Insight

How we renewed a doctor's 4,800 sq ft family home in Petaling Jaya: expanded living areas, new finishes and a warm white, brown and gold palette.

An architect's first-hand account of an abandoned housing project in Malaysia, and six warning signs every home buyer should check before paying.

Taman Tun Dr Ismail is one of Kuala Lumpur's most sought-after neighbourhoods. It is mature, green and well connected. Many families who have lived there for years face the same question: move somewhere newer, or stay and make the house work for the way they live now? We met that question on our Tiffany Residence in TTDI. The client chose to stay and renovate the existing home completely, and gave it a new identity instead of relocating. This guide sets out what we have learn

When a son builds a home for his mother, the brief is rarely about impressing the street. It is about daily life: how she moves through the house, where light falls in the afternoon, and whether the layout still works when walking becomes slower. That was the starting point for Tin's Residence in Raub, Pahang — a 5,500 sq ft single-storey villa completed in 2024 by Ascendas Design Group. From the first meeting, the client was clear: his 70-year-old mother had to live comforta

When owners ask whether to demolish an old house or renovate it, the answer is rarely obvious from the kerb. A decade of vacancy can make a property look beyond saving. One of our projects in Kuala Lumpur started that way: a 1970s house that had belonged to a prosperous Malay family, empty for more than ten years, with stolen electrical cables, missing timber floorboards, and even bats living inside. From the street it looked like a candidate for a full teardown. Inside, the

I expected AI to disrupt jobs. I never assumed architects would be exempt. What I underestimated was the speed.