Amidst the volumes of mostly residential blocks between Botanic Gardens and Orchard Road, The Standard, Singapore’s static yet expressive lenticular façade, inspired by American billboards, shimmers and coyly beckons visitors with its surprising twists of amenities.
At the drop-off point, guests are greeted with the same lenticular treatment at the podium, belying the verdant vegetation nestled inside. However, a step into the interior brings the guests into an alternative interpretation of pop-biophilia, with a sunken pool-bar check-in leading the eye towards a series of lushly landscaped, stepped sinkhole-shaped platforms in the podium. This expression carves out hidden spaces that house a secret courtyard, a semi-secluded cave room and stepped terraces that allow varied modes of self-expression before peaking at the landscaped pool deck, the social heart of the hotel.
In contrast, the guest rooms feature a more sedate, conventional floor layout. 143 keys, including double volume suites, are housed within the tower volume, each room sporting city views out through the unconventional faceted façade — a quirk that allows nature-gazing without nature peering back in the room.
