The Colonnade, a 28-storey residential apartment block designed in collaboration with Archiplan Team, is perhaps the most representative and successful model of Paul Rudolph's works in Asia, if not the world.
Rudolph's distinctive style can be seen in the cantilevered volumes of concrete and glass arranged on a gridded system of tall structural columns, or "piloti". Random volumes are strategically located in an ordered system defined by the grid.
The Colonnade exemplifies a high-rise typology that is both architecturally innovative and well-suited for the tropical climate through a combination of wide overhangs, sunshading devices and balconies which bring greenery into the spacious apartments.