Guoco Tower is a mixed-use development skyscraper in Tanjong Pagar of the Downtown Core district of Singapore.[2] With a height of 290 m (950 ft), it is currently the tallest building in Singapore, breaking the record held jointly by UOB Plaza, One Raffles Place and Republic Plaza for more than 20 years.[3]

Background

Formerly known as the Tanjong Pagar Centre, the 65-storey, 1.7 million sq ft skyscraper was developed by GuocoLand and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.[4] It is the headquarters of Guocoland Limited (Singapore) and is the only skyscraper exempted from the height restriction of 280m.[5] Guoco Tower houses the rooftop Urban Park, the Wallich Residence apartment complex, and a hotel by Sofitel Hotels & Resorts.[3] The tower also has a mall, which includes a variety of food options like City Hotpot and Ah Lock & Co. and Aburi-EN.

The development won the 2014 World Architecture News Mixed-Use Award in the Future Projects category,[6] and was shortlisted for the 2015 World Architecture Festival Commercial Mixed-Use Award in the Future Projects category.[7]

Notable residents

In July 2019, British industrialist and designer James Dyson purchased a 21,108 square foot (1,961.0 m2) triplex penthouse apartment at the top of the building for £43 million (US$52.8 million).[8][9] He later sold the flat in October 2020 for £36 million to Chinese American businessman Leo Koguan.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Guoco Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ Lim, Patrick John (13 January 2016). "High hopes: Singapore's upcoming tallest building aims to rejuvenate Tanjong Pagar". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b Whang, Rennie (14 January 2016). "Tanjong Pagar Centre: New tallest building in Singapore after 20 years". The Straits Times.
  4. ^ "A TRULY DISTINCTIVE MIX – An Iconic Integrated Development to Work, Live & Play". Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  5. ^ Zachariah, Natasha Ann (4 April 2015). "Tanjong Pagar Centre: Work, live, relax in 290m-high building". The Straits Times.
  6. ^ "WAN AWARDS: Mixed-Use Award 2014: Singapore and Holland share the podium". World Architecture News. 27 January 2015.
  7. ^ Rosenfield, Karissa (22 June 2015). "Shortlist Announced for World Architecture Festival Awards 2015". ArchDaily.
  8. ^ Davies, Rob (10 July 2019). "James Dyson buys £43m penthouse in Singapore" – via www.theguardian.com.
  9. ^ Rashiwala, Kalpana (10 July 2019). "Dyson owner forks out S$73.8m for Singapore's costliest penthouse". The Business Times.
  10. ^ "British billionaire Dyson sells Singapore's priciest penthouse". Reuters. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
Records
Preceded by Tallest building in Singapore
283.7 m (931 ft)
2016– 		Succeeded by
Current


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guoco_Tower
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