Apple Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Foster + Partners Southeast Asia Buildings Photos
Apple Marina Bay Sands
17 Sep 2020
Apple Marina Bay Sands Singapore Building
Design: Foster + Partners
Address: 2 Bayfront Avenue, B2-06, Singapore, 018972
Location: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Apple Marina Bay Sands ? a new gemstone on the Singapore waterfront and a celebration of light

Photos by Finbarr Fallon unless otheriwse noted

Recently opened to the public, Apple Marina Bay Sands creates a new distinctive presence on Singapore Bay. The 30-metre-diameter structure is a fully glazed dome with a black glass base, complementing the sister pavilions through its scale and materiality.

The design is the result of a close collaboration between Apple?s design teams and the integrated engineering and design team at Foster + Partners.
David Summerfield, Foster + Partners said, ?Apple Marina Bay Sands is all about the delicate interplay between transparency and shade. The structure dissolves the boundary between the inside and outside, creating a minimal platform that floats gently in the water, looking out over the bay and the spectacular Singapore skyline.?

Structurally, the dome acts as a hybrid steel and glass shell, where the grid of steel sections support the weight of the glass and shading, and the curved structural glass panels restrain the steel elements laterally and stiffen the overall form against lateral loads. Integrated solar shading devices keep the interior cool.

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