Guoco Tower was conceived as more than a solitary skyscraper. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 290-metre development brings together commercial, hospitality, retail, public landscape and residential uses within a single architectural composition. Wallich Residence occupies its highest floors, placing the home not beside this urban ecosystem but within it.
The transition upwards changes the character of the architecture. Full-length windows and high ceilings draw the skyline into the interiors, while four levels of private residential amenities create places to retreat, entertain and look outward. Among them are an infinity pool, sky observatory and the glass observation AirDecks at the Apex on Level 62 — spaces whose significance comes naturally from their position high above the city rather than from decorative spectacle.
That sense of elevation continues through the collection of homes. The residences extend from one- to four-bedroom configurations to penthouses and a single Super Penthouse, yet the more compelling idea is their position within the tower: private homes suspended above the working city, with sea and urban views forming part of the architecture's relationship with Singapore.
At street level, the experience changes again. Guoco Tower opens into its Urban Park and the wider fabric of Tanjong Pagar, reconnecting the vertical retreat above with restaurants, workplaces, public spaces and the rhythms of the CBD below. Wallich Residence is therefore best understood through this movement between two scales of Singapore — the city experienced intimately on the ground and expansively from above.
