Newton Suites is a study in environmental solutions to tropical high-rise living. The design integrates several sustainable devices into a contemporary architectural composition, creating a sustainable, contemporary addition to the city skyline. The building sits at the edge of a high-rise zone and fronts a height-controlled area that affords expansive views of the central nature reserves; a rare luxury in densely built Singapore.

The exterior of the tower uses sun shading elements, patterned planes of textured panels and protruding balconies to create a façade that is functional yet expressive. The horizontal, metal expanded mesh sun shading screens the strong tropical sunlight. The angled mesh reduces solar radiation while permitting visual connection to the ground. The angled expanded mesh changes appearance with viewpoint, appearing anywhere between solid and transparent. This, combined with the cast shadows and interference patterns between the shadows and the mesh, gives the building a constantly shifting, blurred appearance depending on angle and time of day. The layers of sun shades also change the reading of the projections of the bay windows, a standard feature of Singapore apartments due to their contribution to developer profit and prescriptive regulations, embedding them in the language of the building.

Landscape is used as a material—rooftop planting, sky gardens and green walls are incorporated into the design. Creeper screens are applied to otherwise blank walls to create visual delight, absorb sunlight and carbon and create oxygen in the dense urban environment. Most available horizontal and vertical surfaces are landscaped; creating an area of landscaping that is 130% (110% planted) of the total site. Trees cover the car park, project from the sky gardens at every four levels and crown the building at the penthouse roof decks. The above-ground car park uses far less energy than an underground car park and is fully enclosed with creepers, absorbing exhaust emissions. The car park roof houses a substantial clubhouse with gym, steam room, party areas and 25-meter (82-foot) swimming pool with a glass overflow edge.