No more Concourse @ The Concourse, Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In 2008, part of the Concourse designed by Paul Rudolph with Architect 61 will be demolished.
The office block will be retained whilst the "concourse" area will all be redeveloped.
Hmm...so you will have The Concourse without a concourse after 2009.
Entrance
Paul Rudolph natural lighting ideas.What makes Concourse different from other building was their external treatment which I suspect it was a response to the sun path in Singapore. The entire block seen in the below pic will be gone by end of the year. Capitalism always have the last say, so the podium will have to go.
Paul Rudolph died at the age of seventy-eight in NY from cancer according to Wiki. The architect who did this;
(Source : http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/e/b/g/case_temple_st_photo_no1web.jpg)
His work is pretty loud with the interlocking and staggering of levels of buildings forms which somewhat became his trademark.