Singapore’s skyline is preparing for another transformation. Rising 305 metres above Shenton Way, The Skywaters will soon be home to Aman Singapore, marking the brand’s debut in the Lion City.

While Aman is no stranger to Southeast Asia—the brand was born in Phuket with the opening of Amanpuri in 1988—this project represents a striking new chapter. Rather than another retreat framed by sea or jungle, Aman is stepping into the region’s most urban stage, where the measure of luxury is not seclusion but the ability to create sanctuary high above one of the world’s busiest cities.

The Skywaters, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), will rise as Singapore’s tallest tower and an emblem of vertical integration: offices, residences, retail, and hotel fused into one slender silhouette. Aman will occupy a portion of this vertical community, with a hotel, branded residences, spa, and the Aman Club.

Interiors are in the hands of Kerry Hill Architects, the studio long associated with Aman’s identity in Asia. Their design is expected to reinterpret the quiet grandeur of Singapore’s Black-and-White bungalows, layering stone, wood, and filtered light to carve serenity from within a tower.

For Aman, this is not unfamiliar territory. The brand’s Southeast Asian portfolio—Amanpuri in Phuket, Amankila and Amandari in Bali, Amanjiwo in Central Java, Amansara in Siem Reap—has shaped the very idea of the modern luxury resort. Each of these properties is grounded in landscape or heritage, designed as low-rise enclaves where seclusion and immersion are paramount.

Yet Aman Singapore belongs to a different lineage. It joins Aman Tokyo, Aman New York, and Aman Bangkok as part of the brand’s urban sanctuaries, conceived not as retreats from cities but as sanctuaries within them. Aman Singapore will need to feel both true to its Southeast Asian roots and aligned with the urban ambitions of its global siblings.

Bangkok, which welcomed its own Aman earlier this year, has already demonstrated how the brand adapts to a vertical Southeast Asian city.

Aman’s challenge is formidable. Singapore is already one of the most competitive ultra-luxe hotel markets in Asia with names like Raffles and Capella defining its upper tier. Much like the latter, Aman’s arrival will bring an aesthetic of restraint and refinement, and its very presence should push the market to innovate. More competition at this level does not dilute value but rather steeps ambition. Guests, residents, and the city itself stand to benefit from this push to elevate service, wellness, and design benchmarks.

The excitement surrounding Aman Singapore is not only about a single property. It is about the evolution of an industry and a brand that redefines its identity as one of the world’s most compelling destinations for the ultra-luxury traveller. In the years ahead, anticipation will grow around the first reveal of interiors, the pricing of branded residences that could eclipse current records, and the membership model of the Aman Club.

For now, Aman Singapore exists in promises and renderings. The Skywaters is expected to complete in 2028, and Aman has not confirmed an opening date.

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