Many countries around the world are renowned for their stunning architecture, with building designs that show just what the human mind is capable of.
Singapore is no different and features hundreds of buildings that have to been seen to be believed – from high-rise developments to environmentally friendly living spaces.
Here we pick a selection of the most extravagant buildings, ones that lovers of fine architecture are sure to enjoy.
Marina Bay Sands
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The Integrated Resort that fronts Marina Bay is the world’s most expensive standalone casino property – valued at a whopping $8 billion when the cost of prime land is also included.
It also includes a 2,561 room hotel, a massive 1/3 million square foot convention centre, a shopping mall, museum, two large theatres, an ice rink, seven restaurants run by celebrity chefs and the world’s biggest atrium casino. It has 500 tables and an incredible 1,600 slot machines!
And this what the roof looks like…
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At the top of the huge complex is the 340 metre long SkyPark – capable of holding 3,900 people as well as the 150 metre long infinity edge swimming pool. It is the largets public cantilevered platform in the world and it overhangs the north tower by nearly 70 metres.
Heatherwick Tower University Building – inspired by parsnips
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Designer Thomas Heatherwick is behind the unique university building that is comprised of 12 towered structures that are meant to resemble giant parsnips. The eight storey design is part of the Nanyang Technological University and contains 56 oval shaped teaching spaces. The walls of the elevator cores that are slotted between the towers are also covered with more than 700 drawings by illustrator Sara Fanelli, which depict a range of art, literature and scientific images.
The Interlace – like towered Lego bricks
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The huge development comprising 31 apartment blocks – all six storeys high and nearly identical – is arranged in a hexagonal pattern around several courtyards. Wonderfully impressive and incredibly imaginative, the site has plenty of green areas as well a number of swimming pools in the centre.
Nanyang Technological University
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The green roof at the University’s School of Art, Design and Media is meant to reflect the creativity that is found within it. Mixing landscape and structure, nature and technology, the building reflects efforts to ensure the building is at peace with its incredible woody surroundings.
Singapore National Stadium
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Located on the site of the former National Stadium, the new design was officially opened in 2014 and is only stadium in the world that is custom built to host football, cricket, rugby and athletics. Seating is reconfigured depending on the type of event being hosted and can be altered in as little as 48 hours. The whole process is done mechanically using an automated retractable seating system, with a maximum of 55,000 fans able to cram into watch events.
100pp Creative Office space
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A bid to create exciting office space outside of the central business district has seen plenty of buildings spring up in all sorts of extravagant styles. The eight storey 100PP was created using striated layers and shifting floor plates which looks to maximise available space. Marketed at creative agencies, the office spaces are both popular and stylish.
Gardens by the Bay conservatories
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Covering a huge expanse of reclaimed land near Marina Bay, the park area consists of three waterfront gardens, the largest of which covers 54 hectares. The Singapore Government is keen to increase the amount of green areas in the city, by turning the area from a ‘garden in a city’ to a ‘city in a garden’. The conservatories are designed to be an energy efficient showcase of sustainable building developments, while also being a space for educational entertainment.
Ardmore Residence
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The residential complex is made up large four storey sectors from which large openings and balconies are carved. Totalling 36 storeys, the block includes 58 homes and is reflective of urban living developed using vivid imagination.
Helix Bridge
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The pedestrian bridge links Marina Centre with Marina South in the Marina Bay area (spot the impressive Marina Bay looming in the background!) Pairs of lights are used on the bridge to represent strands of DNA from which the building ideas originated – however the whole design was left handed, making it the opposite of regular DNA.
Reflections
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This incredible feat of engineering features six glass towers of between 24 and 41 storeys at the edge of Keppel Bay. Some 1,129 luxury homes form the complex while property owners also get access to the onsite Marina.
Park Royal
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Referred to as a ‘hotel in a garden’, Park Royal includes 15,000 square metres of sky gardens, providing something that is very different to your typical urban sprawl. The hotel is completely sustainable and has a focus on keeping nature at the heart of everything. Green thinking has occurred with many developments across Singapore, but Park Royal really is the stand out example!
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