"Tan seems to be a genuine scholar of the theory of architectural design; and indeed he manages to use his own freedom of imagination to present his architecture as a first account of the biological computation of design...
We are witnesses to this (possible but not certain) transition from architecture sapiens to technological architecture featuring an unprecedented symbiosis of architecture / machine, an organic, functional, social and cultural entity, perfectly embodied in these new paths and guidelines."

L'Arca, July / August 2001
By Mario Antonio Arnaboldi on The Port of Tanjung Pelepas

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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

1978 - 1981
1982 - 1984
1990
1983
1988
2001

University of Manchester, School of Architecture - B.A. (Hons)
University of Liverpool, School of Architecture - B.Arch. (Hons)
Greenaway Prize in Architecture
Architectural Design Student Project Award
Registration with Architects Reg. Board, U.K.
Registration with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (Board of Architects Malaysia)

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MEMBERSHIPS

Royal Institute of British Architects
Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Architects)
IPDM (Malaysian Institute of Interior Design)

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1993 - 1994
1985 - 1993
1984 - 1985
1981 - 1982

Arch / Engr Santiago Calatrava Valls, Paris, France
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Limited, London, U.K.
Richard Rogers Partnership Limited, London, U.K.
Arup Associates, London, U.K.