When she began designing her house in Bukit Timah several years after leaving the company, two former colleagues came to mind. Chen Kian Khiong and Wong Ker How, who now run their own practices, readily agreed to work together on the project – Chen on the architecture and Wong on the interiors. One of its shophouse projects was recently featured in the book Shophouses of Singapore: Beyond the Facade. Their shared history and complementary approaches come together in the house, whose design process felt more like a school project among friends than a formal client-architect arrangement. It allowed the house’s design to evolve over time during construction,” said Wong.