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| WOHA | |
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 Left: Richard Hassell Right: Wong Mun Summ | |
| Practice information | |
| Key architects | Wong Mun Summ Richard Hassell |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Location | Singapore |
WOHA is a Singaporean multinational architectural industrial design firm. First established in 1994 by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, its name is derived from the initial letters of the founders’ surnames. Based out of Singapore, the firm has built and designed dozens of projects throughout the Asia-Pacific, including residential towers, public housing estates, mass transit stations, hotels and cultural institutions.
Their work incorporates sustainable design strategies as a response to climate change and widespread urbanization.[1] They aim to integrate landscape, architecture and urbanism in high-rise buildings to improve quality of life for residents in high-density megacities.[2] Their buildings are notable for their extensive use of natural vegetation as a building element.[3]
In 2007, they came to international attention when the Moulmein Rise Residential Building in Singapore was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, establishing their reputation as designers of sustainable, naturally ventilated skyscrapers for an urban tropical context.[4] In addition to architectural practice, WOHA have also taught at the National University of Singapore (NUS)[5] and both Hassell and Wong have lectured at universities around the world.[6][7][8]
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- ^ "Moulmein Rise Residential Building | Aga Khan Development Network". www.akdn.org.
- ^ "NUS - National University of Singapore". Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ ""Breathing Architecture" lecture by leading international architect Richard Hassell - University News : The University of Western Australia". Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Harvard GSD (17 November 2015). "Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell of WOHA, "Garden City, Mega City..."". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "European – South East Asian Architectural Dialogue". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.