One Raffles Place

One Raffles Place
Former names	Overseas Union Bank Centre OUB Centre
General information
Type	Commercial offices, Retail
Location	1 Raffles Place Downtown Core, Singapore
Coordinates	1°17′05″N 103°51′04″E / 1.2846°N 103.8510°ECoordinates: 1°17′05″N 103°51′04″E / 1.2846°N 103.8510°E
Construction started	1980
Completed	Tower 1: 1986 Tower 2: 2012
Owner	Overseas Union Enterprise
Management	OUB Centre Limited
Height
Roof	Tower 1: 280 m (920 ft) Tower 2: 209 m (686 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	Tower 1: 63, 4 below ground Tower 2: 38, 1 below ground
Floor area	101,784 m^2 (1,095,590 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Kenzo Tange Associates
Developer	OUB Centre Limited
Structural engineer	Bylander Meinhardt Partnership
Main contractor	Kajima Corporation
Website
http://www.onerafflesplace.com.sg
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

One Raffles Place, formerly Overseas Union Bank Centre or OUB Centre^[6][7] is one of the three tallest skyscrapers in the city of Singapore, sharing the title with the UOB Plaza and Republic Plaza. At 280 m (920 ft), it was the tallest building in the world outside North America at the time of its completion in 1986, surpassing South Korea's 63 Building completed one year earlier, until it was succeeded by the Bank of China Tower. The building sits at the city centre of Raffles Place.

Architecture

• The building consists of two triangular structures with a small space between them.
• The steel frame allows for column-free office space.
• The floor system is of reinforced concrete slab composite with a ribbed steel deck.
• A car park, retail areas, and a link to the MRT system can be found above and below ground.
• The tower is clad with chemically treated aluminium alloy which changes colour along with the light it reflects.
• Square and circular designs perforate the building's façade, etched by a grid pattern of rectangles and window units.
• The dramatic entrance is presented by an eight-storey cutaway, coupled with skylights and other lighting effects to create an airy feeling.

Events

Frenchman Alain Robert, well known for climbing skyscrapers, aborted an attempted climb on this building on 3 November 2000. After reaching the 21st floor, the police dissuaded Robert's ascent, and he re-entered the building through a window on the 23rd floor. He was detained by the Singapore police who treated his stunt as criminal trespass.^[8][9]

New tower

A new commercial tower was constructed next to the existing tower. Ground bearing ceremony was on 26 September 2008. The new tower was open in 2011 with 38 floors. Upon completion of the new tower the complex was officially renamed One Raffles Place.^[10]

OUB Centre Mall connects to the underground Raffles Place MRT Station.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Singapore
• List of buildings

References

1. One Raffles Place at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
2. One Raffles Place at Emporis
3. One Raffles Place at Emporis
4. One Raffles Place at SkyscraperPage
5. One Raffles Place at Structurae
6. "Regus: Singapore One Raffles Place". Regus. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
7. "About: One Raffles Place". One Raffles Place. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
8. "Police foil Spiderman", Reuters, Singapore, 3 November 2000. Retrieved on 3 November 2000.
9. "Singapore police nab Spiderman
10. "Weblink to Official Website News". Retrieved 2009-10-26.

External links

• Former OUB Centre Limited website
• Official website