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Another architectural trend has been the rediscovery of Singapore's architectural heritage, leading to an active conservation programme as well as a booming industry in the restoration of historic buildings, often adapting them to new uses. A recent example is the National Museum of Singapore.
The Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) is an urban park spanning 105 hectares (260 acres) in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir.The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden in Marina South, Bay East Garden with the Founders' Memorial in Marina East and Bay Central Garden in the Downtown Core and Kallang. [2]
OUE Downtown or 6 Shenton Way, formerly DBS Building Towers [7] [8] is a high-rise skyscraper complex at 6 Shenton Way in the central business district of Singapore. Tower 1, at 201 metres (659 ft) and 50 storeys, was completed in 1975 and is one of Singapore's oldest skyscrapers. Tower 2, at 150 m (490 ft) and 36 storeys, was completed twenty ...
Singapore's history of skyscrapers began with the 1939 completion of the 17-storey Cathay Building. [4] The 70-metre (230 ft) structure was, at the time of its completion, the tallest building in Southeast Asia; it was superseded by the 87-metre (285 ft) Asia Insurance Building in 1954, which remained the tallest in Singapore for more than a ...
20th-century architecture in Singapore (3 C, 192 P) 21st-century architecture in Singapore (1 C, 1 P) A. Singaporean architects (2 C, 17 P)
In 2017, it received a Green Good Design Award from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum, [3] a Singapore Good Design Mark Platinum award from the Design Business Chamber Singapore, [9] and was also named Building of The Year at the Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design ...
The building was designed by two architectural firms working in conjunction: by DP Architects (DPA) of Singapore and the London-based Michael Wilford & Partners (MWP), although the latter left the project in May 1995. The design consists of two rounded space frames fitted with triangulated glass elements and sunshades, which balance outward ...
0–9. 2 Cable Road; 2 Kampong Kapor Road; 25 Chapel Road; 30 Meyer Road; 42 Waterloo Street; 54-58 Waterloo Street; 60 Waterloo Street; 61 Meyer Road; 72-13; 78 Moh Guan Terrace