I've decided to create this to house all of the great shots and info of stunning architecture treasures in this sunny little island!:D



KK Women's and Children's Hospital:

Architect:Tay Kheng Soon ,Akitek Tenggara
Client: Public Works Department
Hospital Planning Consultant: McConnell Smith & Johnson, Australia
Main Contractor: Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
Structural Engineer: Public Works Department
M & E Engineer: Public Works Department
Quantity Surveyor: Public Works DepartmentSite Area: 4.8 ha
Site Coverage: 56.3 %
Plot Ratio: 1 : 2.23
Gross Floor Area: 107,033.54 sq m


The KKH's design philosophy:

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The podium edge is tapered. The intention is to sweep the eye upwards and to achieve a gentle merging of the building with the landscape
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Facade detail showing stunning sunshades.The recessing of the lower floors at the ends of the blocks allows their articulation by soaring columns, which act as vertical linking elements between the podium and the towers.
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Covered walkways
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The centralised core which is placed on the axis of the building efficiently connects the two halves of the hospital.
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Cross-section
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In 1988, the practice won a competition for the redevelopment of the old Kandang Kerbau Hospital in Singapore. The project has a chequered history. The original plan was to demolish the old hospital and to build a replacement Maternity Hospital on the same site. Subsequently, a decision was made to add a Children's Hospital. Then, in a surprising turn of events, the competition jury's verdict was overturned and the commission was given to the Public Works Department (PWD). At Tay Kheng Soon's request, Mr S Dhanabalan, the Minister for National Development, intervened and a compromise was worked out whereby the design work would be done by Akitek Tenggara and the hospital design consultants McConnell Smith and Johnson, with the Public Works Department (PWD) as Principal Co-ordinator carrying out the post-contract administration.


In the design of the hospital, the practice was in its element. The project was fraught with morphological problems derived from site limitations, density of floor space to be accommodated and height constraints.


There was an extensive site selection process once it was decided that the hospital could not be located in the grounds of the existing hospital where it was originally planned to be. With the addition of a children's hospital to the overall brief, a new site had to be found. Numerous preliminary spatial studies had to be undertaken to exhaust the possible sites. Eventually the client settled for a 4.8 ha. site, close to its original location, at the junction of Kampong Java Road and Bukit Timah Road.


Settling the brief onto the site presented another challenge. A height limitation of 8 storeys for the ward blocks imposed a restriction on floor heights to 4.2m which made the detailed design and co-ordination of interior planning onerous. These challenges obviously called for a novel approach. Akitek Tenggara, the architectural design consultants for the project, took the lead in the generation of the Master Plan, in consultation with McConnell Smith and Johnson (MSJ), the hospital consultants. The PWD as project co-ordinator played a significant part in liaising with the end-users and the client.


Though they had not designed a hospital previously, Akitek Tenggara's grounding in morphological studies enabled them to zoom in and out between micro and macro design issues to find the optimum geometry for the layout, taking a fresh view but with the constant support of expert consultants. The architect's morphological expertise was further demonstrated in the decision to implement the race-track plan form for the wards. Its inherently large perimeter length allows for better lighting and ventilation compared to, say, a triangular ward-plan configuration favoured by some hospital planners. Morphological understanding is believed by Akitek Tenggara to be the central requirement in archi-tecture for through its mastery, all the other variables and contingencies can be arrayed.


The decision to cluster the support services with the diagnostic and operating thea-tres in the centre of the overall plan-form was an important strategic decision around which all the other planning issues subsequently revolved. The elevator cores emanating from this central mass is able to efficiently connect the two halves of the hospital.


The simplicity and legibility of the plan form stems from this decision. The centrality of the plan arrangements led to the arrangement of the ward blocks in relationship to the core, allowing each a separate identity. The proximity of the children's and women's ward blocks permitted a series of sky bridges to span between the blocks, adding functional connectivity for hospital personnel.


Urban design considerations are not normally present at this stage of a hospital design process, which essentially involves hospital specialists and departmental heads, unless the site in question is vested with guidelines already established by the city planners. In this case, no such guidelines existed prior to the initiation of the design process on the site. Akitek Tenggara exercised its own urban design considerations in relation to the context. These suggested a pulling back of the building masses away from the traffic junctions around the site to create legible nodal spaces at the road traffic junctions and to reduce the impact of building mass when viewed from perimeter approaches.


Accommodating the specialist consultation rooms and dispensary and other admi-nistrative rooms suggested a series of large depth floor plates. These were composed logically into a compact 4-storey podium. The multitude of rooms was organised around a primary circulatory, top-lit corridor system. An important architectural decision was made to taper the tiered podium edges. This was also suggested by urban design considerations. It is also intended to sweep the viewer's eye upwards from the surrounding green space, to achieve a gentle merging of the building with the landscape. The incorporation of taut-edged pre-cast concrete shading blades supported by an elegant concrete bracketing system articulated the tiered design in a visual dialogue with the metal shading devices and window system of the ward blocks above.


The circular ends of the ward blocks were both an urban design consideration and an expressive architectural device to create an aesthetic of line and edge with continuity around the block. It was also inherited from the original competition-winning design. The recessing of the lower floors at the end of the blocks allowed their articulation by soaring columns which act as a vertically linking element between the podium and the towers.


In terms of the visitor and patient sequence of entry, the centralised individual elevator cores which are spaced apart on the axis of the building mass, naturally result in the location of the main lobby and its logical bifurcation into the two separate lobbies for the women's and children's hospitals. Legibility was the prime concern. MSJ's idea of separating ambulant and non-ambulant patients was put to good effect in the upper and lower level lobbies. Ambulant patients use the upper and non-ambulant the lower lobby.


An entrance water feature, visible from both lobbies, provided general visual transparency of one level to the other and avoided any confusion. The hospital was eventually completed in 1997 and despite the separation of project responsiblities, the clarity of the design by Akitek Tenggara has been realised. The project takes the notion of Line, Edge and Shade to a new level of sophistication. The façade is designed as a sun-breaker system using lightweight metal louvres and maintenance gangways. The effect is of a skeletal line and edge aesthetic in contrast to the main building structure. In addition to serving a functional purpose, the horizontal louvres and baffles are visually exhilarating.

Now how's that for a hospital!:cool:


Post more!:D

are we allowed to post only local architecture?

This IS a Singapore thread.:D

oh ok :) *starts searching*

ok..lets have pictures and info regarding modern low-rise architecture in Singapore.

NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE

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The new Singapore Parliament House was opened on 6 September 1999. Its official opening was on 4 October 1999. Work on the new building started in 1994 and was completed in 1999. The old Parliament House at High Street sits back to back with the new building.

The new building occupies a ground area of 2.2 hectares. It comprises three new blocks and an old building that was built in 1864. Its garden spans 2770 square metres. Among the facilities are a 170-seat auditorium, a 100-seat cafeteria, a gymnasium, an underground carpark, a library and a members' room.

Three old items from the old Parliament House grace the new building. These are: the Mace, made in 1959; the Speaker's Chair and the Table of the House, made in 1988.

Damn the parliament looks so good with the skyscrapers in the background!! :eek:

what kind of architecture is the parliament house really?

Would the Esplanades fit here?

Parliament House..post modern? I really have no clue about categorisations.

Yes the Esplanade Theatres definitely can fit in here, unless you think it deserves a thread all to itself? There are TONS of pics on it:cool:

definitely..

The rear block of the new Parliament is actually a National Monument ,the Attorney-General's Chambers!:D

Pardon my bluntness but the parliament is a half baked piece of crap. Its like trying to accommodate something from the past and still trying to look modern. In the process, they took away too much. So what you have is a neither here nor there kitsch that doesn't have an identity or instill an identity to the Singaporean context.

I think it is a stupid idea to incorporate the old AGC into the new PH.

Originally posted by Kit

Pardon my bluntness but the parliament is a half baked piece of crap. Its like trying to accommodate something from the past and still trying to look modern. In the process, they took away too much. So what you have is a neither here nor there kitsch that doesn't have an identity or instill an identity to the Singaporean context.

who's the architect?

what's agc?

Originally posted by heirloom

who's the architect?


I have no idea and most certainly don't want to know.:D

A very strong opinion from Kit:D

As for me, my architectural palate is generally simpler and I tend to be less discriminating. While I dont see anything particularly Singaporean about it, I think that the whole area will in future become very 'rojak' with this Parliament Building, the new space-dome Supreme Court and the old colonial buildings behind.:cheers:

The architect is the former Public Works Department.

The AGC is the Attorney-General's Chamber (official avb.)

Actually, how does one define 'modern'? Is it 'modern' as in 'was built just not too long ago' or 'modern' as it 'wow! it looks so avant garde!'?

I however had the opinion that the Singaporean Parliament House looks stunningly beautiful. :okay:

It sort of reminds me of the Japanese Diet building (the Japanese parliament).

Architecturally......it has a bit of Art Deco element to it but at the same time kinda brutal. I guess it must be the feng shui thingy as this building looks 'solid' which are good feng shui for any government building. :)

Although it is not tall but certainly the first time I laid my eyes on it......I find it very imposing ;)

Originally posted by EyeToEye

Actually, how does one define 'modern'? Is it 'modern' as in 'was built just not too long ago' or 'modern' as it 'wow! it looks so avant garde!'?

In architectural terms, neither is the definition of modern. For new buildings, contemporary is the more appropriate word.

As for avant garde, that will depend on the period you live in as they're forever changing.

ONE FULLERTON

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Located at the strategic crossroads of the Raffles Place business district, Suntec City and the Esplanade Theatres-On-The-Bay, One Fullerton will be a recognisable symbol of Singapore. With more than 6,000 square metres of mixed office and restaurant space in one prime location, One Fullerton is the new heart of the Marina Bay waterfront.

Al-fresco diners and tourists alike will be drawn by the sea-breeze, the sound of waves lapping against the sea wall, and the stunning backdrop of Singapore's skyline at Raffles Place and Marina.

This unparalleled location, with 370 carparking spaces, can be easily accessed on foot from the nearby Raffles Place MRT station, by car from Nicoll Highway Extension or Battery Road (via tunnel), and even by water taxi.

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1 Fullerton:
A Case Study of System Engineering

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The Setting
Prominently situated on the west side of Marina Bay, 1 Fullerton was always destined to be a landmark building. The site, adjacent to the old Clifford Pier, is exposed from all sides with little competition from adjacent buildings. From the outset the architect (Architects 61) and the client (Far East Organisation) talked about providing a striking profile on the bay. References to the Sydney Opera House with its distinct roof profiles and island-like setting set the stage for the design concept. Height limitations related to the adjacent Fullerton Building (the former GPO) and the Padang restricted the development to an earth-hugging structures: long, thin and low.


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The design evolved into a building defined predominantly by its roofscape. A series of overlapping shells work their way from the centre of the building, reminiscent of waves breaking away from their epicentre. The imagery conjured up is indeed striking, as can be seen from early renderings to which the building stayed remarkably true.

Such evocative shapes beg the question of their origins. Are they the product of artistic whimsy or have they been informed by a process of logic? With the advent of Gehry’s Guggenheim, where random forms can be engineered and have become buildable, we have entered into a time where architects are increasingly lured into the process of form-sculpting.

It is this writer’s belief that, whatever approach one takes to form-giving, it is the architects responsibility to be the master of the process, ensuring that the outcome is the product of a total co-ordination of form, function and engineering. The intent of this article is not to investigate urban, spatial or experiential elements of the building, but to trace back the process of form-giving and its relationship to total system engineering: structure, services and detail design.



Structural Form
While one may or may not agree with Gehry’s approach to plastic architecture, he cannot be faulted for taking his philosophy of form and not going the full-distance with it. Having departed from traditional geometry he pushes the envelope of design by exploring the limits of organic form. The result is a masterful manipulation of plastic space where form and function are sculpted into a truly cohesive whole. The task of building such a design is only made possible by the ability to digitally capture and present the forms with the help of sophisticated computer software. The construction process becomes an assembly of thousands of parts, no two of which are alike. At the other end of the spectrum is the Sydney Opera House, another building predicated on the play of evocative forms. Here, however, formal geometry was the measure of things. Ove Arup used segments of spheres to form structural shells that could soar up from the ground to house large, column-free spaces within. The form becomes structural, acting as a pointed arch with compression forces directed back to the ground along radial lines. Building this becomes the assembly of standardised, pre-fabricated components.

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At first glance 1 Fullerton appears to be of the Sydney Opera House genre. The roof forms are neat shell-shapes curving in both directions. Although not of spherical origin, they have the hallmarks of organic, long-spanning structures in the vein of some of Frei Otto’s designs. On inspection of the interiors it becomes apparent that this is
not the case. The roof structure is a hybrid of long-span trusses and simple, curved beam & column conditions. When asked whether a structural, long-span form was ever considered, the architects said that this was never really an option due to cost considerations. The result is that the roof forms are divorced from any defining structural logic. The architect traces lines in space relying on the structural engineer to figure out how to hold them up. The final product is a painful confusion of concrete and steelwork. Inverted bow-string trusses spanning the width of the building are found side by side with irregularly spaced RC columns, supporting a untidy network of steel beams.

This separation of spatial design and structural engineering is commonplace in the building industry. Often this is not immediately evident in the buildings themselves. Mid-and high-rise apartment designs, for instance, usually harbour an extensive infiltration of RC columns that have been placed by the structural engineer once he has been given the finalised layouts. These manifest as annoying protrusions from otherwise smooth wall surfaces.

1 Fullerton, however, suffers more visibly from this problem. Where one expects to find the roof shells elegantly floating above the building, one is met by a tedium of structural short-cuts that manage to completely undermine the internal spatial experience. Each structural interface demanded a unique solution that quickly resulted in a sea of bracing and spliced connections. As explained to me by the structural engineers, this roof was easy to draw, but extremely difficult to build.

One wonders whether the financial considerations might not have been better served with a structure that marries form and function. A genuine shell-structure based on spherical or torous geometries may have led to a form that, similar to the Sydney Opera House, could have minimised the number of structural components, afforded elegant uninterrupted spaces and also managed to work within the budget constraints.

The roofscape of 1 Fullerton is neither fish nor fowl. The forms have not been generated by rational geometry, which could have led to simplicity in both spatial expression and constructional development. Nor have they exploited what they, in fact, really are: arbitrary shapes carved in space. One wonders, what may have been, had the designers taken full advantage of the freedom they afforded themselves with the separation of form and structure.

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Integrated Engineering

Another aspect of integrated design is the success with which the necessities of modern services have been accommodated. The hallmark of a truly great piece of architecture is that all design elements have been seamlessly integrated into a unified spatial entity. Louis Kahn was a master at this skill. Let us not romanticise this aspect. He was not enamoured with having to deal with ducts, pipes, and conduits. His love of space, however, demanded that he understand and control them.


The Kimbell Art Museum is a perfect synthesis of form and function, the result of which is a poetry of space unmarred by the necessities of the brief. The vault, the designs key spatial element, manages to effortlessly solve structural, servicing and lighting requirements. Nothing has been left to chance or piecemeal resolution.

At 1 Fullerton we are confronted with the results of a design process that compartmentalises the integration of the specialist consultants. There has been little attempt made at providing strategies for distributing the primary services. Ducts fly straight through key spaces, pipes snake their way around structure and cable trays happily creep along the underside of the great roof.

Admittedly, the interior of the building has been left unfinished in that the roof structure is exposed with the final finishing layer omitted. This was a conscious decision by the developer in order to minimise costs and to allow prospective tenants maximum flexibility in the fitting out. This does not, however, give licence to forget the issue of co-ordination and to treat the building merely as a piece of urbanism. Regardless of tenants and their specific needs, basic amenities such as air conditioning, sprinkler protection and electricity will always be necessary. As it is, these elements (with the exception of the main sprinkler systems) have only been brought as far as the core interface. A myriad of duct connections appear without little consideration given to how they might affect the possibilities of the fit out. One example is the primary return air duct on one of the upper tenancies. This appears at the nose of the curved core wall in a position that completely negates the possibilities of the double-height space it violates. A conversation with the building services engineers revealed that, indeed, they had not taken their planning any further than this, leaving the connection and subsequent routing up to the tenant (regardless of how this was to be achieved). Other places show the difficulties the engineers had in getting the various services to make their way to the rooftop areas. This lack of strategic planning has resulted in complex tangles of structure, cladding and services.

The speculative office building in many ways requires more strategic planning than one with a dedicated client and brief (i.e. Kimbell Art Museum). The traditional and easy way out is to provide a suspended ceiling (and possibly a raised floor) within which one allows the services to have their way. 1 Fullerton does not lend itself to this approach. The signature roof sets the tone for the subsequent development of the design. If the success of the roof were to be ensured not merely as form but as space, then any aspect of its future fitting out would need to be considered and strategically incorporated into the design. Dedicated servicing zones, allowances for vertical and horizontal distribution and assumptions on the best conditions for fitting out would have not only served the architects aspirations, but have guided the prospective tenants in a way conducive to maximising the building’s potential. As it is, the interiors will become the product of expedience and practicality. Plasterboard box-outs and suspended ceilings will appear and dominate the landscape. The slick smoothness of the roof shapes will always belong to another world perceived and appreciated only from the exterior.

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Detailing
The final measure of the quality of a building lies in the way it is put together: materials, interfaces and details. The Sydney Opera House is breathtaking to perceive from the harbour. The play of forms in the light combines with the sea and the sky to create an impression that has become synonymous with the city.

When one approaches the building one realises that none of this power has been sacrificed in the execution. The choice of materials and the care taken in their assembly testify to the spirit of the design from the pre-cast elements executed with an astonishing degree of finished quality (for their time), right down to the bespoke design of the ceramic tiling with which the complex geometry of the shells is clad.


The 1 Fullerton project, a developer’s building completed in just over 3 years, cannot fairly be compared to a civic monument that took 16 years to realise. Time pressures and budget constraints will not allow for the appropriate resources of time and money in order to create a building that is appreciable not only from a distance. Given its landmark position one would have liked to see a building that has been meticulously detailed and carefully assembled. Reality, unfortunately, has not been so kind. Apart from the extensive glazing facing the waterfront, the building is clad in a variety of aluminium panel systems. These somehow lack the gravity and solidity one would expect to find here. This is not helped by the somewhat heavy-handed detailing and the imperfections of fabrication and installation. The applied cladding systems should have reflected the sensuous nature of the buildings geometry: smooth and immaculate. Instead, one finds many of the typical panels suffering from oil-canning (minute deflections in the desired shape leading to unwanted irregularities in reflection). This is most apparent at the most critical interface: where the roof form meets the sky (at its edge). Here the detailing falls short of the design aspirations. As opposed to the eye being drawn along the dramatic profile, it is arrested by the clumsy rectangular profile and frequent imperfections.

Successful architecture is not appreciated from one vantage point or from a distance. It must stand the test of scrutiny from all aspects, as it is experienced. This simple fact is testified to by most photographic essays on exceptional designs. The success of a project by Peter Zumthor lives not in the overall form it appears to be, nor in the detail of which it consists. They are both merely the product of an approach to design and construction.


Conclusion
The point of this writing is to evaluate some of the challenges and pitfalls we all face as architects. It is easy to come along in retrospect and, without the knowledge of the buildings detailed history, make sweeping judgements about the design. The intention here is to raise the bar a little on our own expectations for our buildings and to constantly strive for higher forms of architecture. This critique is not directed at the architects of 1 Fullerton, but to all architects who somehow have to reconcile the divergent elements of the modern building process.

From the moment of inception the architect is faced with a constant challenge of compromises and dilution. It is only with a clear philosophy of design and construction that the building can survive these ravages with its soul intact. It is our basic approach to design that steers us during the long and often arduous process of realisation. The clearer we are about the nature of things and the possibilities of design, the more faithful our buildings will be to the spirit that created them.

In closing, I leave you with a quote from Louis Kahn, which is surely one of the clearest statements of intent on the nature of design and building:


In Gothic times, architects built in solid stones. Now we can build with hollow stones. The spaces defined by the members of a structure are as important as the members. These spaces range in scale from the voids of an insulating panel, voids for the air, lighting and heat to circulate, to spaces big enough to walk through and live in. The desire to express voids positively in the design of a structure is evidenced by the growing interest and work in the development of space-frames. The forms being experimented with come from a closer knowledge of nature and the outgrowth of the constant search of order. Design habits leading to the concealment of structure have no place in this implied order. Such habits retard the development of an art. I believe that in architecture, as in all art, the artist instinctively keeps the marks, which reveal how a thing was done. The feeling that our present-day architecture needs embellishment stems in part from our tendency to fair joints out of sight, to conceal how parts are put together. Structures should be devised which can harbour the mechanical needs of rooms and spaces ... If we were to train ourselves to draw as we build, from the bottom up; when we do, stopping our pencil to make a mark at the joints of pouring or erecting, ornament would grow out of our love for the expression of method. It would follow that a pasting over the construction of light and acoustical material, the burying of tortured unwanted ducts, conduit and pipe lines would become intolerable. The desire to express how it is done would filter through the entire society of building, to architect, engineer, builder and draftsman.

Louis Kahn

goshhhhh for a while there i actually thought louis kahn was the architect !!! :eek2:

My mom's company was supposed to move in there... but at the last minute they decided against it because it was a little too expensive...

Who's the ach.?

Originally posted by redstone

Who's the ach.?

I couldnt find it just yet.

One Raffles Link
by KPF

One Raffles Link is located in Singapore’s Central Business District and consists of six floors of column free, 18 meter deep office space above, retail at grade and on the first basement levels. The first basement connects to Raffles Walk, a subterranean retail mall with additional parking.

Pedestrian linkage from the site is important. From the below grade Raffles Walk and Raffles Link complex, there is a direct climate controlled pedestrian connection to the City Hall MRT Station, the Sun-Tec Convention Center, The Esplanade Theaters on the Bay and Marina Square Mall.

The design responds to the opposing urban context at the site. To the west the building addresses the Solemn War Memorial and classical structures of Singapore’s government center. On the east, the building reflects the modern abstraction of the new Marina District. This opposition generates a bipartite diagram whereby the building mass is broken in two: a static rectangular volume with zinc barrel vaulted roof on the west and a dynamic triangular glass volume to clad in painted aluminium louvers, to the east.

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Architects 61... it's mentioned in that introduction!

One Raffles Link is probably the best desgned commercial building in that part of the town.

what do you think is the best designed skyscraper?

Originally posted by heirloom

what do you think is the best designed skyscraper?

Like I said before, I'm not a big fan of skyscrapers so no favourites. Frankly, none in Singapore gave me a deep impression.

how about the gateway?

That's alright I guess. Don't hate it but don't like it either. Like I said, no deep impression.

I've never really seen the front of One Raffles Link before, only the rear-end, which is a pity because it looks so good in the pictures...

my absolute favourite :D

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unfortunately very little info on it online..

While I am a fan of skyscrapers, it is true that there are not many skyscrapers here that capture the world imagination. You seldom see Singapore skyscrapers being featured in skyscraper books..perhaps OUB Centre and thats it.

The Gateway East & West were designed by the world renowned architect I.M. Pei (Pei Ieoh Ming).

The original design called for them to be taller ,to create a "soaring" look.But ,due to height restrictions (which also affects the PVS and S'pore Flyer) ,they were cut-off at that height.

Feng Shui speaking ,The Gateway had affected the whole feng shui of the area.The Parkview Square was designed in such a way that The Gateway's sharp edges do not run into the building.

I was driving along ECP the other day and at an angle, the Gateway actually frames Parkview Square perfectly.

:yes: there should be much much much more information on the gateway given how much it affects other buildings and it's mind boggling beauty

The Gateway East's edge runs directly into Raffles Hospital.:(

Oh ,and the multi-faceted façade of The Concourse is ment to 'deflect' the bad 'energy' ,because Jalan Sultan runs directly into it.So does Balestier Point ,with its dizzying multi-depression façade.

This spectecular ,colourful condominium stands 18 storeys tall ,designed by renowned architects Tangguanbee ,located in the beautiful Tanjong Rhu area
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When was it completed?

It looks like a piece of stunning modern architecture. Funky if I might add.

It was built in the late 1990s.

Tangguanbee also designed the hip Gallery Hotel.

I find the structures at the top interesting. What are they used for? solar panels?

they're just sunshades. the fortredale is just beside my secondary school and i used to pass by it everyday. the condominium has lifts that open right into your apartment :) i found that a rather cool feature. unfortunately it is terribly small. my mother went to view it and she found that the maid's room was big enough to fit only A single bed. it's got at least one celebrity resident too. if i'm not wrong, cassandra see and her husband live in one of the two penthouses at the top. it's the one on the left if you're viewing it from it's front. of course, they may have moved by now, but that's what i knew.

What's Cassandra See's Chinese name?

dunno... she's the bakkwa ad gal...

looks more like an apartment for singles.

they've all got three bedroom... so not really for singles...

Cassandra See ,is it Xie Shu Shang?

dunno leh....

Aiyoh ,the woman who plays Moses Lim's wife in Family Combo (Sat 9pm ,Ch 8).

um i dunno... i'm not in sg i dunno what show...

this one.. http://www.mediacorpsingapore.com/entertainment/feature/images/2001040501_01b.jpg

Mourmein High Rise
(I decide to take shots of the pages instead of scanning it..you guys know which book ;))

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/9mour3.JPG

Excellent baq! :okay:

It looks more stylish taken like that. The roof deck is awesome!

Thanks! ;)

BTW, guys... any pic of the just-completed Assyafaah Mosque in Sembawang? I only manage to see some small pics of it on the online news before. It looks great ;)

is i tvery modern looking? i saw a very modern looking mosque model in ura gallery and got pics of it

could you post it? ;)

I saw it also on the papers once. It's a bit glassy that you can observe prayers from outside. Not bad at all for an $8million mosque! ;)

Here's their website with just few pics provided.

http://www.mosque.org.sg/assyafaah/

http://www.mosque.org.sg/assyafaah/facilities/mosque.jpg
http://www.mosque.org.sg/assyafaah/images/thumbnails.jpg
http://www.mosque.org.sg/assyafaah/facilities/mihrab.jpg

I just love the simple interior!
from channelnewsasia.com
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/imagegallery/store/php5oRElN.jpg

ok will post soon

Baq ,I believe that's the Lincoln Modern?

nope that's moulmein rise...

The Lincoln is the one with orange lines running down the middle?

http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/mosque/IMGP3840.jpg




http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/mosque/IMGP3841.jpg





http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/mosque/IMGP3842.jpg

yep lincoln modern is orange stripe one...not beside novena square

Both of them were built in 2003?

i dont know but they all seem to shoot up at about the same time :) i wonder who the architect of lincoln modern is

SCDA :D ;)

Thanks a lot for those heirloom! I love it even more now! :master:

scda? got website?

@baq
welcome :)

Thats a very modern looking mosque. If not for those patterns, I wouldnt even know it was a mosque.

At first I actually tot 1 Moulmein Rise was the Lincoln Modern....especially when there was so much fanfare about its architectural aspects. It turns out that I prefer Moulmein Rise much more?

Baq, I saw that book too at the bookstore before I met all of you. Why do you have the book? And u actually used a dumbbell as a weight? :D

Baq, I saw that book too at the bookstore before I met all of you. Why do you have the book? And u actually used a dumbbell as a weight? :D
I bought the book at Kinokuniya in KL which costs me RM19. How much is it in Singapore? This issue features awards by Sg Institute of Architecture and of course my fave, Mourmein Rise. :D

I bought the book at Kinokuniya in KL which costs me RM19. How much is it in Singapore? This issue features awards by Sg Institute of Architecture and of course my fave, Mourmein Rise. :D
Are u sure? I think the same book is going to cost over S$20 here! Are we looking at the same book?

At first I actually tot 1 Moulmein Rise was the Lincoln Modern....especially when there was so much fanfare about its architectural aspects. It turns out that I prefer Moulmein Rise much more?

Baq, I saw that book too at the bookstore before I met all of you. Why do you have the book? And u actually used a dumbbell as a weight? :D

Yah ,me too!:D
I thought the Moulmein Rise was the Lincoln Modern.

SCDA website:
www.scdaarchitects.com

Are u sure? I think the same book is going to cost over S$20 here! Are we looking at the same book?

Definitely not then! Because this one costs SG$10.50 as printed above the bar code. But still KL sells it slightly cheaper though the magazine offers subscription of 4 issues at SG$105 for those in Malaysia! :eek:
Here's the mag btw ;)
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/P1010001.jpg

I really feel like getting that mag! Maybe next time:cool:

@huaiwei, Lincoln Modern & Moulmein similar meh? I was more confused by Great Eastern & Moulmein...but they all look like matchboxes standing up! :D

@redstone, I think both were completed in 2003, but Moulmein Rise was towards the end of the year.

it's easy to confuse them because they're all thin... and you'd think one thin one would rise at a time, but they all rose at the same time..

yup...I was wondering if they were by the same developer.

nope... lincoln modern is by scglobal (www.scglobal.com.sg) and moulmein rise is by united overseas land (www.uol.com.sg)

I know..its just that during the construction phase I wondered if Great Eastern's Newton Gems & Moulmein Rise were a colony of slim slim boxes since they look very alike.

why are they all in newton arh?

kind of near enough to see both at the same time

Definitely not then! Because this one costs SG$10.50 as printed above the bar code. But still KL sells it slightly cheaper though the magazine offers subscription of 4 issues at SG$105 for those in Malaysia! :eek:
Here's the mag btw ;)
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/P1010001.jpg
Opps...I only jus realised yours is a magazine...what I was seeing was a coffee table book with a hardcover! :D

I really feel like getting that mag! Maybe next time:cool:

@huaiwei, Lincoln Modern & Moulmein similar meh? I was more confused by Great Eastern & Moulmein...but they all look like matchboxes standing up! :D

@redstone, I think both were completed in 2003, but Moulmein Rise was towards the end of the year.
For me, it is not really about them being "similar physically"....it is more to do with all the market talk, and actually, I have not seen both buildings yet, and I do not know which is which until I actually walked down that area to confirm things for myself.

Is this avantgarde?
http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/528833_main.jpg
http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/528833_back.jpg
http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/528833_left.jpg
http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/528833_right.jpg

Is that East Coast/Marine Parade Community Centre?

No...thats EastPoint Shopping centre at Simei........ :)

It has a rather interesting cone shaped roof though.........

http://img73.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Miscelleneous/DSCN13591.jpg

hrm... i never noticed it was that colour... too bad about its rather boring shop mix :/ only place worth visiting is the pet safari

Yup, the place has a boring shop mix and it faces strong competition from Tampines which is far more vibrant and exciting........

yes, the roof does look quite beautiful..looks like a nice quiet mall.

Yah....the mall can be a little quiet at times.....a contrast compared to the crowded situation in Tampines.........

This amazing building was completed in 1997 and replaced the General Post Office, which has since been turned into a hotel.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9dunnosg1.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9dunnosg2.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9dunnosg3.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9dunnosg4.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9dunnosg5.jpg
http://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/english/works/works_photos/work19_1_5.jpg
http://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/english/works/works_photos/work19_2_5.jpg
What do you think of it?

i expected a high skyscraper when i read the title of this thread!!in spite of this its an amazing building!!´!

It's not high,but it looks very good.Very futuristic!

a little look like the HSBC in Hong Kong, good looking building.

It is more than 12 storeys tall.:)

First time I've seen this building! Nice!

That is actually a really nice building!

I'm so ashamed I have never seen it with my own eyes yet, cos its located in an area I seldom frequent. I usually hang around downtown where the city skyline is :D

singapore takes it's POST very seriously! :D futuristic electronic stamps too

I always have the chance to see it whenever I take the MRT to town.....Seems like pictures here bring out the best in it....... :okay:

View at night from Paya Lebar MRT station

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/postsg.jpg

I wonder if you guys are able to tell where is the front from the above pictures? :D

I wonder what's the elevated structure at the rear.

I think the main entrance is right near the giant tv.

View on the way to Geylang street
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/postfrom.jpg

very nice :)... great design and very unique and glassy :D

http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/tavistock/1.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/tavistock/2.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/tavistock/3.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/tavistock/4.jpg
19 Tavistock Lane

http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/1.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/2.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/3.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/4.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/5.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/6.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/kkcc/7.jpg
Kampong Kembangan CC.

http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/55lorong/1.jpg
http://www.lookarchitects.com.sg/images/nwork/55lorong/2.jpg
55 Lorong 105 Changi

That last house is very creative and I like the Kampong Kembangan CC. :cool:

Phase Z.RO
Smart use of containers as office space. Cute idea. And to me it worked well :)

http://www.jtc.gov.sg/corporate/media+room/phase%20z.ro%20technopreneur%20park%201.jpg
http://www.jtc.gov.sg/corporate/media+room/phase%20z.ro%20technopreneur%20park%202.jpg

Nice building,i bet it will needmore than one Aircon

Doesn't look that great from outside IMHO:

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific00.jpg

But the inside is... wow ^^

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific01.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific02.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific03.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific04.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific05.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific06.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific07.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific08.jpg

Sneaked in to the 29th floor to take pics 2 & 3. I was aiming at the skybridges but missed them by 7 floors... In fact I think it was better like that ^^
I was unlucky enough to go up with a security guard, and I don't think he believed my story for not having a room card, but well, he didn't say anything :-)

Oh my! You were a guest in there, or you basically bluffed your way in?

Those are EXQUISITE pictures!

Erm... Bluff all the way ^^

Lol, Pengui! :laugh:

You're right, the outside is nothing to sing about ... a mere concrete thingy ... we've seen thousands of them. :runaway:

But the inside!!! :eek: It's GORGEOUS!:cool:

This interior reminds me a bit of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. :) See-through elevators, greenery along the "balconies" on every floor ...

I think the Pan Pacific is higher, though. ;)

This one is 35 stories, no height data on ss.com, but I believe it must be somewhere around 140 meters or so.
Do you have pics of the Hyatt Regency ? :-)

Dizzying...:cool:

Kinda reminds me of the marina mandarin....

they're all john portman buildings... he's the guy who came up with large hotel atriums...

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/tour/panpacific03.jpg

And this bridge thing looks rather scary. Haha.

The building is nice, carrying the usual John Portman's signature of spiral staircases and huge atria. My biggest objection is that those 3 hotels at Marina Square were plonked there without consideration for the surroundings. The design was done in America and transplanted here without much thought. As pointed out by WH, the hotel was almost identical to the one he did in SFO, except that in SFO one leg of the building was longer than the other. Thoughtless to its surroundings as the design are very inward looking - that's what those massive and impressive atria are meant to do - direct the attention inwards. This is appropriate in SFO or in the ghetto areas in Chicago where there's nothing to see. But to have this concept applied to Marina Square which is sitting on one of the most panoramic and beautiful sea frontage -- it is a crime of humongous proportion. Such a waste of waterfront vista. An expensive site right next to the water's edge and the architect has the gall to replicate his design done elsewhere - a design which is meant to refocus the people's attention away from the dirty streetscapes and ghettoes and into the atrium. Sighhhh...

And this bridge thing looks rather scary. Haha.

The concept is stolen to NS Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo since they built at ealier 80's :)

i think such things are so common you can't consider them stolen anymore.... like tee shirts? anyway got pics of the ns building?

The lobby is so tight.

Well that's quite true that Marina Mandarin, Pan Pacific and the other hotel which is next to Marina Mandarin (can't remember the name, you can see it on the left on the next photo) and the Ritz Carlton (next photo) are quite not beautiful as well.

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/pan_westview.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ritzcarlton02.jpg

And with Suntec City and the Millenium Tower, all the skyscrapers around are grey or white, with not as much greenery as in other areas of Singapore. This is not too good looking IMHO :-/ But I guess it's somehow meant to give a view on Singapore skyline, not to make a nice looking skyline on this side of the bay...

Oh, that's thr Ritz Carlton Millenia.:)

In Marina we have 5 5-star hotels all within walking distance of each other:

Ritz-Carlton Millenia
Marina Mandarin
Pan-Pacific
Conrad Centennial
The Oriental

Well I would agree that each of them are hardly what we would call revolutionary architecture especially when seen individually. Thanks goodness when seen collectively from far (especially from the merlion), they look somewhat nicer as a whole at night?

I think the contrast will be even greater then the NDT forms up across the Marina Channel!

whao! That's a tall atrium! I can't believe I haven't seen the interior before this!
Thanks! :cool:

[QUOTE=Pengui]
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ritzcarlton02.jpg
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I don't know why, but i find this one sublimely attractive.... like a nice warm coffee on a rainy day....

Conrad is the one of the most outstanding building surronding these area apart from suntec

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p2a06fed7db6545a3da86ff6eacaba518/f8349d88.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p88b25a38cd6865a4f95e40a42605efff/f7b86018.jpg

Hmm....yeah Conrad is the most unusual there, but I think my fav is Centennial tower. I love how it sparkles! ;)

actually, at first glance the marina bay buildings seem dull and dull and dull and dull especially when viewing from near. however if you look from say the top of esplanade or the merlion pier, the buildings actually complement one another very beautifully! especially the three john portman hotels... their unusual (rather) shapes make them seem like three enormous sculptures artfully positioned.

this is my fav hotel of the three marina complex hotels (based purely on how the exterior looks)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/singapore/IMGP5567.jpg

this is its interior i think
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/singapore/IMGP0592.jpg



although plateau-ish, this skyline seems almost perfect to me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/sybarite/IMGP2364.jpg

Blah, way too gray for my taste ^^
But yes, this side of the Marina Mandarin is quite nice ^^ Too bad the other side is soooo plain and ugly :-/

Lovely pics Pengui & heirloom! :applause:

The Pan Pacific was completed in 1986/7 and is 37 storeys tall. I was really crazy about it when it opened, because of its bullet-lifts that run up and down its side, exposed to the outside. I used to take lift rides in it as a kid. I also found the restaurant up there fascinating the way its tipped over at an edge.

Today though, I find the shorter Marina Mandarin & Oriental more interesting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/sgsquare9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/sgsquare8.jpg

Cool!

It seems like the view is only good at 4 sides of the restaurant? :D

Restaurant should had been at the Bay side, not turned inwards! :bash:

Well the designers dont have much brains I suppose. The nice outdoor elevators arent facing an optimal location either are they?

Yah should face the Bay what!

:eek2:

Beautiful baq!

The restaurant up there should have unobstructed views of the skyline.

:eek2:

Beautiful baq!

The restaurant up there should have unobstructed views of the skyline.
Perhaps....but notice you cant see much down or up for most sides of the restaurant?

You have to look across the ugly roof to see the skyline.If it was turned outwards, towards Bay, the view would be more stunning.

The Marina area in the evening.......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26231.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26371.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26261.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26281.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26351.jpg

The Oriental before it's renovated......
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/ylstan03/Fireworks/DSCN26311.jpg

the lifts on pan pac look shiny and new?

Hope they don't change the facade of Oriental!

If they do change it, i hope they retain that cascading effect.....

But all the buildings at Marina Centre looks so cubic and have squarish windows, except for the Ritz.

the lifts on pan pac look shiny and new?

I think it's because of good maintenence and good sunlight......:yes:

The whole hotel is in the wrong orientation.

The lift should be facing Bay.

If the lifts were facing the bay, the rooms would be facing Suntec... erm ^^

Don't forget Pan Paific was built for a long time since Suntec not yet to here :)

Marina Square in her early 90's is quite of totally differ from what beauty ever than before :weirdo:

The whole hotel is in the wrong orientation.

The lift should be facing Bay.

There are 3 hotels in the development with 2 along the bay. I guess its inevitable that one would have the 'wrong' direction.

@babystan, stunning pics! :cool:

Don't forget Pan Paific was built for a long time since Suntec not yet to here :)

Huh, true ^^
But my point was: that's Singapore Bay the guests want to see :-)

Truly indeed :)

Harbour view is nice for all in house guest while in residence
I stayed once at Conrad face by city view yet also pretty good
Colorful fountain scenery is majestic just underlying on your foot :cheers:

Lol, Pengui! :laugh:

You're right, the outside is nothing to sing about ... a mere concrete thingy ... we've seen thousands of them. :runaway:

But the inside!!! :eek: It's GORGEOUS!:cool:

This interior reminds me a bit of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. :) See-through elevators, greenery along the "balconies" on every floor ...

I think the Pan Pacific is higher, though. ;)


That's a very good call, Whose Homepage. It reminded me instantly of the Hyatt Regency down there on Market & Drumm Streets, what with the plant-lined balconies, the unique staggered triangular shape, and the raindrop-shaped elevators.

http://sanfranciscoregency.hyatt.com/property/imagedb/sfors/sfors_slide_lg_00.jpg

http://www.reservetravel.com/v4/hotelimages/pegs/HY/960/re_960_B2.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/cashburton/San%20Francisco/Interior.jpg


However, what is also similar is the rotating restaurant on the top of the building!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/cashburton/San%20Francisco/Restaurant.jpg

um... the restaurant is identical!

Oh! Phase Z.Ro... interesting idea!
Looks like construction site containers, but much more better.

Any pics of its interior?

well, they are construction site containers :S

kampong kembengan cc looks like a secondary school!

My new school building is almost done.We'll move in next month.

I'll see if I can manage to borrow a digicam from someone to take pictures of the old building and later, the new building. :)

well, they are construction site containers :S


If you check out the Phase Z.Ro (http://www.phasez.ro) website, you will find that they are not just construction site containers.

They are so cool value-for-money office space for Technopreneur. Its interior and exterior is well designed. No doubt for the SIA Design Award for Office Buildings Category 2004. :rock:

really? i'd rather they built proper buildings :/ i think anything corrugated looks cheap :(

really? i'd rather they built proper buildings :/ i think anything corrugated looks cheap :(

isnt that kind of Frank Lloyd Wright?

uh.. no?

I was thinking that corrugated would be expressed by metal vertical ribbing as can be seen on the containers. One example is the facade of the Price Tower...

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

looks simple and elegant I prefer its design to the KK Hospital.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/ttsh2.jpg

uh... really can't see similarity between price tower and phase z.ro..

uh... really can't see similarity between price tower and phase z.ro..

They arent exactly similar but to me they seem to have that corrugated-cum-metallic-cum-prefabricated look.

There are 3 hotels in the development with 2 along the bay. I guess its inevitable that one would have the 'wrong' direction.

@babystan, stunning pics! :cool:

Thanks.......:yes:

pics I compiled of the As Syafaah mosque in Sembawang ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/sembawangmosquesg.jpg

where did you get these pics?

http://www.forum-architects.com/home_content.html

The projects page uses flash so I captured the screenshot of the pics ;)

ooh i see another mosque on their site. looks quite interesting too.

You don't see any modern style Chinese temples in Singapore. :(

You don't see any modern style Chinese temples in Singapore. :(

are there examples of this elsewhere in the world?

@baq, great pics! I will definitely visit Sembawang one of these days to see this thing for myself :D

Thanks Raff! ;)

You don't see any modern style Chinese temples in Singapore. :(

Oh yes, there are. There's one along Hougang Avenue 3, opposite Defu Lane 10 called the Chee Tong Temple. Unusual pyramid shape for a Chinese Temple - by Tay Kheng Soon.

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/chee/CHEE.htm

i have the actual photos of the moulmein rise penthouse(with private pool) on my website:
http://funkyproperties.tvheaven.com/penthousewithprivatepool.htm

i have the actual photos of the moulmein rise penthouse(with private pool) on my website:
http://funkyproperties.tvheaven.com/penthousewithprivatepool.htm
Now, that is exclusive! :eek:

Thanks for your contribution, and welcome to the forums! :wave:

:eek2:
That's huge!

http://funkyproperties.tvheaven.com/colonial%20on%20east%20coast.htm
Where is this located (address?) ?! :eek:

Any other colonial bungalows?

Very cool website there :cool:

I finally located the Arris at Yan Kit Rd, quite a secluded location, unfortunately theres a lot of noise from the demolition/construction for the Pinnacles project.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arris2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arris3.jpg

rear view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/arris4.jpg

Wow, looks so different!

Front & back looks like 2 seperate buildings!

looks a bit like a school or hospital from the back - definitely wouldnt think it was a condo!

Looks so small and lonely...

beautiful! did you get a pic of the slightly protruding lap pool?

yup that was a highlight - I found it interesting because you can see the glass and water jutting out over the edge ^^

will post a pic tomorrow @_@

The Light @ Cairnhill

curvy and glassy :cool:

http://img72.exs.cx/img72/127/lightcairnhill.jpg

Looks like something from Europe! :cool: :cool: :cool:

its very wide too :)

http://imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/71037.jpg

wow...very nice and crispy! :D

thanx :D

dont like the poster though and pity traffic light seems to be not working.

oh sometimes I'm too impatient to wait for traffic to clear

uh i mean the traffic light seems to be out of order.

Jalan Besar Stadium

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

http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/jbstadium2.jpg

Looks like something from Europe! :cool: :cool: :cool:

True, redstone! Yet I'm not happy with that fact at all, it makes me very sad. :(

I very much dislike the trend of buildings looking the same all over the globe. Life will become quite deprived if buildings look the same everywhere you go. :bash: I'm a great believer in regional architecture, I must admit.

but you can't really imagine a malay or chinese style skyscraper that doesnt look tacky can you?

anyway i disagree that it looks like something from europe. it's probably much less daring than most european projects that would command the same level of prestige (it costs about USD800 per square foot or USD8800 per square metre).

I don't find the East Asian skyscrapers tacky at all, heirloom. :)

It doesnt look particularly European? Yet I can say its a pretty global design, a good global design. And I guess they reflect Singapore as a Global City for the 21st century :cool:

I saw a news clip about it that features high-tech entry recognition for residents, computer aided face recognition I believe :cool:

on the topic of regional designs incorporated into todays buildings, as long as they dont try too hard then it should be alright. Fortunately we have our heritage districts to give a sense of identity :yes:

uhm i would like to see what you mean by an 'east asian skyscraper'.. i can't really think of any other than the marriott hotel in singapore that's a 30 storey octagonal building in a pagoda style.

Did I use the wrong description, heirloom? In that case, I'm sorry.

By "East Asian skyscrapers" I mean the buildings I've seen in the various country forums here in the Asian forum. :)

oh ok... i'm not too sure how its defined though..

I guess "East Asian skyscrapers" is one of those things that are quite difficult to define, heirloom. A definition needs to be specific, and there is just no way to cover all EA skyscrapers in 4 or 5 sentences. I'm also not saying that ALL skyscrapers in SE Asia strike me as particularly "Asian," but many do. I just can't imagine them being built anywhere else but in your counties. :)

Lol, speaking about *definition*: sOmeOne started a "definition of a commieblock" thread in the Russian forum. There were various thoughts and contributions, including some from me (see also our conversations in the Singapore commieblock thread), but somehow we failed to arrive at the ultimate wording. ;)

oh... i dont know i thought asian skyscrapers were rather generic :p wouldn't the building in question be another asian skyscraper then?

I don't think we're understanding each other very well here, heirloom, although we're both trying hard to make ourselves understood. :(

Should we just drop it? I mean, considering that we both have our own individual perspective of things, and I respect yours and you respect mine? :)

uhm sure i hope i didnt come across as being offensive :?

Not in the slightest, heirloom! :hug:

I just figured we're having a hard time getting our thoughts across to each other, that's all. :)

oh ok :)

So no hard feelings, right? :hug:

Just a little communication problem among friends who basically like & want the same thing. :cheers:

oh no none at all ;) i'm somewhat tired and i can't think of something that would sound more sincere, but i really am (sincere and tired) :)

ah finally..pics from a Singaporean taxi driver blog

http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859586.jpg
http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859588.jpg
http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859600.jpg
http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859598.jpg
http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859595.jpg
http://srv.fotopages.com/2/2859591.jpg
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Great find baq! :okay:

I still have no idea where it is although it looks very close to the coastline..can see Johor in the distance...looks quite isolated :cool:

Sembawang! :D

are therea ny buildings around it? it looks really isolated.

Referring to the mosque above...
It's Assyafaah

Here's a picture of it.

http://cmsweb.mosque.org.sg/english/msq-dir/images/assyafaah.jpg

... and its website => http://www.mosque.org.sg/assyafaah/index.asp

http://www.pbase.com/image/37973405.jpg

:uh:
Where is it?!

The lobby of the hospital itself (I went in following your advice :cool: )

http://www.pbase.com/image/37973406.jpg

It seems the bridges linking the towers are not accessible...

i wanted to take a pic out of the window..but it seems the design has double windows..with an external corridor running along the perimeter of the room windows...but the views are gorgeous from the hospital

the lobby and base is also quite stunning

Some wards have double layer windows... Especially the top 2 floors...

Go try the lower floors... :yes:


No corridors... :yes:

http://www.pbase.com/image/37973405.jpg

The design looks quite old for Singapore ;)

hmmm...i think it was built in the 90s..but the lobby is quite nice

oh! Built already? I thought it's a proposal :D

heh heh..many pics of it posted by redstone on pg 1 of this thread ^^

Many say it looks like a cruise liner! :D :cool:


The some of the windows on the top two floors are double windows...

A great place to take panos, but have to got to the TV lounge on the wards, which are at the 'rounded' part. The semi-circle also is the play areas for children. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/devons.jpg
The Abode At Devonshire

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/balmodcondo.jpg
Condo, name unknown at Balestier

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/kk.jpg
KKH

cool pics! :happy:

I like the facade in this pic, I see a lot of new condos have this design nowadays

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/devons.jpg

Uh, can you repost photos instead of the link next time? ;):colgate:

Uh, can you repost photos instead of the link next time? ;):colgate:

I think its easier for the page to load isnt? looks neater too :)

Can anyone post more Biopolis pictures here?

Biopolis is conceived as this cutting-edge futuristic research centre as part of the One-North (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=149241) Masterplan.

What I was impressed with was its central plaza, with tropical trees and water features providing a nice contrast with the inorganic-looking architecture.

http://img161.exs.cx/img161/84/bpolis1fj.jpg

http://img200.exs.cx/img200/9656/bpolis26hz.jpg

http://img163.exs.cx/img163/7293/bpolis34yn.jpg

can the public enter into these buildings?

there are definitely publicly-accessible areas, esepcially the food courts and restaurants.

The portions at the food court are large (at least those I ordered from the Indian stall) :eat:

Biopolis looks so unreal.......
"Cold and dead".....

Looks like something from Europe.....

Parliament House (25/3/05):

http://img238.exs.cx/img238/4724/pic0166418cb.jpg

huh... i really never thought the parliament house could be under 'stunning modern architecture'..

I guess its up to personal interpretation :yes:

19 Mar 2005
Camden Medical Centre
Not exactly stunning... Just dunno where to post. :tongue3:

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/3464/camden6an.jpg

quite stunning :) love that building. can see some car's light in the picture..

http://img163.exs.cx/img163/7293/bpolis34yn.jpg
I saw this on the newspaper on the frontpage asking readers to guess which part of sg it was.

http://img238.exs.cx/img238/4724/pic0166418cb.jpg
I'm not into the parliament building though it does have some strong statement

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/balmodcondo.jpg
There'll be many apartments like this soon in KL! I hope they all don't look too identical :eek:

which newspaper?

^ Strait Times ;)

I like the contrast this building makes with its old neighbour

http://tinypic.com/5z0278

the contrast would be more dramatic if the old building was realllly dirty. what's it say? armenian what?

I think it says Armenian Kopitiam ^^

that old building is kinda dirty by Singapore standards, with ugly aircon units sticking out

2 S'pore architects win British design awards

21 Jun 05

Chan Soo Khian for Lincoln Modern, Koh Seow Chuan for the Esplanade

By ARTHUR SIM

SINGAPORE architects have bagged two of seven Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Worldwide Awards 2005, putting them in the same league as some of the world's best.

http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2005-06-21/asscda21-213251.jpg

The recipients of this international award are Chan Soo Khian of SCDA Architects for Lincoln Modern (a residential development) and Koh Seow Chuan of DP Architects for The Esplanade, Theatres on the Bay.

Of his win, Mr Koh said he was delighted with the news, not least because the award recognises his firm as co-designers alongside British architects Michael Wilford & Partners.

'The general public usually think that when there is a foreign architect involved, the local architects play only a small role,' he added.

He explained that with the Esplanade, this was impossible because Michael Wilford actually retired in 1995 and the building was only completed in 2002.

The win is also a vindication of sorts as the Esplanade's controversial 'durian' roof has inspired much debate. Referring to the spiky roof as a 'glass veil', the architect said that it was never a 'preconceived notion' to create such a roof. Instead, it grew out of having to address many issues concerning mechanical services, views, climate and even culture. The award will certainly shut some critics up. 'With the award, a prestigious architectural body has endorsed the design,' added Mr Koh.

Mr Chan's Lincoln Modern in Newton (for developer SC Global) has already received accolades for design, and the RIBA Award is just the latest. Designed in the tradition of architectural masters like Le Corbusier, the building impressed the RIBA Award judging panel with its degree of 'Modernist rationality'.

Mr Chan is particular pleased by this win because it recognises features in the design that are usually not noticed by buyers.

Saying that the 'essence of the design is its conceptual purity', he explained that one of the challenges in designing the Lincoln Modern was in the mathematical approach towards creating a modular system of interlocking loft-like L-shaped units and then sticking to this 'spatial diagram rigorously'.

As a result, the lifts stop every three floors. This cuts down on lift lobby spaces and raises efficiency of the spatial planning to about 90 per cent, debunking the belief that good design has to be frivolous.

I think it says Armenian Kopitiam ^^

that old building is kinda dirty by Singapore standards, with ugly aircon units sticking out

I say the design is ugly.....

why?

I think its unique and I hope they preserve it. At least that whole road has old buildings.