▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁Fort ▁C anning ▁L ighth ouse ▁which ▁was ▁being ▁demol ished . ▁The ▁be acon ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁by ▁ships ▁ 2 9 ▁kilometres ▁( 1 5 . 7 ▁na ut ical ▁miles ) ▁away . ▁The ▁L ighth ouse ▁has ▁been ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁location ▁as ▁an ▁arte fact ▁near ▁Har bour ▁Front ▁Tower . ▁ ▁The ▁Full erton ▁Building ▁was ▁designed ▁for ▁natural ▁vent ilation ▁before ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁air - condition ing ; ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁architect ural ▁devices ▁used ▁to ▁provide ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁internal ▁air - well s . ▁There ▁were ▁four ▁air - well s ▁along ▁the ▁central ▁longitud inal ▁axis , ▁divided ▁by ▁three ▁internal ▁b ays ▁of ▁offices , ▁linking ▁the ▁front ▁fa ç ade ▁with ▁the ▁rear . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁architecture ▁in ▁Singapore . ▁As ▁air - condition ing ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁common , ▁the ▁air - well s ▁became ▁redundant . ▁ ▁Two ▁parallel ▁sets ▁of ▁guest ▁rooms ▁now ▁ring ▁the ▁hotel ' s ▁central ▁tri angular ▁sky - lit ▁at rium . ▁One ▁row ▁faces ▁out ▁towards ▁the ▁har bour ▁and ▁the ▁tall ▁buildings ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁business ▁district . ▁The ▁rooms ▁of ▁the ▁inner ▁ring ▁have ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁cour ty ard ▁in ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁building . ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁ind oor ▁garden ▁over ▁the ▁old ▁Stra its ▁Club ▁at ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁at rium ▁which ▁can ▁double ▁as