Pearlbank Apartment

[BODYholic]

... and Pearlbank made it to the headline recently. Someone was trapped in the lift right at top of the building!

Pearlbank offers 1 of the best bird-eye view in Singapore. It's a tall building and it's standing on a high ground. Don't think there are many places with this combination around in Singapore?

[RafflesCity]

Landmark Tower, which is nearby and located at Chin Swee Rd. Its that tall and old brown condominium.

[BODYholic]

Thanks RafflesCity,
I have never heard of Landmark Tower but managed to found a few pics from sg expats.com. The building does look slender and tall but can't visualise the ground from the pics. will take note if i am around that area nxt time.

What abt My Faber Lodge? Another one shld be these few blocks of HDB-lookalike buildings nicely situated on a knoll along Braddell Road.
(I believe we used to call them HUDC or something)

[RafflesCity]

are they very ugly?

another 2 ugly buildings I can think of are Rajah Tower at Jalan Rajah and this tall apartment tower in Clementi.

heres another shot of this beast!

[redstone]

RC: Mice contrasting pic.

Rajah Tower?
What does it look like?

[BODYholic]

Originally Posted by RafflesCity

are they very ugly?

another 2 ugly buildings I can think of are Rajah Tower at Jalan Rajah and this tall apartment tower in Clementi.

heres another shot of this beast!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/pearltemasek.jpg[/IMG]

Landmark Tower does look ok to me from those pics in s'pore expats.com.
In any case, it is a building dated back in 1985 so can't really compare the current league of skyscrapers lah.

Oh mine, PearlBank really looks like a face full of pimples when closes up. The building seriously need repainting and put away all those unsightly aircons.

[RafflesCity]

LOL

some colour to contrast with its bleak facade:

[babystan03]

Hmm....if they were to include pearlbank into the lighting scheme, I wonder what could be done to bring it to life at night??

[RafflesCity]

thats quite a creative idea!

[babystan03]

^ A bit pity to let it stand up there like a tomb.....

[onedegreenorth]

I'd like to thank the more than 200 people whom attended Rojak #7 [by FARM] at Penthouse One, Pearlbank Apartments on Feb 10th 2007. It was a great evening.

Due to the overwhelming interest, Ed Poole [the owner] is willing to open the penthouse for viewing, upon request, and by appointment. Call +65 6536 3928 only during business hours, please!

Now that the 4,000 sq ft is sufficiently renovated, it is now safe to allow visitors.

http://www.pearlbankapartments.com has been re-activated !
interior photos are available on http://www.poole-associates.com

[onedegreenorth]

30+ building botox

How do I get photos uploaded?

[onedegreenorth]

Many thanks to the over 200 architects, designers, writers, poets and interested individuals whom attended Rojak #7 at Penthouse One, Pearlbank Apartments on Feb 10th 2007, organized by the people at farm.sg The presentations were fantastic. Penthouse One has been recently renovated and is now safe enough to allow visitors in. [For several years there were no handrails on some stairs and some floors unfinished].

The response was overwhelmingly positive, and of course the view mezmerises many people.

Ed Poole, the owner [an architect] will gladly open the penthouse for visitors. Call +65 6536 3928 during business hours, and a convenient time and date will be set. or e:mail to poole@pacific.net.sg.

You can view interior photos at http://www.poole-associates.com or in March a new version of http://www.pearlbankapartments.com will be on-line.

Some residence of the building are attempting to en-block the structure [sell it off for greater returns than individual sale] - a simple excercise in the classic Singaporean dream.......greed. The current GFA is lower than it was in 1972, and the building still maintains one of the highest density ratios in the city.

Because of this, it is the opinion of this writer, that the basic principle of en-block does not apply here, and thus the threat to this structure should be put to rest, so that the owners who reside there will continue to renovate their units to keep the building safe. For some bloggers on this thread that call it a run down slum - I invite you for a personal tour.

The exterior facade is going to see a major repair soon, but unfortunately this does not include the removal of mismatched window frames, grills and air con units.

As more people view the building from the top and can experience the AMAZING spaces of apartments, you will understand why this building is so unique and has been called a 'Singapore Housing Icon'. See the article at the opening to this thread.

[Pengui]

Wow, so we can just call the architect to visit ?
Sounds great, how about a SSC meeting at the place ? ;-)

[surfers_]

Sorry, what is this about?

Originally Posted by onedegreenorth

I'd like to thank the more than 200 people whom attended Rojak #7 [by FARM] at Penthouse One, Pearlbank Apartments on Feb 10th 2007. It was a great evening.

Due to the overwelming interest, Ed Poole [the owner] is willing to open the penthouse for viewing, upon request, and by appointment. Call +65 6536 3928 only during business hours, please!

Now that the 4,000 sq ft is sufficiently renovated, it is now safe to allow visitors.

http://www.pearlbankapartments.com is being re-activated mid Feb 2007.
interior photos are available on http://www.poole-associates.com

[Cliff]

I certainly don't mind!

[y2koh]

I've went into one of the apartments in Pearlbank, and I think that it's truly amazing, the way the apartments split into upper and lower levels each housing different functions and define the private and semi-private spaces shows how the design was carefully thought out, yet there remains a great deal of flexibility. Although it looks closed up from the outside, the spaces inside are very well litted and has an airy feel. This building may not look like the posh, sleek, and glass-cladded condominiums that most people would consider beautiful from the outside; but it gives an answer at the very root what is architecture about - to create spaces of dwelling for the people inside.

As for Golden Mile, I found it actually quite amazing as well. I wouldn't say it's ugly, neither that it is beautiful. But it is both ugly and beautiful at the same time because it's blalantly honest. The way the balconies are covered and the spaces extended to each owners liking collectively creates a mosaic which displays the diversity and eclecticism of our built environment. And that is why I think it is far more interesting than other buildings in Singapore, because it has transcend beyond tastes and the defination of what is beautiful and what is not.

[redstone]

Originally Posted by Pengui

Wow, so we can just call the architect to visit ?
Sounds great, how about a SSC meeting at the place ? ;-)

THAT'LL BE GREAT!!!



Oh yes, People's Park Complex is also a good example of architecture. Don't as me why, but I find the atriums... good....

[Singapor3]

Can I join?

[eyetoeye]

yay i wanna go too!