Centennial Tower (Singapore)
| Centennial Tower | |
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The Centennial Tower
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 3 Temasek Avenue Marina Centre, Downtown Core, Singapore |
| Coordinates | 1°17′36″N 103°51′37″E / 1.293265°N 103.860142°ECoordinates: 1°17′36″N 103°51′37″E / 1.293265°N 103.860142°E |
| Construction started | 1995 |
| Completed | 1997 |
| Cost | USD$149 Million |
| Owner | Kwee brothers' Pontiac Land |
| Height | |
| Roof | 158 m (518 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 37 2 below ground |
| Floor area | 66.270 m2 (713.32 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kevin Roche and Thom Mayne |
| Main contractor | Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd |
| References | |
Centennial Tower is a 158 m (518 ft), 37 storey high-rise office skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore. It is located on 3 Temasek Avenue, in the zone of Marina Centre. The building is nearby other skyscrapers such as Millenia Tower, and Suntec City.
The building won the Building and Construction Authority's Best Buildable Design Award in the Commercial & Office Buildings category in 1999.
The tower was built at a total cost of USD$149 Million. It has a gross floor area of 66,270 square metres.
Centennial Tower's anchor tenant is Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Centennial Tower was initially designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Kevin Roche. In 2015, the building underwent a recladding exercise, unveiling a newly designed facade by yet another Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, Thom Mayne.
Although completed in 1997, it was structurally designed and built to allow for future upward expansion by as much as 15 additional stories to reach 52 stories. During the construction of the building, the use of innovative and newer construction techniques allowed it to rise 20 stories in just 3 months, one of the fastest rates of construction then seen in Singapore. This enabled the contractor to save 5 months of construction, as compared to using the conventional method. Precast staircases, prefabricated reinforcement for the core walls, beams and columns were also used to enhance the productivity on site.
A 6m by 15m mural entitled “Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space” by James Rosenquist sits in the Centennial Tower lobby. Rosenquist painted the mural in 1985, at a time when he was contemplating issues of life. Two smaller murals measuring 6m by 6m complement the painting; entitled “Singapore” and “Bali”, these 2 murals were specially commissioned to capture the mystique of lush tropical havens.
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