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Genome Architects Genome Architects We believe that like genome, a project's requirements and program is specific to culture, context, heritage, substance and time.

Natural systems of biology, organisms and natural habitats provide us with endless methods, inspirations to manifest our own built environment in pleasurable, intelligent ways. Started by Yen Yen Wu, GAD explores concerns of design through its fundamentals. Responsive – through use of materials for all their inherent properties and behaviours in atmospheric climates; through understanding that response necessarily incorporates the element of time, growth and change. Tying together a development of form, substance and time packed in tight package that is without excess, without being superfluous, something we all carry around. It is called our GENOME. Genome is "the total amount of genetic information in the chromosomes of an organism, including its genes and DNA sequences. It represents all the inheritable traits of an organism."

A home of expansive views and full of personality; houses can be climatically responsive, smart and characterful at the ...
05/10/2026

A home of expansive views and full of personality; houses can be climatically responsive, smart and characterful at the same time. photos by Finbarr Fallon

Placing the living and dining rooms at the 2nd storey form a bright and airy continuous space with double-volume at both...
22/09/2026

Placing the living and dining rooms at the 2nd storey form a bright and airy continuous space with double-volume at both ends, giving good light, elevated air-flow, privacy afforded by tree canopies and far views. Photos by Finbarr Fallon

18/09/2026

Ar. Wu Yen Yen of Genome Architects created the Grey Brick Vault House for a couple returning to Singapore after two decades in Beijing, drawing inspiration from the revered grey-brick courtyard houses there.

The project took about two years from exploratory discussions to completion. Using solar simulations, Wu shaped the home’s form and openings to respond to Singapore’s tropical climate, from angled windows and scalloped walls to three intersecting vaulted roofs.

Discover how data and architectural design came together to create a climate-responsive home: https://www.straitstimes.com/life/why-this-singapore-family-who-lived-in-beijing-built-a-tropical-hutong-forever-home-here

📷 Finbarr Fallon

The Home Nursing Foundation launched Carers Hub yesterday with Minister Ong Ye Kung, to give caregivers information, res...
05/09/2026

The Home Nursing Foundation launched Carers Hub yesterday with Minister Ong Ye Kung, to give caregivers information, resources and tools for when they go about their tireless journeys. Importantly, Carers Hub galvanizes the point that caregiving is a national and communal effort. How can architects be more involved in the active aging, wellness and caregiving space?

HNF has been doing 50 years of a great job. Happy to have contributed in a small way and shared experience in support of HNF and all caregivers out there. www.carershub.com.sg

Having hosted decentralised NDP parades in the 70s, it is especially meaningful to us that the renovated Queenstown Spor...
08/08/2026

Having hosted decentralised NDP parades in the 70s, it is especially meaningful to us that the renovated Queenstown Sport Centre officially reopens a day before National Day. It is even more meaningful that it delivers on being an inclusive place for people with disability, athletes, the young and old.

Happy 61st Birthday Singapore ❤️

Fireworks photo by Darren Soh

Then and Now Queenstown Sport Centre
08/08/2026

Then and Now Queenstown Sport Centre

Homes should be lived-in spaces. Rather than curating photos, videos of pristine formal spaces, today we acknowledge per...
31/07/2026

Homes should be lived-in spaces. Rather than curating photos, videos of pristine formal spaces, today we acknowledge personalities through design.

Often, intangibles like a borrowed garden view to backdrop an elevated dining and kitchen family area, or capturing natu...
17/07/2026

Often, intangibles like a borrowed garden view to backdrop an elevated dining and kitchen family area, or capturing natural light and wind, is the reason why our houses look the way they do from the outside. Happy throwback Friday. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/one-home-suit-many

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