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Parliament House | |
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![]() The northern front of the Parliament House | |
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General information | |
Type | Government building |
Location | 1 Parliament Place, Singapore 178880 |
Coordinates | 1°17′21″N 103°51′01″E / 1.2891°N 103.8504°E |
Construction started | 1995 |
Completed | July 1999 |
Cost | S$115.2 million |
Client | Government of Singapore |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Urban Redevelopment Authority Public Works Department of Singapore |
Structural engineer | Urban Redevelopment Authority Public Works Department of Singapore |
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Parliament House | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Chinese | 国会大厦 | ||||||
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Malay name | |||||||
Malay | Dewan Parlimen | ||||||
Tamil name | |||||||
Tamil | நாடாளுமன்ற மாளிகை |
The Parliament House is a public building and a cultural landmark in Singapore. It houses the Parliament of Singapore, and is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within the Central Area. Within its vicinity is Raffles Place, which lies across from the Parliament House from the Singapore River, and the Supreme Court's building across the road. The building was designed to represent a contemporary architectural expression of stateliness and authority. The prism-shaped top, designed by President Ong Teng Cheong, was similarly a modernist take on the traditional dome.