Raffles City
| Raffles City | |
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| Alternative names | Raffles International Centre (initial name) |
| General information | |
| Status | Occupied |
| Type |
Office hotel shopping complex |
| Architectural style | High-rise |
| Location | City Hall, Downtown Core, Singapore |
| Owner | CapitaCommercial Trust CapitaMall Trust |
| Management | CapitaLand |
| Height | |
| Roof | 158 metres (518 ft) (office) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 (retail) 42 (office) |
| Floor area | 421,720 square feet (39,179 m2) (retail) 380,900 square feet (35,390 m2) (office) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
I. M. Pei Architects 61 |
| Developer | Tincel Properties |
| Main contractor | SsangYong Group |
| Website | |
| Raffles City | |
Coordinates: 1°17′37″N 103°51′11″E / 1.29361°N 103.85306°E
Raffles City (Chinese: 来福士城, before 2007: 莱佛士城) is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore. Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre. The mall is managed by CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust.
The embassy of Hungary is located on the 29th floor of the Raffles City Tower, which also houses the delegation office of the European Union.
Groundbreaking on the site took place on 14 August 1980 and officially opened to the public on 3 October 1986. The complex was designed by I. M. Pei in one of his earliest works in the city state. Built on the former site of Raffles Institution, the first school in Singapore, and located beside the historic Raffles Hotel, its aluminium-finish and simple geometric designs gave a stark, modernist contrast to Victorian architecture and classical architecture which used to characterise architecture in that district. The design includes the one-time world's tallest hotel and currently the world's fourteenth tallest hotel, the 73-storey Swissôtel The Stamford, as well as a 26 storey high-end twin-tower hotel, the Fairmont Singapore. The three blocks are complemented by the rectangular 42-storey Raffles City Tower, an office block.
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