A recent landmark in Queenstown is Forfar Heights standing at 30 and 40 storeys. Located at the junction of Margaret Drive and Dawson Road, Forfar Heights was completed in 2005. It was named after the former Forfar House, the SIT block built in 1956.
Standing at 14 storeys high, Forfar House was then the tallest residential block in Singapore. Interestingly, its height gave rise to its Chinese dialect name of Chap Si Lau (Hokkien: 14 storeys), an apt description of this architecturally striking block. It was surrounded with four-storey walk-up flats that gave rise to yet another dialect name for Strathmore Avenue: Si Lau Chu (Hokkien: Four-Storey House) as well as Lam Por Lay (Hokkien: blue glass), a reference to its widespread use in windows. The legacy of this corner of Queenstown lives on today in the use of blue glazed glass for Forfar Heights and the estate's name.