Wisma Atria is an established shopping mall on

Orchard Road Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major –long road in the Central Area of Singapore. Known as a famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area of Singapore, with numerous internationally renowned depa ...

in Singapore. The centre, which opened on 13 November 1986, is directly linked underground to

Orchard MRT station Orchard MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South (NSL) and Thomson–East Coast (TEL) lines, located on the boundaries of the Orchard and River Valley planning areas of Singapore. Being ...

and neighbouring centres. Wisma Atria has five levels of shopping with one basement and four levels of retail space as well as three levels of car parking space. The centre offers over 100 specialty stores anchored by Japanese department store

Isetan ( unlisted on March 26, 2008, ) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and South East Asia, including in Jinan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin, and formerly in Ba ...

, fashion brands

Tory Burch Tory Burch (née Robinson; born June 17, 1966) is an American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She is the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of her own brand, Tory Burch LLC. She was listed as the 88th most powerf ...

and Coach, and local food haven

Food Republic Food Republic () is a food court chain run by the BreadTalk Group based in Singapore. CEO of Food Republic is Mr. Jenson Ong. The concept combines local hawker centre, hawker fare with mini restaurants (some of which have exclusive seating) in an ...

Location

Wisma Atria is at the intersection between

and

Scotts Road Scotts Road () is a road located in Central Area of Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north o ...

. It is next to

History

In 1983, the Wisma Indonesia building was demolished and a shopping mall, The Wisma, was built over the site. The developer of the mall was Wisma Development Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of A. W. Galadari Pte Ltd, a Dubai company owned by the Galadari brothers. In 1984, after

Abdul Wahab Galadari Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

's assets were seized by the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

's government over the Union Bank of the Middle East's dealings, one of many Galadari's companies, A. W. Galadari Pte Ltd was taken over by Dubai Bank Ltd, a bank owned by A. W. Galadari's brothers. In 1985, the mall was renamed to Wisma Atria after the Union Bank of the Middle East took over Dubai Bank Ltd. Wisma Atria underwent renovations in 2004 by local architect cum designers

DP Architects DP Architects Pvt. Ltd. is a Singaporean multinational architectural industrial design firm. It started as Design Partnership in 1967 and was incorporated as a private limited company in 1993. It is a multi-disciplinary design consultancy. It i ...

. Notable changes include the replacement of the original blue facade with clear glass, a new Grand Entrance facing Orchard Road on Level 2, new large Wisma Atria signage on a new blue grid structure facing Orchard Road and external lighted escalators on the facade leading to Levels 3 and 4. In the 2010s, Wisma Atria undergone renovations and it was completed in third quarter of 2012.

Gallery

File:Wisma_Atria_4%2C_Dec_05.JPG, Wisma Atria's distinct contemporary glass facade File:WISMA ATRIA at night.jpg, Wisma Atria at night File:Wisma Atria 9.JPG, Facade of Wisma Atria 1 File:Wisma3.JPG, Facade of Wisma Atria 2 File:Wisma Atria Arium 2010.jpg, Wisma Atria Atrium

References

External links

* {{Singapore malls Shopping malls in Singapore Commercial buildings completed in 1986 Orchard Road Shopping malls established in 1986 1986 establishments in Singapore 20th-century architecture in Singapore