One Raffles Place, formerly Overseas Union Bank Centre or OUB Centre is a skyscraper in

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. With a height of , it was formerly the joint tallest building in the city together with the UOB Plaza and Republic Plaza, until the construction of

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in 2016. The building sits at the city centre of Raffles Place.

Architecture

* The building consists of two triangular structures with a small space between them. * The steel frame allows for column-free office space. * The floor system is of

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low ultimate tensile strength, tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion ...

slab composite with a ribbed steel deck. * A car park, retail areas, and a link to the

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system can be found above and below ground. * The tower is clad with chemically treated

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ha ...

alloy which changes colour along with the light it reflects. * Square and circular designs perforate the building's

façade A façade () (also written facade) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loan word from the French (), which means ' frontage' or ' face'. In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect ...

, etched by a grid pattern of rectangles and window units. * The dramatic entrance is presented by an eight-storey cutaway, coupled with skylights and other lighting effects to create an airy feeling.

Events

Frenchman

Alain Robert Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber. Known as "the French Spider-Man" (after the comic character Spider-Man) or "the Human Spider", Robert is famous for his free solo climbi ...

, well known for climbing skyscrapers, aborted an attempted climb on this building on 3 November 2000. After reaching the 21st floor, the police dissuaded Robert's ascent, and he re-entered the building through a window on the 23rd floor. He was detained by the Singapore police who treated his stunt as criminal trespass.

New tower

A new commercial tower was constructed next to the existing tower. The ground bearing ceremony was on 26 September 2008, with construction completed by 2011. The new tower was opened in 2012 with 38 floors. Upon completion of the new tower, the complex was officially renamed One Raffles Place.

References

External links

Former OUB Centre Limited website

Official website
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Architecture

Events

New tower

See also

References

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