Raffles City Singapore

1°17′37″N 103°51′11″E / 1.29361°N 103.85306°E / 1.29361; 103.85306

Raffles City
Map
Alternative namesRaffles International Centre (initial name)
General information
StatusOccupied
TypeOffice
hotel
shopping complex
Architectural styleHigh-rise
LocationCity Hall, Downtown Core, Singapore
OwnerCapitaCommercial Trust
CapitaMall Trust
ManagementCapitaLand
Height
Roof158 metres (518 ft) (office)
Technical details
Floor count7 (retail)
42 (office)
Floor area421,720 square feet (39,179 m2) (retail)
380,900 square feet (35,390 m2) (office)
Design and construction
Architect(s)I. M. Pei
Architects 61
DeveloperTincel Properties
Main contractorSsangYong Group
Other information
Public transit access NS25  EW13  City Hall  CC3  Esplanade
Website
Raffles City

Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore. Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre. The mall is managed by CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust. It was completed in 1986.

Built on the former site of Raffles Institution, the first school in Singapore, and located beside the historic Raffles Hotel, its aluminium-finish and simple geometric designs gave a stark, modernist contrast to Victorian architecture and classical architecture which used to characterise architecture in that district.