Pearl Bank Apartments by Darren Soh
Inauguration: 1976
Architect: Tan Cheng Siong of Archynamics Architects
This visionary project achieved several breakthroughs when it was built in 1976. As Singapore’s first urban renewal residential development, Pearl Bank was among the world’s most densely populated apartment blocks and the tallest apartment block in Asia at the time. Architect Tan Cheng Siong pursued these extremes to deliver affordable city homes by developing as many units as possible while maintaining a quality living environment. While other designers proposed several shorter blocks overlooking one another, Tan advocated a solitary 113-metre-high skyscraper to maximise views and privacy.
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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.