Mok Wei Wei: Works by W Architects

By Mok Wei Wei

During a career spanning over three decades, award-winning architect Mok Wei Wei has helped create the Singapore we see today. This overview of his large- and small-scale projects completed with his practice, W Architects, includes apartment complexes, museums, houses, and community centers, each revealing the architect's inspirations and his ingenious solutions to the challenges of building in a tropical city.

Three themed chapters--"Refract," "Respond," and "Reflect"--move through Mok Wei Wei's career, from the early 1980s to the present, illustrating his unique approach to designing buildings for a dense urban environment in the context of a diverse multicultural society facing the challenges of climate, heritage preservation, globalism, and national identity. A must-have for fans of Mok Wei Wei and W Architects, Mok Wei Wei is also essential reading for architects building in tropical cities worldwide.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500343454
• ISBN13: 9780500343456
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.9" x 10.5"