Parkroyal on pickering hotel Singapore skygardens (1)

Parkroyal on pickering hotel Singapore skygardens

Designed by WOHA Architects, the PARKROYAL on Pickering Hotel in Singapore features six incredible sky gardens that are cantilevered at every fourth level between the blocks of guest rooms.

PARKROYAL on Pickering is a hotel-in-a-garden concept that incorporates energy-saving features throughout the property including the ‘zero-energy’ sky gardens. The sustainable project design and green efforts have earned the hotel the BCA Green Mark Platinum, Singapore’s highest green rating, as well as the Solar Pioneer Award for its innovative solar energy system.

The hotel recently celebrated it’s one year anniversary. In that time the hotel has won more than 12 prestigious awards for its architecture and sustainability, including: The President’s Design Award, “Best Hotel Architectural Design” title at the South East Asia Property Awards, FIABCI Singapore Property Award in the Hotel category and the 2013 HICAP Sustainable Hotel Award (Sustainable Project Design). The property was also named “Hotel of the Year” at the World Architecture News Awards.

The 367-room hotel cost $350 million to build and features 15,000 square metres (161,459 sq. ft) of cascading greenery, reflecting pools, waterfalls, planter walls and four-storey high solar-powered sky gardens, constituting more than twice its land area.

Located in central Singapore, the site is at a junction between the CBD and the colorful districts of Chinatown and Clarke Quay, and faces Hong Lim Park. A contoured podium responds to the street scale and is sculpted to form dramatic outdoor plazas, gardens and terraces which flow seamlessly into the interiors. Greenery from the park is drawn up the building in the form of lushly planted openings, crevasses, gullies and waterfalls, which also conceal above ground carparking, thus creating an attractive urban element.The crisp and streamlined tower blocks harmonize with surrounding high-rise office buildings.

Information

Location: 3 Upper Pickering Street,

Singapore 058289

Awards

** 2015 Urban Habitat Award - Winner, awarded by Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago, Illinois

** 2014 Design for Asia Awards - Grand Award, awarded by Hong Kong Design Centre

** 2014 International Architecture Awards - Winner, under the Commercial category, awarded by Australian Institute of Architects

**  2014 Iconic Awards - Best of Best Winner, under the Architecture (Public) category, awarded by German Design Council

** 2014 Green Good Design Award - Winner, awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centrre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

**  2013 Good Design Award - Winner, awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

** 2013 Best of Year Awards - Winner, under the Hotel (Public Space) category, awarded by Interior Design Magazine

**  2013 President's Design Award - Design of the Year, awarded by DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore

**  2013 NParks Skyrise Greenery Award - Winner, Outstanding Skyrise Greenery Project Award, awarded by National Parks Board, Singapore

**  2013 INSIDE Festival - Winner, under Hotels (Interior) category, awarded by INSIDE Festival

**  2013 Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design - Honorable Mention, under "Best Hotel - Luxury / Upscale" category, awarded by International Hotel / Motel & Restaurant Show

**  2013 World Architecture Festival - Finalist, under the Hotels (Large) category, awarded by World Architecture Festival

**  2013 CTBUH Best Tall Building Award (Asia and Australasia) - Finalist, awarded by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

**  2013 WAN Hotel of the Year Award - Winner, awarded by World Architecture News.com

**  2013 9th Annual Hospitality Design Awards - Finalist under the Hotel (Luxury/Upscale) category, awarded by Hospitality Design Magazine

**  2010 World Architecture Festival - Finalist under the Future Projects (Commercial) category, awarded by World Architecture Festival