Weng Hin Ho

HO Weng Hin graduated from NUS Department of Architecture, and obtained his postgraduate degree in conservation from the University of Genoa, Italy with top honours. He is partner of Studio Lapis (www.studiolapis.sg), an architectural conservation consultancy involved in major local and regional projects such as the Capitol and South Beach developments, and The Peninsula Yangon. Its work has garnered accolades such as the the URA Architectural Heritage Awards, and the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards for the restoration of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd .

Weng Hin is a founding director of the Singapore Chapter of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to UNESCO on heritage conservation, and represents Singapore as expert voting member on its International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage. Weng Hin also serves on government advisory panels on heritage policy and planning.

As adjunct faculty at the DOA, Weng Hin was convenor and co-organizer of a number of hands-on Conservation Field Schools under the auspices of the NUS Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Asian Built Heritage, and co-leader of the UM-NUS Joint Studio in Cultural Heritage Studies in various historic towns of Malaysia. He is currently an M.Arch Thesis supervisor focussed on the theme of Heritage and Adaptive Reuse.

An ardent advocate for Singapore's built heritage, Weng Hin is co-author of several books including Our Modern Past: A Visual Survey of Singapore Architecture, 1920s-70s, a ground-breaking book commissioned by the Singapore Heritage Society. He was also former co-editor of The Singapore Architect, the professional journal of the Singapore Institute of Architects.