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Subject: The main architect
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Soo K. Chan
Soo K. Chan (born 1962) is an architect based in Singapore. He is the founding
principal and design director of SCDA Architects Pte Ltd, a multi-disciplinary firm
engaging in the practice of architecture, interior, landscape and product design.
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Soo Khian Chan
7 January 1962 (age 56)
Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Singaporean
Washington University in St. Louis, Yale University
Architect
RIBA Award for International Excellence, SIA Architectural Design Award,
ARCASIA Award, Singapore President's Design Award
SCDA Architects
National Design Centre
SlcyTerrace@Dawson
Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore
Soori Bali, Indonesia
Soori High Line, New York
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OneKL, Malaysia
Lincoln Modern, Singapore
Soo K. Chan
Chinese
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Hanvu Pinvin Zeng Shiqifin
Education and academic activitiesEdit
Chan obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Washington University and Master of
Architecture degree at Yale University. He has taught in several international
architectural schools including National University of Singapore, Syracuse University,
Tamsui University, Taipei, University of Paris and Notre Dame University. He has been
a part-time lecturer at the National University of Singapore since 1996. Chan cites
Louis Kahn, Otto Wagner, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe as design inspirations.
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Accolades and mentionsEdit
Chan was the recipient of the inaugural Singapore President's Design Award. SCDA
was awarded the RIBA Award for International Excellence 2016 for
SkyTerrace@Dawson,[31 14th SIA Architectural Design Award 2014 for the National
Design Centre, the RIBA Worldwide Award in 2012 for OneKL and in 2003 for the
Lincoln Modern, the ARCASIA Award for Architecture 2011-2012 for Dhoby Ghaut
Green, and the Gold Award from the Miami Biennale 2005 International Competition
for The Ladyhill. SCDA was recognized by Architectural Record as one of the Design
Vanguard firms [4]
Chan was conferred as a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Architects in recognition
for his standing in the profession and advancement of architecture. His works have
been published in international architecture and design journals and books, including
Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Interni, Lotus, Monument, World
Architecture and SURFACE.[5]
Chan and SCDA projects have also been featured in The New York Times,[6] Wall Street
Journal, BBC News,[7] Financial Times,[81 and more. Chan was selected one of the
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"Top 20 People in NYC Real Estate" by the New York Post - Alexa,[9] Singapore
Tatler's "100 People You Should Know in Asia" and The Peak magazine's "30/30 Game
Changers."
Other projectsEdit
Chan has served on the Singapore Design Council and the Singapore Design Advisory
Panel for the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Development Board.
He is listed as one of the designers of Poliform and has a line of furniture called Soori.
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Chan is also a developer for his debut NYC project Soori High Line 11 11 and is the
owner-designer-manager of Soori Bali.11~1
Personal lifeEdit
According to a Wall Street Journal article,[13] Chan was born and raised in Malaysia, on
the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Khoo Kongsi in Penang. He currently resides in
Singapore with his wife Ling (herself a designer) and their children. He is a wine
aficionado, having designed his own cellar.E14]
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