different yet very good, a daring mix of materials and styles, the top has such an awesome and classy lighting, too bad they don't turn it on more often :-/
Would get a 9, but as it goes so incredibly well with that indian temple in Chinatown, it gets a little boost ^^
Also has a very cool plaza.
9.5

9/10

7/10

I don't like the mix of elements the buildinh has.

5/10

Looks good lit up. 8.

very nice 8.5/10

Not my favourite tower in Singapore ;) A little bit overdone IMO, but looks good. 7,5/10

...6! ...Boring..

8.5/10.

best tower in Singapore :) 9/10

Too much detail IMO, but it's nice 7.5/10

8/10

Looks "capital"....7.0
It's just too fat imo.

10/10

Interesting design, but oddly proportioned and I don't like the top. 7/10.

7/10

Very stylish. I wish it was a bit taller in look, something like 70F - 9

8.5

It's alright 6/10

Interesting. 8/10 :)

the shape looks like a temple. Nice. 9/10

http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~mippy/DSCN0699.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2817/dscn06283gb.jpg

:cool::cool::cool:

Dance with Capital Tower! :happy:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9044/capitaltower2small5xy.gif

8/10

Very unique. I give it a 8/10.

8/10

7,5/10

not bad 7.0

6/10

10/10 :D!

I love the design but I'm looking for something different... 8.5/10

8/10

fantastic :okay: 9.5/10 :cheers:

Looks good at night
8/10

I don't like this one. 6.5/10.

Looks a good quality building. I just don't like it that much. 7.5

8.5... finally some kind of fun lighting for singapore building

7 out of 10

8/10

7/10

Quite brilliant. 8/10

7.5/10

way too fat for its height.

6.5/10

10/10

Nice, very nice. 9/10

Too different, too many different materials.
doesn't look pretty :(
7/10

So nice [8.0/10].

xx

it has style.A little fat though.
8/10

Usually I don't like ultra-modern towers, but this one really speaks to me:) Unusual to say the least, perhaps groundbreaking. Beautifully and tastefully lit at night!
10

7/10

8/10 The design looks just a little over-done

7/10

8/10

7/10

7/10......................

I like it 8/10

Funky tower

7/10

7/10

dont like it really 6/10 for trying

Wak!! I don't like it. 0/10

looks great 9/10

7.5/10 not my type

1/10

Singapore engages in SLWCC as well?

note: SLWCC = Skyline Littering With Chinese Characteristics.

7.5/10

7.5 nice clad'

8/10

9/10

9/10

6/10

..

10/10

I saw this building two months ago. Overdesigned but ok.

7.5/10.

The tower is a visual resemblance to the spire of a nearby Hindu temple. I took this in March, 2001:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/elsongs/travel/singapore/PDRM0083.jpg

6.5/10, not the best I've seen.

A piece of joke.

1 / 10

The tops color could've matched better in the day time. It's pretty good though.
6.5/10

This is another excellent gem whose lack of height is compensated for by good lighting and geometrical complexity. 9.5.

10. classy!

A piece of joke.

1 / 10

I think it's far worse than that.

0 / 10.

I'd have rated it -8 if it was allowed.

10. classy!

myx, after reading your ratings so many times, I must say that you don't have a clue about what constitutes fine architecture and how to rate buildings consistently. you've got a pretty bad taste when it comes to buildings. no offense intended. I just think that you're embarrassing yourself with your ratings.

This is another excellent gem whose lack of height is compensated for by good lighting and geometrical complexity. 9.5.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Facial,

I hope you're being facetious. or I'd think that you're talking about your "facial" instead of the building. hey about that good lighting thing, are the Sun, the clouds and the street lights particularly fond of this building?

aside from the top of the building......which imo does not relate very well to the rest of the tower, i think that it's great. but because of the top i'm deducting a couple of points. 6.5

I think it's far worse than that.

0 / 10.

I'd have rated it -8 if it was allowed.

It's allowed but not accurately reflected. -8 is the same as 3 or below.

-10 (negative 10) / 10.

Kinda weird this one!

6/10

0 / 10

what the hell is that?

0 / 10

8/10

6/10. doesn't appeal to me although it looks ok at night.

it's quite alright ,6/10

:puke:

8/10 a combination of 2 IFC and the World Finnacel center in NYC

who would vote 3... fuc@#$ haters

9/10.:)

8.5/10

9.5/10

looks a bit funny at the top. but okie. 8.5/10

9 - amazing.

9.5/10 beautiful

8/10

8.5:)

A fine example of a modern building lacking harmony and balance in design. very unattractive. Fits for 4/10.

9/10

9.5/10

an 8

4/10

6/10

8/10

8/10

6/10

there is to much going on with this tower

ok. 6/10

3/10

6/10

too goofy 4 me.

This is one of my favourite buildings in all Asia. The lights at night are fantastic and really good to watch them change. At excellent tower Id love for my own city!

Love the structure and elevation, hate the proportions. 8,5

Nice 8/10

7.5. good shape. at night it really shines

Nice design.

8.5/10

6/10

9/10

hmm 9/10 :)

It should be taller.

7.0

6,5/10

8/10

8/10

Interesting building, but it matter of the taste.

8/10

7/10

7/10

8.5/10

5.

5.5

seven.

8/10...i like it but it is fatiguing to look at.

8/10

7/10

8.5/10

8/10

I like this one !

7.5/10

6.5/10

9.5/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

8/10

8/10

Looks like a Hollywood backlot Babylon set. Too weird. 5

7/10

The tower is a visual resemblance to the spire of a nearby Hindu temple. I took this in March, 2001:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/elsongs/travel/singapore/PDRM0083.jpg

7/10

8/10

5.5

7/10

Really strange and ugly looking. 3/10

8/10

8/10

8.5/10

8/10

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Capital_Tower,_Jan_06.JPG

8/10