CapitaGreen

CapitaGreen, also known as Market Street Tower, is an office tower located in Raffles Place, Singapore.[1] The building was designed by Toyo Ito and completed in 2014. With a height of 245 m (804 ft), it is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Singapore.[1][3]

CapitaGreen
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	Raffles Place Downtown Core, Singapore
Address	138 Market Street, Singapore 048946
Coordinates	1°16′54.840″N 103°51′1.080″E
Construction started	2012
Completed	2014
Cost	S$1.266 billion
Owner	CapitaLand Commercial Trust; CapitaLand Limited; Mitsubishi Estate Asia
Height	245 m (804 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	40, 3 below ground
Floor area	82,003 m^2 (882,670 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	27
Design and construction
Architect	Toyo Ito
Architecture firm	Takenaka Corporation; Toyo Ito & Associates
Developer	CapitaLand Commercial Trust; CapitaLand Limited; Mitsubishi Estate Asia
Structural engineer	Sasaki Associates; Takenaka Corporation
Main contractor	Takenaka Corporation
Other information
Parking	180
Website
Official website
References
[1][2]

Architecture

The CapitaGreen building was designed to be "like a plant growing towards the sun", with a façade that incorporates living plants.[3][4] The rooftop garden, known as the "Sky Forest", has 40 different kinds of tree and shrub.[4] The rooftop garden features a 45m-high (150ft) windcatcher structure, designed to look like flower petals, that captures cool fresh air and channels it into the office floors.[3][4]

Awards

CapitaGreen won the 2015 CTBUH Skyscraper Award for Best Tall Building in the Asia and Australasia Region.[3]

References

1. "CapitaGreen". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. Official website
3. Zachariah, Natasha Ann (1 August 2015). "Toyo Ito's 'big tree in the city'". The Straits Times.
4. Macdonald, Fiona (5 January 2017). "Ten of the world's most incredible rooftops". BBC.