One Raffles Place, Singapore

One Raffles Place, Singapore (28 July 2017)


One Raffles Place (GPS: 1.28449, 103.85107) is a skyscraper in downtown Singapore. It is located at Raffles Place in the Downtown Core. Formerly known as OUB Centre, One Raffles Place is the first of the three skyscrapers in Singapore to reach the height of 280 meters (919 feet), and was the tallest building in the world outside North America when it was completed in 1986, surpassing South Korea's 63 Building completed a year earlier. It was eventually surpassed by the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. The architect was Kenzo Tange. Since then, it has been pushed down to second position behind Tanjong Pagar Centre.

One Raffles Place is across the road from UOB Plaza and Republic Plaza, the other two skyscrapers of the same height. It has 63 storeys above ground and four basement levels.

One Raffles Place is next to the Raffles Place MRT Station. The renaming of OUB Centre to One Raffles Place was officially carried out after another 38-storey tower was constructed next to OUB Centre, so the OUB Centre Mall had to be renovated to accommodate it. The new tower was designed by Kenzo Tange's son Paul. It stands at a height of 205 meters. The tower adds some 350,000 square feet of office space to the Central Business District.

How to reach One Raffles Place

Take the North-South Line or the East-West Line of the Singapore MRT to the Raffles Place MRT Station.

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Sculpture at One Raffles Place (28 July 2017)


One Raffles Place, Singapore (28 July 2017)

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