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
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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.