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Award-Winning Projects

Our award-winning projects reflect a considered approach to residential architecture and interior design in Singapore.

Runway interior architecture project shortlisted as a finalist in the Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design Awards 2024, showcasing dynamic lines and refined residential design.

Runway

Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design Awards 2024

Finalist, Interior Architecture Category
Triple-sided Balance workplace interior winning Silver for Best Workspace Design under 500 sqm at the Singapore Interior Design Awards 2023, featuring a sculptural, balanced layout.

Triple-sided Balance

Singapore Interior Design Awards 2023

Silver Award, Best in Workspace Design
Meandering Light residential project receiving an Honorary Award for Best Residential Design above 100 sqm at the Singapore Interior Design Awards 2023, noted for its flowing light and spatial calm.

Meandering Light

Singapore Interior Design Awards 2023

Honorary Award, Best in Residential Design
To Gather apartment design awarded Bronze for Best Residential Design between 51 and 100 sqm at the Singapore Interior Design Awards 2022, featuring a social, island-centric layout.

To-Gather

Singapore Interior Design Awards 2022

Bronze Award, Best in Residential Design
Gradient Space micro-apartment receiving an Honourable Mention in the Interior Architecture category at the 18th Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design Awards 2019, with layered timber platforms.

Gradient Space

The 18th Singapore Institute of Architects Architectural Design Awards 2019

Honourable Mention, Interior Architecture Category

Gradient Space interior winning Best Space for Entertaining at the Lookbox Design Awards 2018, with multi-level seating and a convivial spatial arrangement.

Gradient Space

Lookbox Design Awards 2018

Winner, Best Space for Entertaining;
Honourable Mention, Outstanding Private Apartment;
Honourable Mention, Best Space for Retreat

Media Highlights

A selection of works recognized for their contribution to the architectural landscape and the art of modern living.

2025

Event talk on the future of residential renovation, where Metre Architects shares perspectives on sustainable materials, spatial innovation, and evolving expectations of contemporary homes.

2025

Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao profiles Runway, a penthouse apartment whose interiors echo the dynamism of airport runways through bold lines, layered lighting, and cinematic views.

2025

Architizer includes Metre Architects in its list of Singapore’s leading architecture and design firms, recognising the studio’s concept-led residential work and inventive responses to compact living.

2024

Design Milk names Vessel among its top interior design stories of 2024, highlighting the project’s ship-like loft volume and clever small-space planning as a benchmark for contemporary apartment design.

2024

A video home tour by Design Anthology that steps inside Runway, a family penthouse shaped by aviation-inspired geometry, sweeping circulation lines, and a refined, gallery-like material palette.

2024

Uchify showcases Vessel as a Japandi-inspired loft home office, where warm wood, clean lines, and a floating mezzanine transform a compact 2-room condo into a serene live–work retreat.

2024

Project profile of S[]L[] House on Architizer, focusing on how a semi-detached home is reworked with sculpted volumes, layered sightlines, and a restrained palette for contemporary family living.

2024

Never Too Small presents Vessel, spotlighting the ship-like timber loft that sails through the apartment to create storage, workspace, and an elevated sleeping zone within a modest condo footprint.

2024

Address features Inward Nature, a semi-detached house in Sin Ming that embraces a nature-inspired palette, soft daylight, and inward-looking courtyards to create a calm urban sanctuary.

2024

Lookbox Living explores Runway, examining how a strong axial spine, tiered ceiling lines, and rhythmic lighting create the sensation of walking along a runway within a family home.

2024

Design Milk examines Vessel as a case study in micro-living, showing how a carefully detailed loft and built-in storage can make a tiny Singapore apartment feel open, layered, and highly functional.

2024

Lianhe Zaobao covers Anchored Planes, an apartment defined by simple lines and floating planes that frame circulation, carve out intimate corners, and keep the home feeling light and fluid.

2024

An in-depth interview with founder Woon Chung Yen, discussing Metre Architects’ design philosophy, approach to compact residential projects, and the narratives that underpin each interior.

2023

Pendulum Magazine visits Inward Nature, a tranquil home where layered textures, filtered daylight, and nuanced material contrasts turn everyday movement into a slow, contemplative spatial journey.

2023

Feature on An Ample House that traces how soft minimalism, generous openings, and gentle curves support a spacious yet understated family home in dense urban Singapore.

2023

Kvadrat documents Round Sun, Long River, an acoustic and lighting installation that anchors a dining space with textile-clad circular forms, enriching the home’s material depth and acoustic comfort.

2023

Lianhe Zaobao highlights Subliminal Corridor, a multi-functional home where layered corridors and shifting sightlines subtly delineate zones without sacrificing openness.

2023

Design Anthology tours Subliminal Corridor, revealing how overlapping planes, flexible joinery, and nuanced lighting create a home that adapts to both work and family life for its owner.

2022

Design Milk recognises Gradient Space as one of its standout interior projects of 2022, applauding the apartment’s cascading built-in furniture and flexible use of vertical space.

2022

Design Milk takes a closer look at Gradient Space, demonstrating how a compact 462 sq ft apartment can integrate sleeping, working, dining, and storage into a single sculptural intervention.

2022

Never Too Small showcases Gradient Space as a multifunctional studio where a tiered timber structure weaves together bed, desk, seating, and storage to unlock surprising generosity in a tiny plan.

2022

Lianhe Zaobao profiles An Ample House, focusing on its calm material palette, airy rooms, and measured minimalism tailored for family living.

2022

Leibal presents An Ample House as a study in quiet luxury, with softly curved walls, pale timber, and delicate detailing that create an atmosphere of gentle, expansive calm.

2022

Lianhe Zaobao covers Widescreen, a residence where long panoramic vistas, framed thresholds, and considered lighting evoke the drama of a cinematic stage within domestic space.

2022

Feature on Converging Space, highlighting how angled planes and converging axes bring structure, intimacy, and depth to a compact apartment layout.

2021

Yanko Design reports on Gradient Space’s adaptive furniture system, in which layered timber platforms transform from bed to seating to storage, making a tiny apartment feel unexpectedly generous.

2021

Treehugger looks at Gradient Space as a sustainable, space-saving intervention, describing its cascading built-ins as a sculptural way to reduce clutter and increase functionality in a micro-home.

2021

Lianhe Zaobao writes about Meandering Light, a home where a sinuous lighting path and carefully carved openings choreograph movement and softly illuminate everyday rituals.

2021

AIT Magazine features To Gather, examining how a central, sculpted furniture piece brings family, dining, and work functions together in a single, social core.

2021

A live discussion with 99.co that unpacks design strategies for compact homes, using projects like Gradient Space and Vessel to illustrate how small apartments can feel open and adaptable.

2021

CNA Lifestyle tours To Gather, showing how a challenging HDB layout with a curved wall is transformed through a unifying built-in island that organises circulation, storage, and shared family activities.

2021

CNA Lifestyle explores Gradient Space, focusing on the out-of-the-box tiered structure that stacks sleeping, lounging, and working functions within a modest studio apartment.

2021

An awards feature on Spatial Corners, highlighting how carved pockets, articulated edges, and built-in seating create rich spatial variety within a compact home.

2021

The Peak profiles An Ample House as a minimalist yet warm family home, where restrained lines and carefully edited details set the tone for quiet sophistication.

2021

The Business Times revisits An Ample House, emphasising how pared-back forms, natural materials, and considered proportions deliver a sense of ease and understated luxury.

2021

Home & Décor features To Gather, focusing on its central island that redefines the modern living space by merging cooking, dining, and socialising into one continuous gesture.

2021

The Business Times profiles architect Woon Chung Yen, tracing how influences from East and West inform a design language that is both disciplined and quietly expressive.

2021

The Business Times profiles architect Woon Chung Yen, tracing how influences from East and West inform a design language that is both disciplined and quietly expressive.

2020

Lianhe Zaobao covers To Gather, describing how a sculptural dining and activity island becomes the heart of the home, encouraging everyday interaction and shared rituals.

2020

Feature on Gradient Space in Lianhe Zaobao, focusing on how layered platforms and multifunctional carpentry support modern small-space living in a Bukit Panjang apartment.

2020

Leibal showcases To Gather as a finely crafted interior where one sculptural element anchors the home, blurring the boundaries between kitchen, dining, and living.

2019

The Singapore Architect’s Issue 16 presents Gradient Space within the context of the Singapore Institute of Architects Design Awards, highlighting its inventive response to micro-apartment living.

2019

Event listing and talk that delve into the design philosophies behind award-winning projects such as Gradient Space, with Metre Architects sharing detailed insights and design intent.

2018

Issue 13 of The Singapore Architect discusses small-space architecture, featuring Gradient Space as a key example of how compact homes can still feel layered, generous, and highly liveable.

2018

Lookbox Living revisits Gradient Space, explaining how its multi-level built-in furniture enables a tiny studio to feel expansive, versatile, and finely tailored to its occupants.

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