Spark Architects
International architecture studio
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History
In 2003, CapitaLand hired British architectural firm Alsop Architects to revamp Clarke Quay.[1] Stephen Pimbley set up Alsop Architects's Asia studios to handle the Clarke Quay redevelopment. The redevelopment included an overhaul of shophouse facades, streetscapes, and riverfront dining areas.[2]
In 2006, Pimbley and Wenhui Lim co-founded Spark from Alsop Architects's Asia studios.[2]
In 2014, Spark designed floating hawker centres in Singapore.[3]
In 2015, Spark won the Experimental – Future Projects category at the World Architecture Festival with its Homefarm, a conceptual proposal for the next generation of urban retirement housing.[4]
In 2016, Spark won the Experimental – Future Projects category at the World Architecture Festival with its Spark Beach Hut, a pine cone-shaped structure, which is made of plastic waste thrown into the ocean.[5]
Notable projects
- GR.iD, shopping mall in Singapore.[6]
- Starhill Gallery, shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[6]