{"id":14451,"date":"2018-07-21T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T07:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=14451"},"modified":"2019-08-18T17:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T09:10:10","slug":"singapore-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=14451","title":{"rendered":"Singapore, July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January I visited Singapore, see my blog post Singapore 2018<\/a> . We met my friend Dr Lee and had a wonderful time. It was only a short visit and there was no time to visit his penthouse in the iconic  Pearl Bank apartments<\/a>, the tallest and densest residential building in Singapore when it was completed in 1976.<\/p>\n

In February the building has been sold to a developer and it will likely not be conserved despite the wishes of heritage lovers \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

The building was designed by architect Tan Cheng Siong, here is an interesting interview<\/a> with him about the Pearl Bank apartments. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Lee invited me to stay a couple of nights in his penthouse. The C-shape of the design is very impressive, both looking up from the central courtyard, as looking down from the 37th floor where he has been living since the completion of the building!
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From his penthouse you have an unobstructed view of Singapore. It was slightly hazy during my visit, but Dr Lee told me that you can even see the sea and Indonesia when the sky is clear.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The apartments are built in split-level style and as a penthouse occupies two floors, there are many levels. Fascinating, how I would love to live in an apartment like this!<\/p>\n\n\t\t