Tanjong Pagar Center

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Tanjong Pagar Center
Tanjong Pagar Center
Basic data
Place: SingaporeSingapore Singapore
Construction time : 2013-2016
Architect : Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Use / legal
Usage : Hotel, office space, living
Technical specifications
Height : 290 m
Usable area : 148,000 m²

The Tanjong Pagar Center , also known as Guoco Tower known is a mixed-use building in the district of Tanjong Pagar of Singapore . With a height of 290 m, it is currently the tallest building in Singapore, breaking the record that UOB Plaza has held for more than 20 years.

The 2016 completed skyscraper with 64 floors and 1.7 million square meters was of GuocoLand planned and by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed. The construction work was carried out by the construction department of the South Korean company Samsung . It is the current headquarters of Guocoland Limited and the only skyscraper in the city that is exempt from the 280m height limit thanks to special government approval. The Tanjong Pagar Center houses the Tanjong Pagar Park on the roof, an apartment complex and a hotel belonging to the Sofitel Hotels & Resorts chain .

The construction cost approximately 3.2 billion Singapore dollars . The building's design won several awards.

Billionaire James Dyson acquired Singapore's tallest and most expensive apartment at the time in June 2019 for USD 54.2 million , which is located on floors 62 to 64 of the skyscraper.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tanjong Pagar Center - The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Patrick John Lim: High hopes: Singapore's upcoming tallest building aims to rejuvenate Tanjong Pagar . Channel NewsAsia . January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ A b Rennie Whang: Tanjong Pagar Center: New tallest building in Singapore after 20 years . In: The Straits Times . January 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Natasha Ann Zachariah: Tanjong Pagar Center: Work, live, relax in 290m-high building . In: The Straits Times . April 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ WAN AWARDS: Mixed-Use Award 2014: Singapore and Holland share the podium . In: World Architecture News . January 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ Vacuum cleaner billionaire Dyson buys Singapore's most expensive penthouse. Manager Magazin , July 10, 2019, accessed July 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ James Dyson buys Singapore's most expensive apartment 'for £ 44m' as he prepares to move company HQ. The Telegraph, July 10, 2019, accessed July 25, 2019 .

Coordinates: 1 ° 16 ′ 37.6 ″  N , 103 ° 50 ′ 46 ″  E