Maxwell Chambers Suites

[1] It features timber louvre windows, with those at its rear being "designed to be smaller than usual, located higher on the walls, and sheltered with a canopy hood."

[2] Its exterior also features pediments with ornamental plasterwork and floral patterns, as well as drainpipes and gutters made of cast iron, which were manufactured by Walter MacFarlane & Co. of Scotland.

[3] After the Red Dot Design Museum was established within the building, a concrete-slab roof was built over the courtyards.

This came after a local magistrate complained that the offices were in a "shocking state of affairs" as "touts and middlemen" were allowed to enter.

[9] In August 1977, it was announced that the centre was to be moved as a result of complaints about its location in a "heavily congested" area.

[2] In September 1981, it was announced that the Traffic Police would be taking over the reissuing of driver's licenses and the administration of the Points Demerit System, with the offices and staff for these facilities being relocated to the building.

[14] Beginning on 1 February 1988, the building's operations room was used to broadcast road conditions and floods over the radio.

[15] By 1996, the building had become too small to accommodate the staff of the Traffic Police and there was no space to house related units.

According to Peter Zec of the Red Dot, Singapore was chosen as the location for the museum due to the "strong creative community and awareness of design" in the country.

[18] Red Dot's Asia President Ken Koo described the building as "old, awkward with small rooms and uneven floor heights, low doorways and corners that you knock your head on."

[18] Both the building and the neighbouring Maxwell Chambers, formerly the Customs House, were gazetted for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority on 2 April 2007.

[21] In January 2017, it was announced that, with The Traffic's lease on the building expiring on 30 April of that year, the Ministry of Law was to renovate and restore the building for $25 million, with the intention of converting it into an extension of the Maxwell Chambers, providing the complex with an additional 120,000 sq ft of floor space.

[4] The project's groundbreaking ceremony was held on 22 June, during which the building was officially renamed the Maxwell Chambers Suites.

According to then-Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Law Han Kok Juan, the building would "boost Singapore's international standing as a dispute resolution hub.