SPARK is a multi-award winning international
architecture
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and
urban design
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studio registered in
London
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,
Singapore
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and
Shanghai
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. The studio has designed a wide diversity of projects from complex multi-phased mixed-use buildings, city-scale master plans, residential and hotel developments, building regeneration and transformations to small scale urban infill projects.
Practice
Spark is an
architectural firm
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, focused on architecture, urban design,
landscape architecture
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and
interior design
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. Founded in 2008, SPARK’s projects include the rejuvenated Clarke Quay in Singapore, the International Cruise Terminal Shanghai, Starhill Gallery Kuala Lumpur, Arte S Penang, Rihan Heights
Abu Dhabi
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, GRiD Singapore, Shekou Gateway Shenzhen and the Raffles City projects in Ningbo and Beijing.
SPARK owes its origins to the studio of the late British architect,
William Alsop, where
Stephen Pimbley was a partner and worked for 16 years. He led projects such as Cardiff Bay Barrage, the
Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Rotterdam Centraal, Calypso and The Public. From here, he designed the transformation of Clarke Quay, leading to the founding of SPARK's first Asia studio in Singapore.
SPARK is known for its research and thought leadership projects including Home Farm, Solar Orchid, Big Arse Toilet, Three Little Pigs and Beach Hut. Each project deals with issues pertinent to problems the community faces in the places where SPARK works.
Partners
* Ar Stephen Pimbley ARB RIBA
* Wenhui Lim
* Min Wei
Projects
Completed
* Faifah Learning Center, Bangkok, Thailand, Completed 2012.
* Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Completed 2011.
*
Clarke Quay, Singapore, Completed 2011.
* One Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Completed 2010.
* Raffles City Beijing, China, Completed 2009.
* Semarang Paragon City, Semarang, Java, Indonesia, Completed 2009
* International Cruise Terminal, Shanghai, Completed 2010
* Rihan Heights, Abu Dhabi completed 2012
* Shekou Gateway Shenzhen, completed 2016
* Arte S Penang, completed 2018
* GRiD Singapore, completed 2020
Concept
* Shanghai Kiss, Shanghai, China, 2004
* Home Farm, 2014
* Solar Orchid, 2015
* Beach Hut, 2016
* Big Arse Toilet, 2018
* Three Little Pigs, 2019
References
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[Project Published: 2012 June Interior Design. 2012 May, Cubes Magazine.]
[Project Published: 2012 April, Trends commercial Design Magazine. 2012 January, Architecture Malaysia Magazine. 2011 November, Indonesia Design Magazine. 2011 October, Surface Asia Magazine. 2011 October, d+a_Magazine. 2011 July, Space Magazine.]
[Project Published: 2010 June, Soft Living Magazine. 2010 May, Taiwan Architect Magazine.]
[Project Published: 2011 April, Architecture Malaysia Magazine. 2011 March, IQD Inside Quality Design Magazine. 2011 January / Blueprint Asia Magazine. 2011 January, AIT Magazine.]
[Project Published: 2009 September, Taiwan Architect Magazine.]
[Project Published: 2012 February, Wallpaper Thailand Magazine. 2011 July, Trends commercial Design Magazine. 2010 July, B1 Magazine. 2010 June, Taiwan Architect Magazine. 2010 June, Perspective Magazine. 2010 June, FuturArc Magazine. 2010 May, RFP Magazine.]
Urban design
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