Red Bean Architects

Who We Are RBA is a creative studio of architects and designers based in Singapore. We are old-school craftsmen visualising a cutting-edge city of tomorrow. We conceptualise buildings that are sustainable, functional, and inspire the people who use them. We are interested to take on any project from 100sqm to 10,000sqm that fit within the framework of a humane and sustainable urbanism. RBA was founded in 2009 by principal Teo Yee Chin and has since built up an acclaimed body of work. Since its inception, RBA has been discerning in accepting commissions and has taken no more than 6 projects a year. We have focused instead on delivering each project very well, starting from a thorough design and documentation process to a hawk-eyed control of the construction works on site. RBA is a registered practice with the Board of Architects and the Singapore Institute of Architects. We are certified for ISO9001 Quality Management and ISO14001 Environmental Management. Our Values Each project begins from our concerns with Urbanism, Sustainability, History and Ethics. To us, every work of Architecture is an aesthetically coherent entity that contributes to society, activate the city, and enrich human history. Urbanism - We recognize urbanisation to be a continuing pattern in human progress. How can the city manifest scale, density and efficiency, but also express drama, excitement, and humanity? Sustainability - How do we understand Earth's crisis and translate its abstract problems into solutions embedded in everyday practice? How do we reconcile our needs and our resources? History - In rapidly developing Asia, respecting our past will be key to avoiding a faceless modernity. Beyond the conservation of old buildings, how do they teach us how we make the new? Ethics - Architects affect lives in different spectrums of society - from the labourer on site to the people using the spaces. How do we distinguish right and wrong with changing contexts and subjects? When RBA translates designs into reality, we apply the same depth of thought to consider construction as a precise science. Poor workmanship is the downfall of too many great-looking designs. Buildings need to be well-constructed and we take responsibility for it. With our mastery of construction techniques, we focus on elegant details that builders can execute.