InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay

InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay is a luxury hotel in Singapore's Robertson Quay district, situated along the Singapore River. It operates under IHG's InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand and replaced the former Gallery Hotel in 2017. The property therefore represents both a contemporary international hotel operation and the continuation of a notable riverfront hospitality site with an unusually strong architectural identity. The building was originally developed as Gallery Hotel on a 3,361-square-metre site that had previously contained warehouses. The site was cleared as Robertson Quay underwent redevelopment in the late 1990s. Gallery Hotel was completed in 2000 and opened on 11 September of that year. Its design was conceived around the "Highly Individual Places" or HIP hotel concept, an approach associated with distinctive, design-led properties intended to function as destinations rather than standardized accommodation. The hotel was designed by William Lim Associates and Tangguanbee Architects, led by William S. W. Lim, Tang Guan Bee and Teh Joo Heng. The original building used a pluralistic architectural composition rather than a single conventional hotel block. Its forms included a tower with varied window patterns, a warehouse-like façade referencing Robertson Quay's earlier industrial character, cylindrical glass-and-steel volumes for food and beverage uses, exposed circulation routes, and a rooftop swimming pool with a projecting glass enclosure. Art and design were also central to the property's identity. The former Gallery Hotel collaborated with Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, and its interiors incorporated original works and highly individual decorative details. The property was initially known as Gallery Evason Hotel. The Evason name was removed in January 2002 after Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spas withdrew from management of the hotel and its Evason brand was no longer used there. The hotel later closed in 2017 and reopened in the building as InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay. Publicly documented material supplied for this entry does not establish the exact opening date of the InterContinental operation, its ownership structure, room count, current leadership, or a complete list of present-day facilities. As an InterContinental property, the hotel is positioned toward upscale and luxury travelers seeking a full-service urban stay in central Singapore. Its location provides access to the Singapore River and Robertson Quay, while the wider central area connects the property with Singapore's business, cultural, retail, and dining districts. The hotel's documented heritage is particularly relevant to its positioning: unlike a newly built anonymous tower, it occupies a building recognized for experimental architecture, adaptive reuse of an industrial riverside setting, and an art-oriented design concept.

The history of InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay is closely connected to that of the building's predecessor, Gallery Hotel. Robertson Quay was transformed from a warehouse district as part of urban redevelopment in the late 1990s. A 3,361-square-metre site was cleared for a new hotel, and developer and owner Robertson Quay Investments commissioned a design intended to make the property a destination in its own right. The resulting Gallery Hotel was designed by William Lim Associates and Tangguanbee Architects. The project was led by William S. W. Lim, Tang Guan Bee and Teh Joo Heng, who developed the property around the HIP, or Highly Individual Places, hotel concept associated with writer and photographer Herbert Ypma. The concept emphasized distinctive, experiential hotels rather than standardized chain-hotel design. Gallery Hotel was completed in 2000 and opened on 11 September that year. Its architecture was deliberately unconventional. The building combined several contrasting forms linked by internal streets, walkways, stairs, and other circulation elements. The composition included a tower with multi-coloured windows, a façade recalling the pitched roofs of former riverside warehouses, separate volumes for restaurants and other facilities, and large cylindrical glass-and-steel structures. A transparent lobby lifted the main hotel block above ground level, while a rooftop swimming pool incorporated a projecting glass structure overlooking the surrounding streets. The interiors continued the experimental approach. Eva Shivdasani and Bernard Bohnenberger were associated with the interior design, and the hotel collaborated with Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts on artworks and visual elements. Guest rooms were individually decorated, exposed services and brightly coloured pipes formed part of the interior language, and the property used unconventional fixtures and materials. The hotel was documented in architectural publications, including The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Architecture and Herbert Ypma's HIP Hotels: Budget. The property was first called Gallery Evason Hotel. In January 2002, it dropped the Evason name after Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spas withdrew from management and the Evason brand ceased to be part of the hotel's name. Gallery Hotel continued operating under its revised identity until it closed in 2017. An InterContinental hotel opened in the same building in 2017, creating the present InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay. The change brought the site into IHG's international InterContinental Hotels & Resorts system while retaining its Robertson Quay location and architectural setting. The supplied reference material does not provide a detailed account of renovations, the precise transition date, current ownership, or subsequent operating milestones. Accordingly, the documented history is strongest for the building's original development and for the 2017 conversion to the InterContinental brand.

• 2017

  Conversion to InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay

  [1]Gallery Hotelen.wikipedia.org

  Gallery Hotel closed and an InterContinental hotel opened in the building, establishing the current property.

• 2002

  Evason name removed

  [1]Gallery Hotelen.wikipedia.org

  The property stopped using the Gallery Evason Hotel name after Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spas withdrew from management.

• 2000

  Gallery Hotel completed and opened

  [1]Gallery Hotelen.wikipedia.org

  The hotel building on the redeveloped Robertson Quay site was completed and opened on 11 September 2000 as Gallery Hotel.

Luxury urban riverside hotel with a design-led architectural heritage

• Accommodation

  Guest rooms and suites

  The hotel's core offering is luxury accommodation under the InterContinental brand. The supplied references do not document the current number, configuration, or detailed specifications of rooms and suites. The predecessor property was known for individually designed guest rooms and a strong relationship between its interiors and the building's experimental architecture.

• Hospitality services

  Dining and beverage

  Dining and beverage service is part of the property's full-service hotel proposition. The former Gallery Hotel incorporated restaurants and food-and-beverage spaces in separate architectural volumes, including cylindrical glass-and-steel structures. Current outlet names, concepts, and menus are not established by the supplied material.

• Business hospitality

  Meetings and events

  The hotel is understood as a full-service urban property capable of serving business and event guests. The predecessor included conference rooms with design features such as writable metal surfaces. The supplied sources do not specify the current meeting-room inventory or event capacity.

• Leisure facilities

  Swimming pool and leisure amenities

  A swimming pool was a notable feature of the original Gallery Hotel design, including a projecting glass rooftop enclosure. The existing material does not confirm the precise configuration or operating details of the current InterContinental property's pool and other leisure facilities.

• 2017

  Rebranding of the Robertson Quay hotelStrategy

  Background

  Gallery Hotel had operated in the Robertson Quay building since 2000, following its earlier use of the Gallery Evason name. The property closed in 2017 before an InterContinental hotel opened in the same building.

  Action taken

  The hotel was repositioned under IHG's InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand as InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay.

  Aftermath

  The change established the current identity of the property while preserving its association with the distinctive Robertson Quay building. The supplied sources do not describe the scope of refurbishment or the commercial terms of the transition.

  Source

1. 1Gallery Hotelen.wikipedia.org