Golden Mile Complex at Night by Darren Soh
Inauguration: 1973
Architect: Tay Kheng Soon, William S.W. Lim, Gan Eng Oon from DP Architects
From the exterior, the building’s stepped profile is the most unique part of its architecture, and the apartments are stepped backwards from behind the podium edge. This generated exciting spatial experiences: private open-to-sky terraces, a monumental high-rise play deck, and a diagonal void. The void was meant to extend skywards from the atrium floor, although it was ultimately sealed midway up to meet fire regulations. Conceptually, this slanting atrium promoted an exchange of fresh air, daylight, and the sights and sounds of indoor activities across stacked layers of retail, entertainment, recreation, office, and residential spaces. At the same time, it kept out outdoor heat, rain, and traffic noise. Today, age has left its mark on the building and while the building has lost some of its original character and atmosphere, Golden Mile Complex is internationally celebrated by numerous experts as an “avant-garde” and “revolutionary” realisation of cutting-edge urban theories.
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Size: 59.4 cm x 42 cm. Unframed.
Print on Sihl Masterclass Lustre Photo Paper 300 - made with Epson Pigment Inks.
Signed by Darren Soh. No certificate of authentication.
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About Darren Soh
Darren Soh’s photographic practice explores architecture, urban landscape and space. An established photographer who is most recognised for his documentation of vernacular architecture. Darren has been placed in several international photography awards over the years, including the Commonwealth Photographic Awards, the Prix de la Photographie, Paris, the International Photography Awards, PDN and ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu. His works have been shown widely, and has published several monographs including While You Were Sleeping (2004), For My Son (2015) and In the Still of the Night (2016).
Darren was one of the co-founders of Platform.sg, an initiative to showcase photography of Singapore or by Singaporean photographers.