Maybank Tower is a 32

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skyscraper and the current headquarters of

Maybank Malayan Banking Berhad (doing business as Maybank) is a Malaysian universal bank, with key operating "home markets" of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. According to the 2020 Brand Finance report, Maybank is Malaysia's most valuable bank b ...

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. The building was completed in 2001, replacing the

Malayan Bank Chambers Malayan Bank Chambers, also known as Maybank Chambers and originally known as the Whiteaway Laidlaw Building or the Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Building, was a building on Battery Road in Singapore. Description The building four-storey building did not ...

building. When night falls, only the logo and the first few levels of the building are lit. In mid-2008 two bright light stripes were added to the outer edges of the building from the ground to the roof. As the building is situated behind the national icon of Singapore, the statue of the

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, on Marina Bay, the building is often featured as a backdrop to the Merlion on local

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Architecture

The building features a 6-storey podium clad in granite and aluminium panels. The Tower tapers at the top where the bank logo is located. The top is clad with double-glazed blue reflective glass and an aluminium curtain wall panel.

18 September 2010 fire

A fire broke out at Maybank Tower early on the morning of 18 September 2010, burning through two letters of the Maybank logo atop the building. The bank's security guard was patrolling the building's surroundings along Battery Road at around 12.30 am when he spotted and reported the fire. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) put out the fire within 15 minutes by spraying two water jets from the rooftop. There were no injuries, and the cause of the fire at the 33rd floor where the Maybank neon sign is hoisted is under investigation. Structural engineers have inspected the stainless steel frames that hold the neon sign and reported that the building is structurally safe, said a Maybank spokesman.

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Architecture

18 September 2010 fire

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