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A model on display at the URA Singapore City Gallery The Pinnacle@Duxton seen from street level, after Singapore National Day. All seven towers in the development are collectively the world's tallest public housing residential buildings. [23] They are linked at the 26th and 50th floors by the world's two longest sky gardens of 500m each. [24]
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[4] The 70-metre (230 ft) structure was, at the time of its completion, the tallest building in Southeast Asia; it was superseded by the 87-metre (285 ft) Asia Insurance Building in 1954, which remained the tallest in Singapore for more than a ...
In September 2007, a Goldman Sachs-linked fund bought Chevron House, at a price of S$730 million. This equates to $2,780 per square foot ($29,924/m 2) of net lettable area. This is Goldman Sachs' second major acquisition of an office property in Singapore. [7] It will allow CapitaLand to have a profit of about $150.8 million from the sale of ...
It was referred as "Ghost House" or Istana Menanti (The Waiting Palace). In 2010, the site which the house sits on was put on for sale. [6] It was a frequent haunt for photographers, especially for those who want to take night shots of the place, until the site the house was sold in 2012 for redevelopment.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) defines a residential building as one where 85 percent or more of its total floor area is dedicated to residential usage. [ 1 ] Currently, the tallest residential building in the world is Central Park Tower in a part of Midtown Manhattan , New York City , colloquially referred to as ...
The Samsung Hub, formerly 3 Church Street, is a skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. Located at 3 Church Street, it is situated just next to the Prudential Tower. [ 3 ] It is a 30-storey office building development, which includes a 6-storey podium block on a 35,000 m 2 (380,000 sq ft) plot of land.
Republic Plaza consists of three buildings, the 66-storey Republic Plaza I, the 23-storey Republic Plaza II, and a 10-storey podium linking the two towers (Plaza I and Plaza II) [5] Republic Plaza I was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, and with a height of 280 metres (920 ft), was, along with OUB Centre, and UOB Plaza, the tallest building in Singapore at the time of its completion.
The complex (centre) behind Robina House in 2006 The Facade of Shenton House in 2024 The back of Shenton House in 2024, (viewed from Shenton Lane) Shenton House is a building on Shenton Way in the Central Area of Singapore featuring a shopping podium underneath a 20-storey commercial tower. It was among the first buildings in Singapore to ...