{"id":697,"date":"2022-11-04T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:14e2ffba-4034-4714-a434-c89e8040d850"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:08:52","slug":"mapletree-receives-2022-ura-architectural-heritage-award-for-st-james-power-station","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.mapletree.com.sg\/cn\/newsroom\/mapletree-receives-2022-ura-architectural-heritage-award-for-st-james-power-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapletree receives 2022 URA Architectural Heritage Award for St James Power Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SINGAPORE<\/strong> \u2013 Mapletree Investments (\u201cMapletree\u201d or \u201cthe Group\u201d) is pleased to announce that the newly restored St James Power Station (\u201cSJPS\u201d) has received the 2022 Award for Conservation & Innovation as part of the URA Architectural Heritage Award (\u201cAHA\u201d). In recognition of its exemplary performance, the project was also accorded the additional mark of Distinction, which is reserved for exceptional projects that excel in all assessment criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Edmund Cheng, Chairman, Mapletree, said, \u201cIt gives us great pleasure that our vision and plans to restore and rejuvenate St James Power Station is recognised by the URA. This iconic monument not only marks a strategic point in Singapore’s history but is also a landmark symbolic of the nation’s adaptive agility for the future.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks the second time Mapletree is receiving the URA AHA for SJPS. The first award was granted in 2010 following Mapletree\u2019s first round of restoration works undertaken in the mid-2000s. Extensive research and conservation works were carried out on the key architectural elements for the latest round of restoration works. More details can be found in Annex A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainability was integrated into the architectural design and building operations as part of Mapletree\u2019s commitment to incorporate sustainable practices in all its businesses. A significant reduction in embodied carbon footprint was achieved through adaptive reuse as compared to the construction of a new building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A permanent exhibition comprising a Heritage Gallery is housed in one of the distinctive chimneys, and a Heritage Trail featuring maritime artefacts around the monument is open to the public with free admission. For more information, please visit https:\/\/stjamespowerstation.sg\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annex A \u2013 Restoration work to key architectural elements<\/strong>
Available for download here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/Photos_SJPS <\/a>
Photo Credits: Mapletree Investments <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fair-faced brick wall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fa\u00e7ades are constructed of a self-supporting brick envelope in a fair-faced finish. They were produced at Alexandra Brickworks, the first brickyard in Singapore to make bricks with modern machinery on a large scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steam cleaning was conducted on the entire building to remove the stubborn black soot accumulated on the surface. Cracks were also repaired using different methods per the severity of the damage, while incompatible latter-day patches were carefully repaired or replaced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steel Structures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The historic steel elements, including the steel beams, columns and roof trusses in SJPS were imported from England in the 1920s. During the restoration, the steel elements were retained as much as possible through the rust removal process and the application of a protective process for preservation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mild Steel Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Originally constructed in mild steel back in 1920s, the fa\u00e7ade windows have been replaced with aluminium profiles over the years. The windows have been restored to mild-steel to match the original profiles but with modifications to meet today\u2019s environmental standards like acoustic and thermal insulation required of modern office space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Timber Doors and Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fa\u00e7ade openings were carefully documented and reinstated according to archival photographs and records. Historic timber doors and windows were removed and carefully restored off-site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fa\u00e7ade Elements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some fa\u00e7ade elements such as corbels and ledges that were found to be missing from the original design have also been reinstated to restore the legibility of the original architecture of SJPS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Photos of St James Power Station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u200bSt James Power Station<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evening shot of St James Power Station<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interior of St James Power Station – New floating floor slabs were sensitively inserted at selected locations within the power station to introduce additional space for modern office use.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interior of St James Power Station (from another angle): The floor slabs have been set back deliberately to create a long void so that the side fa\u00e7ade of the block can be fully appreciated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16242,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"editor_notices":[]},"tags":[461,114],"newsroom-category":[112],"csr-category":[],"class_list":["post-697","newsroom","type-newsroom","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-461","tag-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMapletree receives 2022 URA Architectural Heritage Award for St James Power Station - MIPL Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mapletree-stag.altis.cloud\/cn\/newsroom\/mapletree-receives-2022-ura-architectural-heritage-award-for-st-james-power-station\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mapletree receives 2022 URA Architectural Heritage Award for St James Power Station - MIPL Chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SINGAPORE \u2013 Mapletree Investments (\u201cMapletree\u201d or \u201cthe Group\u201d) is pleased to announce that the newly restored St James Power Station (\u201cSJPS\u201d) has received the 2022 Award for Conservation & Innovation as part of the URA Architectural Heritage Award (\u201cAHA\u201d). 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