A mid-rise workplace in the heart of Raffles Place for a Singapore investment firm consolidating four floors into one home. Rather than maximise lettable area, the client agreed to give a generous slice of the building back to its people as a stack of planted social floors — a ground café, a mid-level garden and a roof pavilion.
The architecture is deliberately calm so the work and the people stand out against it: a pale stone base, a clear glass middle and a finely detailed crown that catches the late light over the bay. A unitised facade with integrated shading keeps the deep floor plates comfortable and the energy load honest, which mattered as much to the board as the address did.
We designed the interior architecture alongside the shell so the two would never fight. Raw and refined sit side by side — exposed soffits and services above quiet oak joinery and warm textile — and the planted floors are wired to be used, not admired from the lift. It is a workplace built on the unfashionable idea that a good building is one people actually want to spend their day inside.
