Republic Plaza
Look up and watch the building twist — the octagonal floors rotate 45 degrees between street and sky.
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Designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1995, Republic Plaza I reached 280 metres — one of only three buildings that shared Singapore's height record at the time. Its octagonal cross-section gradually rotates so the face you see from street level is turned 45 degrees from what crowns the top, making the geometry shift as you trace the tower upward.
What to look for
- The octagonal profile that rotates 45 degrees from base to crown — visible by tracking the long sides of the building as you look up
- Polished granite and blue glass panels forming the exterior skin of Republic Plaza I
- The 10-storey podium linking the 66-storey and 23-storey towers into a single complex
Located in Downtown Core; the podium contains a three-floor retail area accessible at street level.
Republic Plaza 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.