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Urban Redevelopment Authority, Parcel A Hotel

Competition 1989 Singapore

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd/Straits Properties Ltd 438,800 square feet Concrete frame structure Metal, stone, and glass cladding

The project combines a 350-room hotel, a large retail pavilion, and four levels of below-grade parking on a compact and partially developed site on Orchard Road, an area of Singapore well-known for its prestigious hotels and shopping centers. The competition was sponsored by the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority.

The hotel design organizes the guest rooms and circuladon around a cylindrical atrium. An innovative radial frame structure supports the tower—a staggered shear/bearing wali system that can be built quickly and cost-effectively with a limited number of components. While the tower gives the hotel a distinctive identity, its low-rise elements, including the retail pavilion, anchor it to the site and link it to the adjoining office building.

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