Pearlbank Apartment

[onedegreenorth]

Pengui, when you mean "just call the architect" are you refering to Arch-urban or the resident of Penthouse One, whom is also an architect?, Ed Poole

If you would like to view a penthouse, yes, just call 65 6536 3928 during biz hours to make an appointment - Poole Associates...a design firm is located in Penthouse One, come on over for a coffee and the great view !

early March the exterior roof deck of Penthosue One is being re-surfaced with new marble as the waterproof membrane is now deteriorating. Not bad...it lasted 32 years.

[Maverick713]

Originally Posted by onedegreenorth

Pengui, when you mean "just call the architect" are you refering to Arch-urban or the resident of Penthouse One, whom is also an architect?, Ed Poole

If you would like to view a penthouse, yes, just call 65 6536 3928 during biz hours to make an appointment - Poole Associates...a design firm is located in Penthouse One, come on over for a coffee and the great view !

early March the exterior roof deck of Penthosue One is being re-surfaced with new marble as the waterproof membrane is now deteriorating. Not bad...it lasted 32 years.

I like the last sentence from your website:

"Poole Associates will not be pushed out of their premises by the extreme greed of other Pearlbank owners" says the owner of Penthouse One. The GFA for this building is now actually lower than what it was when constructed. Pearlbank remains one of the highest density sites in the inner city and is NOT in a state of disrepair. The purpose of enblock in this case is seriously flawed - the destruction of this landmark building is attempted solely based on GREED. The appalling attitudes of residents that do not care for the tremendous waste of the worlds resources in the destruction of relatively new buildings in Singapore should be met with contempt. A building from the 70's is not old !

Some relatively new and still-modern buildings in S'pore also were recently wasted by greed.... maybe if sand supply become completely halted would we realise what kind of resource wasters we are.

[Pengui]

Hmm, not sure whether I will have an opportunity on business days... Till march, right ? Too bad, would have been a nice opportunity to couple it with Sze Hoong visit ;-)

Well if you guys plan something, lemme know, I'll see what I can do :-)

[MsSKM]

Originally Posted by redstone

Somehow it reminds me of Kowloon Walled City....

I agree, it a huge cornucopia of lifestyles beautifully grouped as a building

Pity KWC was vacated in 1991 and torn down in 1993. You could see the planes landing at the old Kai Tak very clearly

[MsSKM]

btw...thank you to RAFFLESCITY for this post http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=447970

nice pics of PB Apts

[lieblingsg]

There is no thread on the other iconic building here, Golden Mile Complex. So I give my 2 cents worth here.

I have actaully stayed in a 2 bedroom apartment there 8 years ago. I dont know if things have chaged. I like the design very much. If you get a corner apartment nearest to the Kallang River side, you will get a gorgeous water view as well as that of the national stadium through a cricular window (like a porthole of a ship). All the units have a nice very generous balcony and during national day celebrations, you can have your own party on the balcony to watch the flypass and the fireworks.

That said, the facilities are very much in disrepair. The swimming pool is in such a sorry state and the carpark is pothole infested. To get to the lift lobby on a weekend, which is located at the end of the building, you would have to jump over bodies of drunk Thai construction workers who congregated there in droves. This was my experience 8 years ago. If you dont mind all these, once you are upstairs in your unit, you are in your own oasis.

I loved staying there. I still wonder sometimes if I shd buy a unit there, preferably the penthouse.

[Maverick713]

Originally Posted by lieblingsg

There is no thread on the other iconic building here, Golden Mile Complex. So I give my 2 cents worth here.

There are already a couple of threads on Golden Mile Complex. You just need to search for these words and you would get these threads ....

1) Just wondering: Would you consider buying Golden Mile complex?
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...54#post6175454

2) Collective Sales/Redevelopment of Golden Miles Complex
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...9#post10104479

[surfers_]

I don't know about you. But, I definitely wouldn't want to stay in that kind of place.

Originally Posted by lieblingsg

There is no thread on the other iconic building here, Golden Mile Complex. So I give my 2 cents worth here.

I have actaully stayed in a 2 bedroom apartment there 8 years ago. I dont know if things have chaged. I like the design very much. If you get a corner apartment nearest to the Kallang River side, you will get a gorgeous water view as well as that of the national stadium through a cricular window (like a porthole of a ship). All the units have a nice very generous balcony and during national day celebrations, you can have your own party on the balcony to watch the flypass and the fireworks.

That said, the facilities are very much in disrepair. The swimming pool is in such a sorry state and the carpark is pothole infested. To get to the lift lobby on a weekend, which is located at the end of the building, you would have to jump over bodies of drunk Thai construction workers who congregated there in droves. This was my experience 8 years ago. If you dont mind all these, once you are upstairs in your unit, you are in your own oasis.

I loved staying there. I still wonder sometimes if I shd buy a unit there, preferably the penthouse.

[redstone]

Is the penthouse still available for visiting? And is it during weekdays, office hours only?

[SonofaDude]

There's an article in the 'papers today regarding en-bloc and how the value of the units in Pearlbank has risen tremendously due to all the en-bloc talk. The en-bloc committee claims they have about 70% of residence agreeing to the en-bloc.

[redstone]

Just went to Penthouse One. The owner Mr Poole was very hospitable and showed me around. The penthouse is both his residence and office. About 400 sq m spead over 3 floors. But it's split level and appears as if having 5 floors.

His studio, reception area and living areas are all inside, occupying different levels. All the walls are knocked out and inside redecorated. But one of the toilets still keep the "grooooovy" retro 1970s tiles. ^_^ There's a roof terrace, and a master bedroom that looks across the terrace to the fantastic endless views. Apparently the triple split units makes all the rooms very bright and airy. Double advantage since it's a corner unit, an extra window for every room at the edge.

[kurakura]

Originally Posted by redstone

Just went to Penthouse One. The owner Mr Poole was very hospitable and showed me around. The penthouse is both his residence and office. About 400 sq m spead over 3 floors. But it's split level and appears as if having 5 floors.

His studio, reception area and living areas are all inside, occupying different levels. All the walls are knocked out and inside redecorated. But one of the toilets still keep the "grooooovy" retro 1970s tiles. ^_^ There's a roof terrace, and a master bedroom that looks across the terrace to the fantastic endless views. Apparently the triple split units makes all the rooms very bright and airy. Double advantage since it's a corner unit, an extra window for every room at the edge.

[LittlePig]

Mr Poole must have spent a bomb renovating his penthouse! No wonder he is against en-bloc.

[urbanespaces]

by someone-
"Wow, this is a cool building! It's like a luxury commieblock, I'd love to live there!
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Lithuanian beer tastes like bleach!

i (like) that luxury commieblock description. was on my architectural tour last year but isn't this going to go en bloc as well?

[surfers_]

Looks like pearlbank may be going enbloc soon.

[Cliff]

I wonder how they'll pull down such a huge building

[skyving]

saw on their website that the deadline for the lastet en-bloc bid was on 1st July, but there's no update if the 80% vote was successfully obtained.

anyone with inside info?

praying hard it was NOT successful!

[ScaniaLuver]

Originally Posted by Cliff

I wonder how they'll pull down such a huge building

The most magnificent way to pull it down , would be implosion . The building can split in half , then collapse accordingly . But i doubt SG will use implosion . Most likely conventional demolition methods, the top-down demolition , from the roof to the ground .

Oh btw , do you know that old HDB flats had been imploded using explosives b4?

[redstone]

Originally Posted by ScaniaLuver

The most magnificent way to pull it down , would be implosion . The building can split in half , then collapse accordingly . But i doubt SG will use implosion . Most likely conventional demolition methods, the top-down demolition , from the roof to the ground .

Oh btw , do you know that old HDB flats had been imploded using explosives b4?

I've seen a really small and old pic of one. How come no implosions how?

[Singapor3]

Pearlbank

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