Newton Suites Residential Tower

60 Newton Road
Singapore

Architects WOHA Architects Pte Ltd / R

Hassell, W M Summ
Singapore
Clients UOL Development
Singapore
Commission 2003
Design 2003 - 2004
Construction 2004 - 2007
Occupancy 2007
Site 3,842 m2
Ground floor n.a.
Total floor 3842 m2
Costs 17,029,000 USD
Programme This 36-storey apartment
block offers a new paradigm
for high-rise development
in South-East Asia. With
cantilevered communal sky
gardens, creepers climbing the
full height of the stairwell, and
planted common areas on the
roof of the adjacent car park,
there is now more planting than
if the site had been left vacant.
There are many simple, low-
cost energy-saving solutions:
projecting sun shades animate
the facades, generous balconies
provide outdoor rooms, and,
with openings on three of their
four sides, the apartments are
naturally ventilated. The result
counters the smooth-skinned
Western high-rise with a
permeable three-dimensional
interface between interior and
exterior.

Building Type Housing

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IMAGE IDENTIFICATION FORM / IMAGE CAPTIONS

NEWTON SUITES, SINGAPORE

IMAGES CAPTION
Short Caption:
Building in Context

Long Caption:
The tower sits at the edge of a high-
rise zone, looking over a height-
controlled area towards distant
nature reserves.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
Building in Urban Context

Long Caption:
The tower is thrust towards the front
of the site to avoid high-rise
buildings in its vacinity.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
View from North

Long Caption:
The building is oriented to maximize
views of the city and distant nature
reserves with service areas buffering
the sun along its East-West axis.

Photographer: Albert Lim

Date: October 2007

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Short Caption:
View from North

Long Caption:
The building rises above the lush
street side greenery.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
South Façade Detail

Long Caption:
Cantilevered outdoor sky gardens
and shaded balconies extend the
indoor-outdoor potential of living in
the tropics into the sky.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
South facade

Long Caption:
Juxtaposition of greenery,
protruding balconies, sky gardens
and sunshade fins.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
South Façade Detail

Long Caption:
Vertical greening of the façade via
sky gardens and a 100m high
planted wall.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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Short Caption:
“Green” Shadows

Long Caption:
Shadows of flora projected on the
soffit of protruding sky gardens
reinforce green imagery at night.

Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

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Short Caption:
View of South Elevation

Long Caption:
Green textures and surfaces extend
along the entire height of the
building.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
Landscaped Surfaces

Long Caption:
Viewed from above, the vertical
walls, elevated gardens,
environmental deck and ground
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level gardens form layered green
surfaces.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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Date: October 2007

Short Caption:
Sky Garden

Long Caption:
Elevated gardens create delight at
lift lobbies, turning the wait for the
lift in the rush to work into a brief
111TG047 contact with fresh air, trees and sky.

Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

Short Caption:
Sky Garden

Long Caption:
Elevated gardens create delight at
111PBH092 lift lobbies, turning the wait for the
lift in the rush to work into a brief
contact with fresh air, trees and sky.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

Short Caption:
Green Wall

Long Caption:
Creeper screens on a100m high
wall create visual delight, absorb
sunlight and carbon and create
oxygen in a dense environment.

111PBH074 Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
Sky Garden

Long Caption:
Elevated relief space brings
greenery closer to high-rise
occupant and allows for chance
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communal interaction between
residents.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

Short Caption:
Cantilevered Sky Garden

Long Caption:
Protruding gardens afford
expansive views of the city
foregrounded by greenery.
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Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

Short Caption:
Façade Detail

Long Caption:
An enveloping pattern of textured
panels sheaths the building planes.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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Short Caption:
Entrance Drop-off

Long Caption:
An enveloping pattern of textured
panels sheaths the building planes.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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Date: September 2008

Short Caption:
Entrance Drop-off

Long Caption:
An enveloping pattern of textured
panels sheaths the building planes.

Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

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Short Caption:
Entrance Forecourt

Long Caption:
Lush greenery along site perimeter
dissolves the building boundary and
affords a green introduction to the
development.
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Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2008

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Short Caption:
Car Park Podium

Long Caption:
Staggered walls that mimic the wall
patterns ventilate the car park
block.

Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

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Short Caption:
Environmental Deck

Long Caption:
The 25m swimming pool is set
amidst lush greenery and elevated
above street level bustle.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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Short Caption:
Elevated Communal Facilities

Long Caption:
Facilities are elevated above the
busy ground level with borrowed
greenery from mature raintrees at
111TG028 the site periphery.

Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

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Short Caption:
Sunshade Detail

Long Caption:
Repetitive sunshading screens of
angled mesh prevents insolation
while permitting visual connection
to ground.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: January 2009

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Short Caption:
Apartment Interior

Long Caption:
The indoor living area extends onto
a shaded outdoor balcony with
views of distant nature reserves.
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Photographer: Tim Griffith

Date: December 2007

Short Caption:
Apartment Interior

Long Caption:
The indoor living area extends onto
a shaded outdoor balcony with
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Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: June 2009

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Short Caption:
Unit Interior

Long Caption:
Living areas spill out to a generous
outdoor balcony that blurs the
indoor-outdoor boundary and
promotes high-rise living with less
dependence on artificial cooling.
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Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: June 2009

Short Caption:
Penthouse Pool Deck

Long Caption:
Lifestyle facilities with a 12m lap
pool, landscaping and daybeds
crown the highest residential unit of
the development where panoramic
views of the nature reserves of
Singapore can be enjoyed.

Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Date: September 2009

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