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The replacement building, designed by Paul Tange of Tange Associates Japan and RDC Architects Pte Ltd Singapore, was named The Cathay; it opened on 24 March 2006. [7] The new Cathay is a generic glass-and-steel shopping centre with internal atrium, a common typology in Singapore.
The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. History [ edit ]
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[4] The 70-metre (230 ft) structure was, at the time of its completion, the tallest building in Southeast Asia; it was superseded by the 87-metre (285 ft) Asia Insurance Building in 1954, which remained the tallest in Singapore for more than a ...
The first Cathay Cinema was located at the Cathay Building on 2 Handy Road, Singapore. It was the first air-conditioned cinema building in Singapore, opening on 3 October 1939 with the film The Four Feathers. [2] The cinema had a seating capacity of 1,321 and ancillary spaces such as a women's lounge and a spacious lounge bar. [3]
Cathay Building Colony of Singapore Singapore: Singapore: 1940-1954: 84 m (276 ft) 11: Asia Insurance Building Malaysia Singapore: Singapore: 1954–1969: 87 m (285 ft) 20 [5] Wisma Nusantara Indonesia: Jakarta: 1969–1971: 117 m (384 ft) 30: The Mandarin Singapore Tower 1 Singapore: Singapore: 1971–1973: 144 m (472 ft) 36: The Mandarin ...
Ten national monuments are located within the Museum Planning Area, namely the Armenian Church, the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Cathay Building (now The Cathay), the Central Fire Station, the House of Tan Yeok Nee, the MacDonald House, the Old Tao Nan School (Peranakan Museum), the National Museum of Singapore, the Old Hill Street Police Station and the Singapore Art Museum/Former Saint ...
Cathay Cineleisure Orchard is an urban mall located at 8 Grange Road, Singapore. The building is managed by Cathay Organisation under its subsidiary company of Cathay Cineleisure International. Background
Standing at 270 feet (82 metres), it surpassed the Cathay Building to be the tallest tower in Singapore until the completion of Meritus Mandarin Tower 1 in 1971. Designed by one of Singapore's pioneer architects, Ng Keng Siang , the office building was completed in 1955 and served as the headquarters for the Asia Insurance Company , one of the ...