Singapore's most notable architecture professionals under 40 of 2026
Their experience across residential, healthcare, civic, retail and hospitality developments signals broad design capability that could support increasingly complex and specialised property projects.
Singapore Business Review named eight architecture professionals under 40 from five firms, whose portfolios span projects including a $790m hotel and integrated healthcare campuses.
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The honourees span five firms, with women in the majority and a combined portfolio that includes a $960m hospital campus.
Eight architects. Five firms. A combined portfolio that stretches from a $790m hotel — the largest Mercure property in the world — to Singapore's first fully integrated healthcare campus.
Singapore Business Review's search for the most notable architecture professionals under 40 drew submissions from across the city-state, with eight making the final cut: three from DP Architects, two from SAA Architects, and one each from RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, CPG Consultants, and Chang Architects.
Five of the eight are women. Together, the class of 2026 has shaped some of Singapore's most recognisable spaces — Funan, The Cathay, i12 Katong, One Punggol's Regional Library — and some of its most demanding: hospitals, MRT stations, schools, and a 30-storey office tower under active construction. Their portfolios span healthcare, civic infrastructure, retail, hospitality, and heritage conservation.
Here are this year's honourees, arranged from youngest to oldest.
Jacqueline Tjen, 30DP Architects
Jacqueline worked on Dairy Farm Residences & Dairy Farm Mall, a $125m, 460-unit integrated development with views of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, tackling a sloping site by tucking the basement car park into the slope to fit its 1,500 PPVC modules. She also worked on The Verandah Residences, a $37m, 170-unit low-rise development inspired by neighbouring black-and-white bungalows, using deep eaves, louvred screens and verandahs for natural ventilation. A core member of DP Architects' residential typology group, she advances standardised, scalable residential delivery and digital coordination tools.
Siqi Zhang, 31RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
Siqi worked on the i12 Katong Major A&A, a $30m-plus revitalisation repositioning the mall as a premier East Coast lifestyle destination with new retail concepts, delivered entirely through the COVID-19 pandemic. As Project Architect on West Mall's $40m-plus redevelopment, she led design development and technical coordination for a new communal gathering space with sheltered MRT access, an upgraded public library and a basement food hall. A Registered Architect with a Master's from NUS, Siqi has been with RSP since 2019, also contributing to Resorts World Sentosa's Adventure Dining Playhouse.
Chung Yen Ling, 30CPG Consultants Pte Ltd
Yen Ling worked as Design/Project Architect on Lentor Health Nursing Home (West Coast), a $46m project under Ministry of Health research initiatives, reinterpreting the institutional model into a home-like environment and addressing resident concerns in a mature estate through feasibility studies. She played the same role on Lentor Health Nursing Home (Macpherson), a $32m project grounded in “Kampong Spirit” values, delivering one-bed-one-window layouts and communal spaces for rehabilitation. She mentors young architects and is actively involved in BIM coordination at CPG’s Integrative Wellness Studio.
Melissa Tsang Hiu Ching, 34Chang Architects
Melissa worked on Maple House, a $1.5m-$2m Singapore home that preserved its original single-storey character with natural materials rather than maximising floor area. On Moongate House, she assisted the lead architect from concept through completion, developing a modular concrete language for its bespoke precast moongate form, balancing family living with large gatherings. She also worked with Studio Grain on the Low-Resolution Pavilion for Singapore Design Week 2025, using upcycled plastic. She practises under Chang Yong Ter while co-founding spatial design practice Nous Nous.
Liao Muqiong, 35SAA Architects Pte Ltd
Muqiong was responsible for design execution, project management and delivery on The Chevrons, a clubhouse redevelopment kept operational through phased TOP strategies. She managed Pei Chun Public School's redevelopment from design development through completion, delivering a new annex against an immovable deadline tied to the school's temporary relocation. As Superintending Officer Rep on the Goh Keng Swee Centre for Education, a 30-storey office tower under construction, she oversees design coordination, stakeholder management, and the integration of architectural interfaces with the adjacent Ministry of Education Headquarters. A Master of Architecture graduate from the National University of Singapore, Muqiong has also led remodelling works at Changi General Hospital and the design and delivery of the JS4 and JS5 MRT stations.
Tan Wen Jun, 36DP Architects
Wen Jun led design development for One Punggol’s Regional Library and community spaces, part of a multi-agency civic development. As design lead and project architect on the library, Wen Jun oversaw development from concept to tender, integrating assistive technologies to set a new benchmark for inclusive public libraries. The result is a human-centred space for all ages. At The Greenhouse at Dulwich College, a net-zero facility, Wen Jun led passive design and façade optimisation from concept through development. Wen Jun also contributes to DP Architects’ research groups and is a guest critic at NUS.
Kelvin Ng Si Hoa, 38SAA Architects Pte Ltd
Kelvin played a key role in the design and delivery of Woodlands Hospital, Singapore's first healthcare campus to fully integrate an acute hospital, community hospital, medical centre, and nursing home within a single development, overcoming site constraints including noise from the expressway and rocky terrain. It was shortlisted at the 2024 World Architecture Festival and recognised with a Merit Award at the 2025 CREDAWARD. He also worked on Lentor Health Nursing Home, where landscaped buffers and layered greenery help mitigate airbase noise, and the ongoing Tengah General and Community Hospital, drawing on Tengah’s brickworks and plantation heritagethrough its terracotta-toned design and greenery. Kelvin joined SAA Architects in 2018, and actively mentors architects through SAA’s Professional Practice Examination Candidate Development Programme.
Loh Zhu Ping, 38DP Architects
Zhu Ping worked on design resolution, project management and cost control for Funan Redevelopment, a $450m vertically integrated development combining retail, offices, serviced apartments and a rooftop urban farm. He also worked on Mercure ICON Singapore City Centre, a $790m hotel that is the Mercure brand's largest property worldwide and Singapore's first full concrete PPVC hotel. At The Cathay A&A, a $70m heritage repositioning, he handled design resolution and stakeholder coordination through a conservation review. Zhu Ping holds a Master of Architecture from NUS and is a guest reviewer there.
View the 2025 honourees HERE.
— with research by Dylan Afuang and Shiena Sur.