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Treelodge@Punggol was one of the piloted HDB projects in Singapore for the FerroLite partition wall system. Designed to reduce noise transmission between rooms, the flats come fitted with the patented FerroLite partition wall system. The wall is essentially non-load bearing and made of ferrocement. As compared to other cement-based partition ...
Singapore went through a major building boom in the 1970s and 1980s that resulted from the city's rapid industrialisation. During this time OUB Centre (present-day One Raffles Place) became the tallest building in the city-state; the 280 m (919 ft) structure was also the tallest building in the world outside of North America from its 1986 ...
Sidewalk skylight (also named 'pavement light') made of load-bearing glass bricks in Burlington House, London. Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. The appearance of glass blocks can vary in color, size, texture and form. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration while admitting light.
1976: Glass fittings are added to the product range; 1978: Production becomes international – first production facility in Singapore (SG) 1987: Safety solutions [buzzword] and emergency exit control systems; 1999: Acquisition of Groom; 2002: New business with mobile partition walls; 2013: More than 1 billion euros annual turnover; 2015 ...
Glass partition walls A partition wall is a usually thin wall that is used to separate or divide a room , primarily a pre-existing one. Partition walls are usually not load-bearing , and can be constructed out of many materials, including steel panels, bricks, cloth, plastic , plasterboard , wood , blocks of clay, terracotta , concrete , and glass.
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]
The Gateway is a 37-storey, 150 m (490 ft), skyscraper complex completed in April 1990 on Beach Road in the Downtown Core of Singapore. The two buildings are named The Gateway East and The Gateway West. The embassy of Mexico is located on the 3rd floor of The Gateway East.
Le Freeport, formerly known as Singapore Freeport, is a high-security storage and display facility in Singapore. [1] A majority stake is held by Natural Le Coultre S.A. of art dealer and shipper Yves Bouvier. [2] Opened near Singapore Changi Airport in May 2010, the facility is modelled after similar institutions in Geneva and Luxembourg.