ONG&ONG

ONG&ONG is a multi-disciplinary design company, established in 1972 by Ong Teng Cheong and his wife Ling Siew May. Ong Teng Cheong is the first elected President of Singapore.[4][5]

ONG&ONG
Founded1972 in Singapore
FounderOng Teng Cheong
Headquarters
Singapore
Area served
Singapore, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand
Key people
Ong Tze Boon (Group Executive Chairman)
Ashvinkumar Kantilal (Group CEO)[1][2]
Number of employees
1000[3]
Websitewww.ong-ong.com

The company has offices in China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia and Thailand with its headquarters in Singapore.[6] In 1997 the company received Architecture Heritage Award by Government of Singapore for its work on CHIJMES.[7]

History

The company was founded in 1972 by Ong Teng Cheong (Singapore’s fifth President) and his wife Ling Siew May as Ong & Ong Architects & Town Planners. It was incorporated in 2007 as ONG & ONG Private Limited.[8]

In 2001, Ong Teng Cheong's youngest son Ong Tze Boon took over the charges of the company as the Group Executive Chairman. He increased the size of the company from 60 employees to nearly 1,000 spread across eight countries.[3]

Ashvinkumar Kantilal is the Group Chief Executive Officer, joining the company in 2010.[9][1]

Philanthropy

In 2012 the company started ONG foundation to support and champion initiatives in the areas of Education, Health and the Arts.[10]

In 2016 ONG&ONG collaborated with Nanyang Polytechnic to support its students with the development of design concepts to market ready products.[11] The company committed $100k in funds to this purpose.[12]

Notable Works

The company has worked with many notable & historical buildings worldwide

Awards
  • Singapore’s Top 10 Architects by BCI for many consecutive years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019[22][23]
  • Good Design Award 2019 for Chicago Athenaeum[17]
  • SG Mark Award 2019 for Bedok Public Library and BeyondPak[24][25]
  • WIN Awards 2019 for American International Hospital & Bedok Public Library[26][27]
  • Asia Pacific Property Awards 2019 for Architecture in different countries (5 Star Award winner)[28]
  • HDB Design Awards 2019 for Jurong Central Plaza under Rejuvenation category[29]
  • International Property Awards 2018 for Monterey Residences[30]
  • Asia Pacific Property Awards 2018 for Architecture in different countries (5 Star Award winner)[30]
  • A’ Design Awards (Gold Winner) 2018 for Faber-House and KAP-House[31][32]
  • International Architecture Awards 2018 for Gateway Theatre and KAP-House[33]
  • Architecture Masterprize 2018 Winners for Heartbeat@Bedok, Al-Ansar Mosque[16] and Bishopsgate House[18]
  • ArchDaily Building of the Year 2009 for 55 Blair Road[34]
  • Architecture Heritage Awards 1997 for CHIJMES by Government of Singapore[7]

Resources
  1. Heng, Janice (21 January 2020). "Building a shared future". The Business Times.
  2. "Award-winning architect who took the road less travelled". AsiaOne.
  3. "Ex-President Ong Teng Cheong's second son follows parents' footsteps, becomes architectural juggernaut". Mothership.sg.
  4. "Ling Siew May | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  5. "Casa Cuenca / ONG&ONG". Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish). 16 June 2020.
  6. "ONG&ONG". Asiadreams.
  7. "Architecture Heritage Award". ura.gov.sg.
  8. "His Father's Son". Prestige Online. 8 June 2015.
  9. Magazine, The CEO (6 April 2017). "Ashvinkumar Kantilal CEO of ONG&ONG Pte Ltd". The CEO Magazine.
  10. "About | ONG&ONG". www.ong-ong.com.
  11. "Integrated Project for Ong&Ong". www.nyp.edu.sg.
  12. So, Grace (19 March 2016). "Ong & Ong extends S$100k funding to Nanyang Poly's school of design". The Business Times.
  13. "CHIJMES, Singapore | Radcrete". www.radcrete.com.au.
  14. Hudd, Sandra (2016). The Site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore: Entwined Histories of a Colonial Convent and a Nation, 1854–2015. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-2412-4.
  15. "Ong&Ong Latest News & Headlines". The Business Times.
  16. "AL ANSAR MOSQUE". architectureprize.com.
  17. "The Chicago Athenaeum". www.chi-athenaeum.org.
  18. "Bishopsgate House". architectureprize.com.
  19. Heng, Janice (21 January 2020). "Building a shared future". The Business Times.
  20. "80ADR-House / ONG&ONG". ArchDaily. 6 March 2019.
  21. "Tropical and Modernism: 80ADR-House by ONG&ONG | Habitus Living". Habitusliving.com. 27 May 2019.
  22. "News Update Subscribers". www.bciasiatop10awards.com.
  23. "News Update Subscribers". www.bciasiatop10awards.com.
  24. "Winners 2019 | SG Mark". Sgmark.
  25. Aggarwal, Narendra (13 June 2019). "ONG&ONG wins SG Mark for Bedok Public Library's interiors". The Business Times.
  26. "2019 WIN Awards: American International Hospital - ONG&ONG". www.worldarchitecturenews.com.
  27. "2019 WIN Awards: Bedok Public Library - ONG&ONG". www.worldarchitecturenews.com.
  28. "Asia Pacific 2019". International Property Awards. 9 May 2019.
  29. "List of HDB Design Award Winners". hdb.gov.sg.
  30. "Asia Pacific 2018". International Property Awards. 8 May 2018.
  31. Studios, OMC Design. "KAP House Residential Home by Diego Molina and Maria Arango". competition.adesignaward.com.
  32. Studios, OMC Design. "Faber House Residential Home by Diego Molina and Maria Arango". competition.adesignaward.com.
  33. "The Chicago Athenaeum". www.chi-athenaeum.org.
  34. "Building of the Year 2009, Refurbishment: 55 Blair Road / Ong & Ong". ArchDaily. 3 March 2010.
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