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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Auction: an Illinois house by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Artist’s Palate: Tokujin Yoshioka’s wagashi
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Mature and thoughtful design in a striking new hostel in Germany
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Interactive floor plan: Sentosa House, Singapore
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The Berkeley Hotel’s first launch in a series of spruce-ups
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Green kingdom: a Singapore house reigns supreme in its leafy surroundings
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Laura Seppänen creates a thoughtful design for Helsinki's newest restaurant
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New Gagosian Gallery opens in Paris
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Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques blends inside and outside
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Singapore embraces the co-working revolution
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Under cover: PMMT draw on Catalan tradition for tile-clad TR House
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Interactive floor plan: House 23.2, Canada
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Letter from Miami: riding the residential real estate boom in 2017
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Japanese architect Takanori Ineyama selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Japanese architect Takanori Ineyama, who is based out of Kanagawa, builds his designs through a contextual approach, conscious of the demands of modern life. Combining high ceilings with timber beams, and corrugated plastic, his Inner Garden House is a private oasis of light in the heart of Kofu City.
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Brazil-based Vilela Florez selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: After working together on projects at Herzog & de Meuron, Mariana Vilela and Daniel Fernández Flórez set up their own studio in Brazil, in the small seaside town of Tibau do Sul, in 2014. Their projects, such as Casa Bambu (pictured), are mostly inspired by nature, relationships with local artisans, and indigenous materials.
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House of Flowers winery has been given a slick makeover by Walker Warner Architects
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Great indoors: we visit Singapore’s newest flexible workspace
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San Diego welcomes a head-turning restaurant in The Madison
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New York's latest opening is Vaucluse, a casual French restaurant
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DesignAgency creates a heightened retro vibe at The Dalmar in Fort Lauderdale
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Santiago and Berlin-based Gun Architects selected for Wallpaper* Architects' Directory
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Based in Santiago and Berlin, Lene Nettelbeck and Jorge Godoy founded Gun in 2010. Driven by the properties of the materials they work with, this experimental studio won MoMA’s Young Architects Program International in 2011, and recent projects include the remote Casa de Huéspedes (pictured) in Chile.
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Oak, stone sinks and marble at a Napa Valley resort designed by Yabu Pushelberg
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Roman and Williams' revival of the handsome Greydon House is worth applauding
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Classic American flavours and design at chef Marcus Samuelsson’s new restaurant
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