Designed by an architect who can be said to have left his mark in Singapore, the Art Deco building that we know today as The Quadrant was originally built as a headquarters for a Chinese bank.
The main feature of the building’s interiors was its banking hall and a mezzanine – from which bank managers could supervise the goings on in the hall below. Both are very much in evidence today, as is a bank vault, even if the building has long been re-purposed. Another highlight is a working vintage lift. Although substantially rebuilt, it has quite a number of its original components such as its counterweight, still in use.
The visit will take place on 1 December 2018. As spaces are limited to 30 pax and participants over the age of 18 years, pre-registration is required.
Do note that unique registrations are required and duplicate entries of the same particulars would count as one registration.
The visit is part of the Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets series of State Property visits supported by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). This visit to The Quadrant also has the support of the Homestead Group and The Black Swan.
The Quadrant at Cecil Street.
The former banking hall and the mezzanine from which the goings-on on the ground floor could be viewed by the bank’s supervising staff (courtesy of The Black Swan).
Up on the roof.
Stairway to heaven?
The gates of a heavenly vintage lift.
Some of the lift’s original mechanism.
The Long and Winding Road 
Readers of this excellent work will find more on the provenence of the lift builder Marryat & Scott of London here:
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Marryat_and_Scott
Thank you Paul.