Hotel Fort Canning

Hotel Fort Canning
General information
Status Complete
Type Boutique Hotel
Architectural style Low-rise
Location 11 Canning Walk, Fort Canning Downtown Core, Singapore
Construction started ?
Completed 2010
Opening 2010
Owner Eng Wah Global
Design and construction
Architect DP Architects
Website

Hotel Fort Canning is a boutique hotel opened in 2010 in Fort Canning Park, Singapore, self-styled as "fashionable" and located near such touristy nightlife areas as Orchard Road and Clarke Quay. The building was the former British Far East Command Headquarters during World War II. The building was restored and reconstructed as a hotel by the prestigious architectural firm DP Architects which sought to maintain the old style colonial glamour and the multi-columned façade of the old headquarters.

History

The military building was built in 1926 as the Administration Building of the British Far East Command HQ. The General-Officer-Commanding, Lieutenant General Percival, had an office in this building. The building was occupied by the Japanese Military during the Occupation (1942–1945). The British Military took it back after the war and used it as part of the British Military Administration. The building was then taken over by the Singapore Armed Forces when Singapore became independent. In 1970, the building was used by the Singapore Command and Staff College (SCSC). In 1976, the SCSC moved out of the building, and it remained unoccupied until 1995, when it housed the Fort Canning Country Club. The Legends Fort Canning Park took over the premises in November 2002, and in July 2011, it re-opened as Hotel Fort Canning.[1]

Facilities

The hotel has 86 stylised rooms and suites. Hotel Fort Canning's upper floor windows have wide views of Fort Canning Park and the city skyline. The hotel has two outdoor swimming pools filled with water treated by an innovative non-chlorination-based system, with none of the health issues of conventional swimming pools. The hotel has a gym and Chinois Spa @ The Legends

F&B

Hotel Fort Canning offers guest three restaurants

Architecture and conservation

On 15 October 2010 John Miksic, Resident Archaeologist at Fort Canning Park and Associate Professor of the National University of Singapore interred the first artifact in the Hotel’s Lobby Archaeological Pits, which now hold 14th and 19th century artifacts that have been unearthed at Fort Canning Park.

The pits contains ancient local pottery used in everyday life that would have been used to prepare the meals for the royal households of the Majapahit kings who ruled Temasek in the 14th Century. The second pit displays 14th century porcelain, which ancient Chinese traders exchanged for local products. Third pit contains a mixture of locally-made objects and British items from the 19th century, including English porcelain, tiles, bottles, large platters for food, and glass marbles. The fourth pit consists of later 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese porcelain, which would have been commonly used by both soldiers and civilians in Fort Canning.

Awards

Hotel Fort Canning has won several awards

References

  1. ↑ History of Hotel Fort Canning
  2. ↑ Aquino, Michael, "The Glass House at the Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore: Point, Counterpoint.", South East Asian Travel, 11 Mar 2012
  3. ↑ " Hotel Fort Canning Restaurants
  4. ↑ "Historic Retreat In The City", The Jakarta Globe, 6 November 2011
  5. ↑ ,Asiaone
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