Singapore’s Zaha-topia
Photo by CapitaLand d’Leedon, acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid’s first building in Singapore (not including her curvilinear masterplan design for the
LKC Natural History Museum
The majority of contemporary museum buildings are often categorically either a blank (boring) canvas for the presentation of art, or
A Typological Case Study for Future Urbanism
The Interlace is an award winning megacondo development by local developers CapitaLand and designed by legendary starchitect Rem Koolhaas’s firm, OMA
Garden City Alleyways
Singapore’s forgotten urban alleyways, an ubiquitous part of everyday life within the charming shophouse districts throughout the city centre, provide
Toyo Ito at NTU
2013 Pritzker Prize laureate Toyo Ito (with local architects RSP) has recently completed a series of student dormitory buildings, Crescent &
Urban Farming in Singapore
The land-scarce city-state of Singapore -a small island nation lacking natural resources and a hinterland to support one of the
SG50: A Year of Architecture
2015 is shaping up to be an exhilarating year for Singapore’s burgeoning architectural scene, as the city-state’s 50th anniversary of
an Art Fair in a Modern Green Hotel
The stunning presidential suite on the top floor of the Parkroyal on Pickering Hotel doubling up as an impromptu art gallery.
Guggenheim Museum Helsinki
Role: Project manager & design lead for project completed at WOHA ArchitectsStatus: Competition (2014) The future Guggenheim site is poised
50 Cool Condos in Singapore
Can’t afford any of the 50 stunning houses that we previously featured? How about one of these cool condominiums? Beyond
a Case for Building Middle-Heavy Cities
In the past century, a global proliferation of dense cities filled with high-rise towers has quickly become a dominate form
50 Stunning Houses in Singapore (#001-050)
Singapore’s exorbitant land prices, limited amount of lots zoned for landed housing, and the highest concentration of multimillionaires on the
Lecture: Moshe Safdie – in Search of new Typologies
I recently saw legendary architect Moshe Safdie lecture in Singapore (at the HDB PEAK Forum) on the topic “In Search
iLight Marina Bay 2014
I recently went to check out i Light Marina Bay, an interesting annual urban festival in downtown Singapore. The festival
About my Artwork
I began painting nearly ten years ago, with little formal training except studies in photographic composition and architectural design. In
Lecture: Parkroyal on Pickering at WAF
Watch Wong Mun Summ of WOHA Architects lecture on one of his latest projects, PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore’s stunning new lavishly
New Starchitect Designed Condos on Orchard Road
I went out to Singapore’s upscale housing district along Orchard Road this weekend to check out a few new starchitect-designed
Why Work as an Architect in Asia?
In fall of 2012 I had recently graduated from architecture school at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. I
Luxury Living in the Tropics
I recently had the opportunity to explore the latest completed work by critically acclaimed Singapore architecture firm, WOHA: Goodwood Residence.
LEGO Marina Bay Sands
I sure am a lucky guy… for my 25th birthday, I received the very latest LEGO Architecture set, Singapore’s very
Lecture: Tadao Ando in Singapore
I recently attended Tadao Ando’s first lecture in Singapore, titled “Asia on The Move” on 20 February 2013 at the
Megachurch + Megamall
Here’s an architectural fusion you don’t see often: a combined megachurch / megamall. From rendering to reality
Inside the Parkroyal on Pickering
After much public anticipation over the incredible design, the luciously verdant Parkroyal on Pickering hotel just opened to the public
10 Breathtaking Gardens in the Sky
In an increasingly overcrowded world where much of the world’s population packed into cities, green space has become important to