"Kee believes that finding the right partnerships is key to creating relevant solutions. The firm recently started another collaboration with new partners to KAPA – a design, project and real estate company providing turnkey solutions. “Focusing on landed houses, luxury condominiums as well as commercial and hospitality sectors, it matches the right designer profile to a client’s brief. We are able to source and acquire a site, provide the design-and-build consultancy, manage the entire process and divest the end product should the client want to exit before the completion of the property,” he elaborated.

Each house design is itself a collaborative act. Hence, it is important to listen to the owners. “Engaging the right architect is very important. For us, we create unique experiences for owners by infusing their lifestyles and tastes with storytelling [through the architecture]. The book Architecture of Happiness by Alain Botton resonates with me a lot in this aspect. We want to create meaningful and happy spaces for the homeowners; a house is not just four walls and functional spaces. Living in a meaningful space can be enriching.”