Bishan Public Library / LOOK Architects
Architect: LOOK Architects
Location: 5 Bishan Place, Singapore
Site Area: 1400.30 sqm
Client: National Library Board, Singapore
Structural Engineer: Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Mechanicalme &Electrical Engineer: Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Quantity surveyor: BEC Consultants
Completion: 2006
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall, Tim Nolan
Reflections / Daniel Libeskind
Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Location: Keppel Bay, Singapore
Building Size: 2,000,000 sqm; 1,129 units
Client: Keppel Land International
Architect of Record: DCA Architects PTE LTD
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: Beca Carter Hollings&Ferner (S.E.Asia) Pte Ltd
Civil Engineer: T.Y. LIN International
Landscape Architect: Hargreaves Associates + Sitetectonix
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Keppel Bay Pte Ltd-a, SDL, VMW Obilia
Brookvale Park / Tristan & Juliana
Architects: Juliana & Tristan
Location: Brookvale Park, Singapore
Project Area: 150 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Rupert Singleton, ImageGarden
36 BTrd / DP Architects
Architects: DP Architects
Location: 36 Boon Teck Road, Singapore 329 605
Principal Architect: Jaye Tan Jia Yee
Main Contractor: Lay Construction
Site Area: 137.3 sqm
Building Area: 284.97sqm (GFA)
Photographs: Courtesy of DP Architects
Helix Bridge / Cox Architecture with Architects 61
Architects: Cox Architecture + Architects 61
Location: The Helix at Raffles Avenue and Bayfront Bridge, Singapore
Project Year: 2010
Cost at completion of construction: SGD$82,900,000
Project Area: 1379.08 sqm
Project Team: Philip Cox, Michael Rayner, Hang Chung Ling, Spyros Barberis, Lynn Heng, Michael Ngu, Siti Suriah Taib, Sunita Menon.
Consultant Team: Arup – Structural consultant, Arup – Civil consultant, Arup – Mechanical consultant, Arup – Electrical consultant, Arup – Lighting consultant, Tierra Design – Landscape consultant, Davis Langdon Seah – Cost Consultant.
Construction Team: Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd – Builder
Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones, Angus Martin
Scotts Tower / UNStudio
In early December, Ben van Berkel unveiled his firm’s latest design for a 31-storey residential tower in Singapore. The tower presents a new take on functional and flexible space, as the structure is conceived as a framework for a vertical city complete with landscaped gardens, sky terraces, roof gardens and recreational facilities. ”An interesting facet of the Scotts Tower is the way that it reacts to the urban context of Singapore. Instead of the more usual means of planning a city horizontally, we have created neighborhoods in the sky; a vertical city where each zone has its own distinct identity,” explained van Berkel.
More about the tower after the break.
Space Asia Hub / WOHA
Architects: WOHA Architects
Location: 77 Bencoolen Street, Singapore
Completion: 2011
Size: 40,000 sq ft
Budget: S$50,000,000
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall
23 Alnwick Road / Park+Associates
Architects: Park+Associates Pte Ltd
Location: Alnwick Road, Singapore
Completion Year: 2011
Area: 4,628 sq ft
Photographs: Edward Hendricks
Penhaligons Flagship Boutique / Jenner Studio
Architects: Jenner Studio
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Michael Franke
AD Classics: Pearl Bank Apartments / Tan Cheng Siong
At the time of its completion in 1976, the Pearl Bank Apartment complex was the highest-density and tallest residential structure in Singapore at 38 stories. The total height of the horseshoe-shaped complex exceeded 430’ tall and was home for over 1,500 inhabitants. Designed by Tan Cheng Siong of Archurban Architects & Planners, Pearl Bank served as a beacon of contemporary residential design and acted as precedent to the subsequent high-density urban development in Singapore and throughout southeast Asia.
158 Cecil Street / Park+Associates
Architect/Interior: Park+Associates Pte Ltd/ 2nd Edition Pte Ltd
Location: 158, Cecil Street, Singapore
Area: 3,300 sqf
Project Year: 2010
Photographers: Edward Hendricks
MOD Office / Ministry of Design
Architects: Ministry of Design (MOD)
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Contractor: Interior Composite
Photographs: CI&A Photography
Gardens by the Bay / Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Gardens by the Bay will be Singapore’s largest garden project and is central to the country’s continued development of Marina Bay. Managed by the Singapore‘s National Park Board, the gardens were designed by a team of two firms: landscape architects, Grant Associates and architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The gardens will feature two cooled conservatories – the Flower Dome (cool dry biome) and Cloud Forest (cool moist biome), as well as themed horticulture gardens, heritage gardens, and hundreds of thousands of plants from around the world.
More on this after the break.
The Tastings Room / Studio SKLIM
The Tastings Room is a new addition to the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District, Marina Square with the fine combination of French/Italian bistro cuisine and wine cellar under one roof. The restaurant’s vision was to refresh the perception of wine and food culture in Singapore by providing them at affordable prices. The overall spatial experience sandwiches the crafted black volumes between two layers of industrial aesthetics: exposed ceiling and concrete screed floor, to juxtapose/merge opposing aesthetics of being sophisticated yet affordable.
Architect: Studio SKLIM
Location: Marina Square, Singapore
Visualization: Studio SKLIM / Federico Mira
Project Area: 137 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Jeremy San
The Golden Box / K2Ld Architects
The intention of the house’s design is to define and blur the visual threshold between the public and private areas of the house. The transparency of the house decreases in ascending order as per their functional requirements. Their surfaces clearly express their openness of the daily living habits and rituals.
Architect: K2Ld Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall
Wanderlust Hotel / Asylum, phunk Studio, fFurious and DP Architects
The Wanderlust Hotel in Little India, Singapore features a collaboration of designers from Singapore studios including Asylum, phunk Studio and fFurious - together with architect firm DP Architects. Each level is dedicated to the designs of each firm. The Lobby is themed as Industrial Glam by Asylum – a juxtaposition of the surrounding’s setting and contemporary design. Level 2 is Eccentricity by phunk Studio and is designed with bright colors and neon lights on all the surfaces, including a rainbow corridor and mosaic tiled jacuzzi. Level 3 is Is it just Black and White by DP Architects which feature contrasting black and white painted spaces with origami and Pop-Art works on display. Level 4 is Creature Comforts by fFurious where friendly monsters keep guests company in their rooms.
Read on for more images of the Wanderlust Hotel after the break.
The Boutiq / Broadway Malyan
International design team Broadway Malyan, was recently tabbed to design a new luxury housing complex in Singapore. The project, “The Boutiq”, will be built on the grounds of the historic, recently demolished, Mitre Hotel. Additional renderings and a brief narrative can be seen after the break.
Artscience Museum In Singapore / Safdie Architects
Architects: Safdie Architects - Moshe Safdie
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project year: 2011
Photographs: SafdieArchitects, MBS Digital Media, Timothy Hursley
Cluny House / Guz Architects
Architects: Guz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project area: 1,505 sqm
Project year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall
House at Hillside / Nota Design International pte Ltd
Nota Design International pte Ltd just shared with us this project called “House At Hillside” in Singapore. According to the architects, this house is a half a century old single storey terrace with an attic and is located in a huge residential zone with a plot ratio of 1.4. The potential of it being en-bloc in a few years’ time is there, but by no means certain.
You can read more about this project and see more photographs after the break.
