A unique feature of the development is that it borders the existing business district, and serves as a gateway to the new downtown at Marina South.

The buildings was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and the local Architects 61 Pte Ltd. Other firms involved in the development of SGX Centre includes United Overseas Bank (UOB), Kajima Overseas Asia Private Limited, Oscar Faber Consultants Pte Ltd, Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited, Peridian Asia Private Limited, Bachy Soletanche Singapore Private Limited, Faber Maunsell, KPK Quantity Surveyors (1995), Singapore Private Limited, Manntech Building Maintenance Systems, Permasteelisa S.p.A., and Permasteelisa Pacific Holdings Ltd.[6] Constructed in 2000, SGX Centre One is the older of the twin buildings.

Located on 4 Shenton Way, it is adjacent to DBS Building Tower Two, which is part of another development that consists of two high-rises.

There are vertical and horizontal fins on different sides of the seemingly simple facade, which according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, acknowledges subtly the varying rhythms of the city.

SGX Centre has colonnaded walkways on the first storey, and a sleek glass curtained lobby, together with a 120-metre long urban mural wall.