6 Battery Road
Encyclopedia
6 Battery Road, formerly the Standard Chartered Bank Building, is a high-rise skyscraper
located in the central business district
of Singapore
. It is located on 6 Battery Road, in Raffles Place
. It is situated just next to the Bank of China Building
, and faces the Singapore River
. It is a Grade A office tower, and currently houses offices of several multi-national companies. The development has a net floor area of 46,060 sqm as at 30 June 2007, and has direct access to Raffles 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. It is currently on a 999-year leasehold.
The building was officially opened on 24 October 1984 by Lord Barber, then chairman of the Standard 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.
granite exterior, and is mainly made out of concrete
. Despite the building being a British investment, it was feng-shui (Chinese geomancy
) tested. Even the opening date was chosen as it was a propitious day according to the Chinese Almanac.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
located in the central business district
Downtown Core
The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare urban planning area in the south of the city-state of Singapore. The Downtown Core surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River and southeastern portion of its watershed, and is part of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district...
of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is located on 6 Battery Road, in Raffles Place
Raffles Place
Raffles Place is a geographical location in Singapore, south of the mouth of the Singapore River. Located in the Downtown Core and the Central Area, it features some of the tallest buildings and landmarks of the country.-History:...
. It is situated just next to the Bank of China Building
Bank of China Building, Singapore
The Bank of China Building is a development consisting of two skyscrapers located in the central business district of Singapore. It is located on 4 Battery Road, just next to 6 Battery Road, Maybank Tower, and roughly 100 metres from the Fullerton Hotel. It houses the Bank of China.- History :The...
, and faces the Singapore River
Singapore River
The Singapore River is a river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean...
. It is a Grade A office tower, and currently houses offices of several multi-national companies. The development has a net floor area of 46,060 sqm as at 30 June 2007, and has direct access to Raffles Place MRT Station
Raffles Place MRT Station
Raffles Place MRT Station ' is a Mass Rapid Transit interchange station on the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore. It is directly beneath the centre of the financial district of Raffles Place, located in the Downtown Core area, south of the Singapore River...
.
At its completion, it was the largest building for the Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...
worldwide and also represented the largest single investment by a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
company. It is currently on a 999-year leasehold.
History
6 Battery Road was designed by P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd and RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Private Limited, 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 by Lord Barber, then chairman of the Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...
Group as the anchor tenent. The building's 1st, 20th, 21st, 43rd, and 44th floors underwent renovation, which was completed in March 2002.
Architecture
6 Battery Road has a baltic brownBrown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
granite exterior, and is mainly made out of concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
. Despite the building being a British investment, it was feng-shui (Chinese geomancy
Geomancy
Geomancy is a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand...
) tested. Even the opening date was chosen as it was a propitious day according to the Chinese Almanac.