The connective tissue of cluster of skyscrapers, designed by Safdie Architects, is a tower in its own right —the structure stretches across four of the development’s eight towers, called Crystal, the world’s tallest horizontal skyscraper, is 300-meter-long (984 ft) and elevated 250 meters (820 ft) above the ground. Now, the sidetower is open to the visiting public, although the rest of the development remains much under construction.
Crystal is the next step in this development, with a phased opening of the development commenced in september 2019. After a 50 second elevator ride to the top, from the elevator, the guests walk through the horizontal skyscraper contains gardens, restaurants, a bar and event space, a residential clubhouse, an infinity pool, and a hotel lobby.
Arup was responsible for the project’s engineering, the tower-spanning tube weighs 12,000 tons.
Raffles City is the largest project Safdie Architects, the fourth collaboration with Capitaland, one of asia’s largest real estate developers.
The project shape has precedent; in 2011, Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort opened in Singapore with a 350 meter long (1120-f) “garden skypark” on the 57th floor, that quickly became a landmark.
Crystal is the next step in this development, with a phased opening of the development commenced in september 2019. After a 50 second elevator ride to the top, from the elevator, the guests walk through the horizontal skyscraper contains gardens, restaurants, a bar and event space, a residential clubhouse, an infinity pool, and a hotel lobby.
Arup was responsible for the project’s engineering, the tower-spanning tube weighs 12,000 tons.
Raffles City is the largest project Safdie Architects, the fourth collaboration with Capitaland, one of asia’s largest real estate developers.
The project shape has precedent; in 2011, Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort opened in Singapore with a 350 meter long (1120-f) “garden skypark” on the 57th floor, that quickly became a landmark.
