Daven Wu
Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.
Latest articles by Daven Wu
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The Ritz-Carlton’s Luminara is a yacht in name and a design haven in practiceTour the exclusive 794-foot vessel built around high-design interiors, where Minotti, Poltrona Frau, and Cassina replace any trace of cruise-ship cliché
By Daven Wu Published
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How an architect rebuilt his family ‘kongsi’ into Malaysia’s most ambitious hotelA transformed 19th-century Chinese clan compound in George Town is now Soori Penang, a stately hotel shaped as much by heritage law as by personal history
By Daven Wu Published
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Rediscover Odette, one of Singapore’s most laurelled restaurantsFollowing a seasonal closure, the National Gallery Singapore dining room introduces a complete aesthetic rethink courtesy of design studio Nice Projects
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Discover a hidden culinary gem in MelbourneTucked away in a central Melbourne park, wunderkind chef Hugh Allen’s first solo restaurant, Yiaga, takes diners on a journey of discovery
By Daven Wu Published
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Inside Christian de Portzamparc’s showstopping House of Dior Beijing: ‘sculptural, structural, alive’Daven Wu travels to Beijing to discover Dior’s dramatic new store, a vast temple to fashion that translates haute couture into architectural form
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Dib Bangkok, a new Thai cultural destination, celebrates rawness and local graceWith Dib Bangkok, Thailand’s first international contemporary art museum, Kulapat Yantrasast plays all the angles
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Discover The Legacy, Hong Kong’s eye-catching new condoThe Legacy, by ACPV Architects Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, is a striking new condo tower that aims to ‘create a sense of community and solidarity among people’
By Daven Wu Published
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This Portuguese winery looks like it grew from the landscape itselfArchitect Sérgio Rebelo distils the essence of Portugal’s Douro Valley into a new timber-framed winery for Quinta de Adorigo
By Daven Wu Published
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Tour Peridot, Hong Kong’s hypnotic new barLocated on the 38th floor of The Henderson, Studio Paolo Ferrari’s latest project is a study in ‘light, refraction, and intimacy’
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Park Hyatt takes Kuala Lumpur to new heightsMore than a decade in the making, Malaysia’s first Park Hyatt floats between levels 75 and 114 of Asia Pacific’s tallest tower, redefining intimacy in the sky
By Daven Wu Published
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Matsuya Ginza lounge is a glossy haven at Tokyo’s century-old department storeA new VIP lounge inside Tokyo’s Matsuya Ginza department store, designed by I-IN, balances modernity and elegance
By Daven Wu Published
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This 100-year-old private members’ club in London feels young at heartThe Sloane Club unveils a stylish new rebrand and redesign courtesy of Russell Sage Studio
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Tour Mountain Residence’s refined ‘interior landscape’ in Hong KongMountain Residence is a serene, multigenerational family home, nestled on Kowloon’s Mount Beacon in Hong Kong and designed by Nelson Chow
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How do you design a country? Singapore Design Week 2025 looks back at the state's transformation over 60 yearsSingapore Design Week 2025 (11-21 September) returns with the theme 'Nation by Design'
By Daven Wu Published
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10 landscape architects to know now: the ultimate directoryThe Wallpaper* 2025 Landscape Architects’ Directory spotlights the world's most exciting studios, each one transforming the environment around us with projects that celebrate nature in design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Meet Kotchakorn Voraakhom, a Thai landscape architect on a missionAlongside her studio Landprocess and network Porous City, Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom is on a mission to make Bangkok a model of climate resilience
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Meet Rodrigo Oliveira, landscape architect to some of Brazil’s finest buildingsWe delve into Rodrigo Oliveira's naturalistic approach and explore his landscape architecture work, gracing buildings designed by some of Brazil's finest contemporary architects
By Daven Wu Published
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No guilt, only pleasures await at Singapore’s first all-villa resortFrom late-evening scented baths to midnight snack attacks, daily indulgences come in abundance at the tropical Raffles Sentosa Singapore
By Daven Wu Published
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The Melbourne studio rewilding cities through digital-driven landscape design‘There's a lack of control that we welcome as designers,’ say Melbourne-based landscape architects Emergent Studios
By Daven Wu Published
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Inside Singapore's first 3D-printed concrete houseThe building presents an elegantly minimalist model for the future of mainstream construction
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Retreat to Aman Nai Lert Bangkok, a sleek city sanctuaryAman returns to its Thai roots for its third civic outpost, weaving past and present to create an urban pleasure dome
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This remote Saudi Arabian retreat is changing the landscape for luxury escapesDesert Rock, designed by Oppenheim Architecture and Studio Paolo Ferrari, nestles discreetly within its mountainous setting
By Daven Wu Published
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In Gstaad, a seasonal restaurant takes alpine dining to new heightsMonti nods to regional craftsmanship with furniture carved from locally-sourced elm and a seasonal menu from chef Martin Göschel
By Daven Wu Published
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With scenography by OMA, Dior’s ‘Designer of Dreams’ exhibition in Seoul is ‘a piece of theatre’OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu catches up with Wallpaper* about the dramatic show design for the latest iteration of ‘Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams’, which opened in Seoul this weekend
By Daven Wu Published
