French Embassy
location
Singapore / Republic of Singapore
client
Minister of Foreign Affairs
programme
embassy + consulate + trade commission
area
3.400 sq m
cost
4,9 M€
architect
Richez_Associés
associated architect
TSP, Goh Chong Chia (Singapore)
consultants
Cameron Taylor Bedford (London) + B&T, Bescon, Choy Weng Ham (Singapore)
furniture design
Ph.Soffiotti (Ambassador’s office furniture) + Xylos (lobby furniture)
sculpture
Guy Ferrer
SIA (Singapore Institute of Architects) Architectural Design Award 2001
Press
The new embassy faces Singapore’s botanic gardens. With facades of glass and aluminium, and interiors of timber, stone and leather, the embassy is arranged around three areas: the atrium, the chancery and the loggia facade.
The atrium is bathed in natural overhead light filtered through suspended rods of sycamore. The chancery, with its finely decorated Ambassador’s office - timber-panelled passageway, edged with a thick, slate wall. The loggia facade features panels of white aluminium picked out by stainless-steel rims, and provides shelter to the embassy’s grand entrance with its flying tricolore flag.