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Geok Ser Lee

Geok Ser Lee

Irvine, CA, US

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STB Tourism Court

Corporate headquarter building for Singapore Tourism Board, a statutory quasi-government body that promotes tourism.

The project aspires to embody the notion of a melting pot of Western and Eastern cultural influences and ideas that comes to symbolize the nationhood of the city state. The syntax of urban office typology of tower and podium concept is employed in conjunction with use of eastern palm motifs on the facade, traditional, local shophouse typology to express very subtly the clients' design brief.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Singapore, SG
My Role: Design Architect
Additional Credits: Architect - AWPT Team - Wong Meng Lin (construction admin), Chee Keong, Melanie Watson (documentation), Peter Thomas (graphics)
Structural Engineer- Rao of Meinhardt
MEP Engineer- Jenny Leung of Meinhardt
Landscape- Martin Lee
Interior Design- Tema Collection
Main Contractor- Nakarno
Facade NSC- GRC & Construction