Yue Hwa Building

Yue Hwa Building
裕华大厦
Location in Singapore
Former names	Great Southern Hotel Nam Tin Hotel (南天大厦) Nam Tin Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial
Architectural style	Art Deco
Classification	M
Location	Eu Tong Sen Street, Outram, Singapore
Address	70 Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore 059805
Country	Singapore
Coordinates	1°17′05.6″N 103°50′36.4″E / 1.284889°N 103.843444°E / 1.284889; 103.843444
Completed	1927
Opened	1927
Renovation cost	S$25 million
Client	Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd
Owner	Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd
Management	Yue Hwa Chinese Products Pte Ltd
Technical details
Floor count	6
Lifts/elevators	1
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Swan and Maclaren
Known for	First Chinese hotel in Singapore with a lift
Renovating team
Architect(s)	O.D. Architect
Renovating firm	O.D. Architect
Engineer	TY Lin South East Asia Pte Ltd
Main contractor	Hexacon Construction
Awards and prizes	Architectural Heritage Award (1997)

Yue Hwa Building (Chinese: 裕华大厦; pinyin: Yùhuá dàshà) is a historic building located at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Upper Cross Street in Chinatown, Singapore, next to Chinatown MRT station. Built by Swan and Maclaren in 1927, it was then the tallest building in Chinatown and was known as Nam Tin Building (南天大厦), owned by Lum Chang Holdings. The building housed the six-storey Great Southern Hotel (the first Chinese hotel with a lift), along with a few shops and cabarets that were popular among Chinese travellers. In 1993, Lum Chang Holdings sold the building to Hong Kong businessman Yu Kwok Chun, who converted it to the first Yue Hwa Chinese Products department store in Singapore in 1994. The renovation process, which conserved the exterior while adding features such as an atrium and waterfall to the interior, won the building the Architectural Heritage Award by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in 1997.