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Centennial Tower is a , 37
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high-rise office
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in the
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of
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. It is located on 3 Temasek Avenue, in the zone of
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. The building is nearby other skyscrapers such as
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, and
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. The building won the
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's Best Buildable Design Award in the Commercial & Office Buildings category in 1999. The tower was built at a total cost of
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149 Million. It has a gross floor area of 66,270 square metres. Centennial Tower's anchor tenant is
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.


History

Centennial Tower was initially designed by
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Laureate
Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He was responsible for the design/master planning for over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These projects i ...
. In 2015, the building underwent a recladding exercise, unveiling a newly designed facade by yet another
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Laureate,
Thom Mayne Thom Mayne (born January 19, 1944) is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities p ...
. Although completed in 1997, it was structurally designed and built to allow for future upward expansion by as much as 15 additional stories to reach 52 stories. During the
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of the building, the use of innovative and newer construction techniques allowed it to rise 20 stories in just 3 months, one of the fastest rates of construction then seen in Singapore. This enabled the contractor to save 5 months of construction, as compared to using the conventional method. Precast staircases, prefabricated reinforcement for the core walls, beams and columns were also used to enhance the productivity on site.


Art

A 6m by 15m mural entitled “Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space” by
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sits in the Centennial Tower lobby. Rosenquist painted the mural in 1985, at a time when he was contemplating issues of life. Two smaller murals measuring 6m by 6m complement the painting; entitled “Singapore” and “Bali”, these 2 murals were specially commissioned to capture the mystique of lush tropical havens.


Architecture

The tower was first designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche in 1997. In 2017, the tower was re-envisioned by Pritzker Prize laureate Thom Mayne, who designed a metal coat of interlinking window modules to clad the tower. The tower has an elliptical structure, which reflected the curvilinear frontage of Temasek Avenue. Similar to its neighbour Millenia Tower, the 360 degree windows and large floor plates provide better space efficiency. Most of the offices have good views of the
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of Singapore. The contractor designed special formwork system, to suit the curved profile of the facade. The column, wall and facade were all constructed in the same operation by using the specially designed formwork. Telescopic table formwork system was used for the construction of the beams and floor slabs. The use of system formwork produced a high quality finish, which eliminated plastering. In fact, all the components were skim-coated. To clad up the building,
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cladding and a curtain wall were used. The curtain wall, which has a total area of , was standardised to six different panel sizes. Off-site fabrication of these wall system made installation faster. This reduced the number of site labour. The tower is crowned by a twelve metre high ornamental trellis. This complements the adjacent pyramid atop Millenia Tower.


Amenities

The service desk at Centennial Tower is helmed by the Millenia Concierge. Centennial Tower is built on a two-storey basement carpark, which links to the other developments within Millenia Singapore, namely Millenia Walk, Millenia Tower, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore and Conrad Centennial Singapore.


Locality

Centennial Tower is adjacent to
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and less than 100 metres away from
Promenade MRT station Promenade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown (DTL) and Circle (CCL) lines in Downtown Core, Singapore. Located underneath Temasek Avenue and adjacent to Millenia Tower, the station is clo ...
, with access to both the
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and
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.


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Singapore The city-state of Singapore has over 9,000 completed high-rises, the majority located in the Downtown Core, the city centre of Singapore. In the city, there are 96 skyscrapers. The Guoco Tower currently holds the title of tallest building in S ...
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Marina Centre Marina Central or Marina Centre (Chinese: 滨海中心; ms, Marina Pusat) is a zone of reclaimed land within the Downtown Core in the southern part of Singapore. Together with the Marina South area, it encloses the sheltered Marina Bay. Suntec ...
*
Millenia Tower Millenia Tower is a , 41- storey skyscraper at Marina Centre in Singapore next to Promenade MRT station. The building is located in Millenia Singapore, and is the centrepiece of the development, less than 20 minutes from Singapore Changi Airport ...


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