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o say Chai Boon Lim is highly respected in his industry would be an
understatement. Responsible for a number of development projects,
his value-adding initiatives, market insights and design-led solutions
are widely admired by his peers.
Chai Boon specialises in architectural design over a wide array
of building typologies. Ranging from commercial and institutional
to mixed-use residential and hospitality, his completed projects can be seen
across Asia. As the current Group Director of Swan & Maclaren Architects,
he is responsible for the coordination and design development of projects in
the region, particularly in Singapore, China, Vietnam and Malaysia.
After graduating from Singapore National University in 1989, Chai Boon
travelled to the US to do a master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. After completing his studies in 1992, he kickstarted his career with
the Singapore branch of Hong Kong company P&T Architects and Engineers.
He quickly grew to become one of the Group’s shareholders in 2004. When
Chai Boon first walked through the company’s doors, P&T Singapore had »Thinking
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