Thian Hock Keng, built on a square site, is of traditional Chinese design whereby a group of buildings or pavilions cluster around the main courtyard.
 It has the standard layout of three halls commonly found in such temple, with an entrance hall, a main hall, and a rear hall.
 The temple is constructed in the temple architecture style commonly found in Fujian.
The main halls are of single-storey beam-frame structures with brackets supporting curving roofs with wide eaves.
 Dragons and other decorative motifs are placed on the roofs of the entrance hall as well as the main hall.

The entrance hall has one main door and two side doors, with a high step in front.
The side entrances are decorated with coloured tiles with peacocks, roses, and the Buddhist swastika motif that symbolises good luck, eternity and immortality.
 Guarding the doors are the traditional sentinels of Taoist temple – stone lions and Door Gods.
The temple is richly decorated with coloured tiles, red, black and gold lacquered wood, as well as figures of dragons and phoenix, with embellished and gilded beams, brackets, and ceilings.

The entrance leads directly into main courtyard.
 Overlooking the courtyard is the temple proper where the shrine of Mazu is located.
On either side of the temple are pagodas with octagonal base – the one on the left is a shrine of Confucius while the one on the right houses the ancestral tablets of Hokkien immigrants who founded the temple.
 Behind the main shrine is another courtyard where a smaller altar dedicated to Kuan Yin may be found.
Down either side of the temple are aisles leading to the monks quarters.
Thian Hock Keng, built on a square site, is of traditional Chinese design whereby a group of buildings or pavilions cluster around the main courtyard.  It has the standard layout of three halls commonly found in such temple, with an entrance hall, a main hall, and a rear hall.  The temple is constructed in the temple architecture style commonly found in Fujian. The main halls are of single-storey beam-frame structures with brackets supporting curving roofs with wide eaves.  Dragons and other decorative motifs are placed on the roofs of the entrance hall as well as the main hall. 
The entrance hall has one main door and two side doors, with a high step in front. The side entrances are decorated with coloured tiles with peacocks, roses, and the Buddhist swastika motif that symbolises good luck, eternity and immortality.  Guarding the doors are the traditional sentinels of Taoist temple – stone lions and Door Gods. The temple is richly decorated with coloured tiles, red, black and gold lacquered wood, as well as figures of dragons and phoenix, with embellished and gilded beams, brackets, and ceilings.
The entrance leads directly into main courtyard.  Overlooking the courtyard is the temple proper where the shrine of Mazu is located. On either side of the temple are pagodas with octagonal base – the one on the left is a shrine of Confucius while the one on the right houses the ancestral tablets of Hokkien immigrants who founded the temple.  Behind the main shrine is another courtyard where a smaller altar dedicated to Kuan Yin may be found. Down either side of the temple are aisles leading to the monks quarters.
Thian Hock Keng