The Denton Corker Marshall-designed Tower 1 development in Singapore was officially opened this month by Singapore’s former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
The $S1 billion Asia Square project is a comprehensive commercial and retail development in Singapore’s new business and lifestyle district at Marina Bay.
Asia Square. Image: Denton Corker Marshall
Asia Square is designed for companies to take advantage of highly efficient office spaces and offer staff a desirable work-play-live lifestyle, which Denton Corker Marshall director Peter Williams says is a critical point of difference in a very competitive market.
“Commercial buildings today need more than a great address, they have to offer an excellent working and business environment,” said Williams.
Tower 1 is the first of two slender and elegant towers with massive column-free floor plates to optimise office space. One of its centrepieces is The Cube, a vibrant city room.
The Cube is a naturally lit recreation space and social hub of 9300 square metres featuring a 16-metre high ceiling. Fully sheltered from the tropical climate with semi-transparent fritted glass skirt walls, skylights punctuate its ceiling in a random pattern to enhance the natural light. Extensive landscaping provides lush green zones and complements Singapore’s Garden City reputation.
Up to 6500 square metres of retail space, with Singapore’s largest gym (3000 square metres), complete the working environment tailored for lifestyle balance, which has attracted leading financial services companies to Asia Square.
Occupying nearly a quarter of the net lettable Grade A office space, Tower 1’s anchor tenant is Citibank. Other influential companies to establish regional headquarters here are Julius Baer, Bank Sarasin, Lloyd's, Google, Marsh and McLennan Companies and White & Case, as well as the building’s developer, MGPA.
Attending the official opening by Singapore’s former prime minister, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, were Denton Corker Marshall directors Bill Corker and Peter Williams, and MGPA executive chairman James Quille.
