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AXA Tower

Singapore

The 1019th tallest building in the world

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AXA Tower, also known as 8 Shenton Way and formerly The Treasury and Temasek Tower, was the 16th-tallest skyscraper in Singapore, standing at 234.7 m (770 ft). It held the distinction of being the tallest cylindrical building in the world. In 2023, it became the tallest building ever to be voluntarily demolished to make way for the construction of Skywaters Residences.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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