One Raffles Place
When it opened in 1986, The Business Times called the tower the tallest in the world outside the United States.
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Designed by Kenzo Tange, the original 60-storey, 280-metre OUB Centre was Singapore's commercial flagship of the 1980s, built at a cost of S$486 million. A 2012 second tower by Paul Noritake Tange brought the site into a new era — same address, different ambition. The podium connects directly underground to the MRT, making it a genuine crossroads of the city.
What to look for
- Tower One's 280-metre profile — the 1986 structure that prompted the world's-tallest-outside-the-US claim
- Tower Two's solar panels and rainwater collection systems, the features that earned its BCA Green Mark Platinum certification
- The underground passage linking the podium to Raffles Place MRT station
Take the MRT to Raffles Place — the underground podium entrance puts you inside the complex without street-level navigation.
One Raffles Place is one of 30 sights worth the detour in Singapore, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Singapore pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Singapore
- Singapore Botanic GardensThe world's only tropical UNESCO garden — where 1920s rubber supplied half the planet's latex and orchids now carry diplomats' names.
- Marina Bay SandsA 150-metre infinity pool balanced on the world's largest public cantilevered platform, jutting 66.5 metres past the edge of its own tower.
- Marina Bay Street CircuitLewis Hamilton said this 4.927 km loop was twice as physically punishing as Monaco — and you can walk every metre of it.
- Marina BayThe entire bay you're standing beside was open sea until 1992 — 38 years of reclamation drained the anchorage and pushed the Singapore River's mouth inland.
- Gardens by the BayThe world's largest glass greenhouse anchors a 105-hectare park on Singapore's Marina Reservoir.
- Singapore FlyerFor six years this was the tallest Ferris wheel on earth — Las Vegas finally beat it in 2014, by just 2.6 metres.