- 6 Battery Road
Infobox Skyscraper
|building_name = 6 Battery Road
caption = 6 Battery Road is pictured on the right in this image
location =Raffles Place ,Downtown Core ,Singapore
use = Commercial
type =High-rise
roof = 174m, 571ft
floor_count = 44 (exclusing 3 basement)
status = Occupied
architect =
developer =
management =
owner = CapitaCommercial Trust
contractor =
website =6 Battery Road, formerly the Standard Chartered Bank Building, is a high-rise
skyscraper located in the central business district ofSingapore . It is located on 6 Battery Road, inRaffles Place . It is situated just next to the Bank of China Building [citeweb | title = Asia Travel : Map of Standard Chartered Batter Road (S) 049909 | publisher = StreetDirectory.com | url = http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_8304/travel_site_1180/ | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ] , and faces theSingapore River . It is a Grade A office tower, and is currently offices of several multi-national companies. The development has a net floor area of 46,060 sqm as at 30 June 2007 [citeweb | title = 6 Battery Road | publisher =CapitaLand | url = http://www.capitaland.com/en/ccid/properties/BatteryRoad.html | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ] , and has direct access toRaffles Place MRT Station .At its completion, it was the largest building for the
Standard Chartered Bank worldwide and also represented the largest single investment by a British company. [citeweb | title = 6 Battery Road, Singapore | publisher =Emporis | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=6batteryroad-singapore-singapore | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ] It is currently on a 999-year leasehold. [citeweb | title = Giddy: Case study - 6 Battery Road| publisher = Ian Giddy | url = http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/cases/6BR.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ]History
6 Battery Road was designed by P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd and RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Private Limited [citeweb | title = Structurae [en] : 6 Battery Road (1984) | publisher = Nicolas Janberg | url = http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0011907 | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ] , and was completed in 1984. Other firms involved in the development included CapitaLand Commercial Limited, Clover Properties Private Limited, Hazama Gumi, CapitaLand Limited, Lighting Design Partnership, Meinhardt (Singapore) Private Limited, and
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.The building was officially opened on
24 October 1984 byLord Barber , then chairman of theStandard Chartered Bank Group as the anchor tenent. The building's 1st, 20th, 21st, 43rd, and 44th floors underwent renovation, which was completed in March 2002. [citeweb | title = 6 Battery Road, Singapore | publisher =Emporis | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=6batteryroad-singapore-singapore | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ]Architecture
6 Battery Road has a baltic
brown granite exterior, and is mainly made out ofconcrete . Despite the building being a British investment, it wasfeng-shui (Chinesegeomancy ) tested. Even the opening date was chosen as it was a propitious day according to the Chinese Almanac.Amenities
Dedicated with uniquely customised features, the grand lobby of the building has concierge service counter, sofa seating area, water features, and a black-lit onyx wall. There are also 190 car park lots over three basement levels. [citeweb | title = 6 Battery Road | publisher =
CapitaLand | url = http://www.capitaland.com/en/ccid/properties/BatteryRoad.html | accessdate = 2008-02-06 ]See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Singapore
*Raffles Place References
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