WOHA Architects

09/06/2026

As the Circle Line closes its loop this July, we're looking back at our design of two of its stations — Bras Basah (CC2) and Stadium (CC6).

Both were commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition, organised jointly by LTA and the Singapore Institute of Architects in 2000. The competition was open and anonymous, with no track record required. This was a great opportunity for our (at the time) young studio.

The two sites presented entirely different conditions: one deep underground in a historic civic district, the other at grade next to a major sports precinct. Over the coming weeks, we'll look at how each one was resolved.

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06/06/2026

Happy from Kampung Admiralty in Singapore!

The first picture by was taken in 2018, less than a year after the integrated public housing development for seniors was completed. The following pictures by were taken five years later.

We love how the greenery has matured and how it is a haven for biodiversity in our dense city! The rooftop park is used by residents and neighbours alike, and fosters an active lifestyle where young and old come together.

Design inception: 2013
Completion: 2017
Client: Housing & Development Board
Landscape consultant: (formerly Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl)

05/06/2026

is a design and ecological movement. It reimagines the traditional totem as a sculptural, “eco-active” structure that acts as a secure, functional habitat for urban wildlife while funding global conservation efforts.

The 21st-century totem movement updates traditional symbolic monuments by focusing on hands-on action to heal planetary systems and restore biodiversity in dense, urban areas.

The totems featured in this post were designed for a residential project in Brisbane and will be installed as homes for native bird, bee and bat species upon completion. They were shown at the recent exhibition “Another World is Possible”.

20/05/2026

Greenery cascading through concrete. Nature woven into every level. Sneak peek of our Waterfall Garden Hotel arriving soon on Orchard Road.

19/05/2026

Reposting :

I managed to get back to our project Forbes Residences with for Mustera in Applecross in Perth, Western Australia to check out the landscaping after a year - it’s going gangbusters!

Many people say our green architecture is all well and good in Singapore but won’t work in other places.

Landscape designers did a fantastic job selecting species for the sky gardens. Perth has a mediterranean climate, low humidity and high winds, and harsh sunlight with high UV. Capa shows here integrated greenery can be successfully done in every climate with the correct horticultural selections. Wonderful to see it maturing and full of bees, butterflies and birds! 🦅💚💚💚

You can even stay there amongst the gardens

22/04/2026

The Business Times published an op-ed on how, during times of crisis – including the current conflict in the Middle East – global supply chains buckle. The piece by Nirmal Kishnani and our founder, Wong Mun Summ, examines how designing for resilience is a matter of survival.

Each crisis – including the current conflict in the Middle East – has shown how global supply chains buckle. Will Singapore rethink its urban planning and design? Read more at The Business Times.

10/04/2026

6/6 — A 6-part series on our design for the MSE Headquarters.

The MSE HQ was conceived as a flagship prototype for Jurong Lake District and for Singapore — a model for what tropical urbanism can be when sustainability, biodiversity and human experience are treated as the same ambition, not competing ones.

Our built projects — OHD and PoP — demonstrate that this kind of building can be delivered within commercial budgets. The MSE HQ shows that it can also avoid urban heating by design. These are not utopian ideas. They are buildable, today, with current technologies and commercially available systems.

The competition was not awarded to us. But the question it asked remains open. Singapore faces projected daily highs of 40°C by 2045. Cities worldwide are trapped in cycles of unsustainable development that accelerate, rather than reverse, the crisis.

We are currently in discussion with several parties who recognise the potential of this model. We hope that by sharing this proposal openly, it contributes to a broader conversation about what large buildings in dense tropical cities can and should do.

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10/04/2026

6/6 — A 6-part series on our design for the MSE Headquarters.

The MSE HQ was conceived as a flagship prototype for Jurong Lake District and for Singapore — a model for what tropical urbanism can be when sustainability, biodiversity and human experience are treated as the same ambition, not competing ones.

Our built projects — OHD and PoP — demonstrate that this kind of building can be delivered within commercial budgets. The MSE HQ shows that it can also avoid urban heating by design. These are not utopian ideas. They are buildable, today, with current technologies and commercially available systems.

The competition was not awarded to us. But the question it asked remains open. Singapore faces projected daily highs of 40°C by 2045. Cities worldwide are trapped in cycles of unsustainable development that accelerate, rather than reverse, the crisis.

We are currently in discussion with several parties who recognise the potential of this model. We hope that by sharing this proposal openly, it contributes to a broader conversation about what large buildings in dense tropical cities can and should do.

09/04/2026

5/6 — A 6-part series on our design for the MSE Headquarters.

At the heart of the MSE HQ is a Forest Courtyard — a cascading interior landscape of 33,000sqm of vegetation, water gardens, stepped planters and waterfall mesh screens that filter rainwater as it descends through phytoremediation to the Forest Park below.

The Forest Courtyard is designed as a passively cooled tropical environment. Extensive vegetation and water gardens lower the ambient temperature by 2–3°C. A further 1–2°C is shed through chilled water return air with localised diffusers — an 'Urban Cool Forest Effect' that directly counteracts the Urban Heat Island Effect. GreenA Consultants' simulations confirm that the building's multi-volume landscapes and passive cooling systems lower ambient temperatures by 3–5°C overall.

Wrapping the courtyard on every level, a continuous Collaboration Loop gives each of the building's five Neighbourhoods its shared heart: meeting rooms, ideation pods, huddle spaces and indoor–outdoor terraces — all of which can operate in natural ventilation mode, reducing energy consumption significantly.

Nature runs continuously from the ground to the sky. The Forest Park below, the Forest Courtyard within, the solar canopy above. The building is inseparable from its landscape.

08/04/2026

4/6 — A 6-part series on our design for the MSE Headquarters.

Good work doesn't happen in generic environments. The MSE HQ's offices are designed around a simple conviction: that the quality of the spaces people inhabit directly shapes the quality of what they produce.

The building's slender L-shaped towers, with cores at the corners rather than the centre, mean that every desk has windows on two sides — out towards the scenic Jurong Lake Gardens, and in towards the lush Forest Courtyard. There are no dark interior zones. Natural daylight reaches everywhere, reducing reliance on artificial lighting throughout the day.

The five Neighbourhoods — each a triple-storey stack of 96 to 128 workspaces — are organised around Activity-Based Working principles: a range of social, collaborative, focused, quiet and biophilic zones that give people genuine choice in how and where they work. The Collaboration Loop that wraps each Neighbourhood can operate in natural ventilation mode, bringing fresh, passively cooled air from the Forest Courtyard directly into the workspace.

Sheltered corridors become Social Galleries — quieter seating, discussion nooks and lookout points integrated with lush landscaping. The sounds of running water, the smell of forest air, the tactile quality of natural materials: these are not decorative gestures. They are the working environment.