Leonard Ng Explained

Leonard Ng Keok Poh is a Singaporean landscape architect.^{[1] [2]} He currently serves at the Singapore market director for Danish architecture firm Henning Larsen Architects. Ng has focused on increasing green space in Singapore, including projects like Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Jurong Lake Garden, and Kampung Admiralty.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Formerly a proprietary trader at United Overseas Bank, Ng took night classes at Lincoln University to become certified as a landscape architect.^[5] In 2023 Ng was conferred the Designer of the Year Award as part of Singapore’s President’s Design Award.^{[6] [7]} He joined Atelier Dreiseiti in 2006, establishing the Singapore office. In 2013, Atelier Dreiseiti was renamed Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl GmbH, and in 2023 became part of Henning Larsen Architects.^[8]

References

1. Web site: Wright . Chris . September 19, 2024 . Architect Leonard Ng: ‘Nature is beautiful, it doesn’t require design’ . 2024-09-30 . Financial Times.
2. Web site: 2024-03-25 . Singapore honours design excellence that solves global issues . 2024-09-30 . South China Morning Post . en.
3. News: Sajan . Chantal . 2023-08-04 . President’s Design Award 2023 winners show how design can improve lives . 2024-09-30 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
4. Web site: Henning Larsen selected to design new green corridor for Singapore's City in Nature vision . 2024-09-30 . Archinect . en.
5. Web site: 2023-08-28 . Lincoln University Alumnus Receives Singapore’s highest design accolade . 2024-09-30 . LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AOTEAROA . en-US.
6. Web site: 2024-03-19 . Leonard Ng Keok Poh - President's Design Award Singapore . 2024-09-30 . pda.designsingapore.org . en-GB.
7. Web site: Levy . Margaux . President*s Design Award: The 8 winners of the 2023 edition . 2024-09-30 . Tatler Asia . en.
8. Web site: Persson . Joakim . 2018-03-09 . Danish diploma and award to Singaporean . 2024-10-02 . Scandasia . en-GB.