Princess House
The Princess House is a building on Alexandra Road in Queenstown, Singapore. The building was initially used as the offices for the Singapore Improvement Trust, and later became the first dedicated headquarters of the trust's successor, the Housing and Development Board. Description The Princess House is seven storeys tall. The building has a simple design. The articulation of the building's elements follows the form follows function dictum. The roof of the building is "U-shaped" and also functions as a viewing deck. History The building was built in 1957 as a multi-purpose office building, containing the new offices of the Singapore Improvement Trust, with the offices of the Social Welfare and Licensing departments being housed in the west wing of the building and offices in the east wing of the building to be rented out to the public. The successor of the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Housing and Development Board, moved their main offices from Upper Pickering Street to the Princess House, making the building the first dedicated headquarters of the board. Several departments of the Ministry of Health moved their offices into the building in September 1971. The then newly-created Ministry of Environment moved its offices into the Princess House