The Gateway is a 37-

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, ,

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complex completed in April 1990 on Beach Road in the

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. The two buildings are named The Gateway East and The Gateway West. The embassy of

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is located on the 3rd floor of The Gateway East. The Singapore office of Mott MacDonald, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, is located on the 35th floor of The Gateway East.

Architecture

The

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of The Gateway has been described as "world class" by the

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. The buildings were designed by the U.S.-based

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, I. M. Pei. The local Singaporean architectural firm that worked on this project was Chua Ka Seng and Partners Chartered Architects (CKSP). T.Y. Lin

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s from

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also collaborated on the project. The shape of the buildings is

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al, which is similar to the form used by I. M. Pei in the critically acclaimed

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East Building in

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Tenants

The building's anchor tenants include companies like

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, Mott MacDonald,

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, Y Soft as well as the

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and Remy Cointreau International.

References

External links

Pei Cobb Freed and Partners Architects LLP
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gateway, Singapore 1990 establishments in Singapore Buildings and structures completed in 1990 Downtown Core (Singapore) I. M. Pei buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore 20th-century architecture in Singapore