Tan Loke Mun

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Tan Loke Mun
Born (1965-11-19) 19 November 1965 (age 59)
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Occupation Architect

Dr. Tan Loke Mun is the founder and Director of ArchiCentre Sdn. Bhd, [1] DTLM Design Group and principal of DrTanLM Architect, architectural design studios in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. [2] He is best known for having designed the first Green Building Index Platinum rated house in Malaysia, the S11 House. [3]

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Biography

Born and raised in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Tan obtained his architectural training from Deakin University, Australia during the 1980s. He later received his doctorate from The University of Melbourne, Australia. His doctoral studies were in social and self-help housing and he has worked in many urban and rural parts of Australia, Uruguay, and Argentina. [4]

He founded ArchiCentre in 1994. [5]

He is a past president of the Malaysian Institute of Architects 2005-2007 (PAM), [6] team leader who set up Green Building Index Malaysia (GBI), past chairman of the LAM-PAM Green Building and Sustainability Committee, past member of the GBI Accreditation Panel (GBIAP) and also a member of the Board of Architects Malaysia. [7]

The S11 House [8] is Malaysia’s first Green Building Index Platinum-rated work for domestic architecture. It won the Tropical Building Category of the ASEAN Energy Awards in 2013, the Futurarc Green Leadership Award 2012, Gold medal in the Edge-PAM Green Home Award 2011, Gold Medal for the PAM-Edge Residential Award 2011, Winner of PAM Architectural Steel Colourbond Award 2011, Gold winner for Residential and Sustainable Categories of Asia Pacific Design Excellence Awards 2011 and Finalist for World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2012. The S11 House while not the firm's largest project, it has been one of the firm's biggest ideological successes. [9]

The S11 House is the first GBI platinum rated green house in Malaysia. S11 House PJ.jpg
The S11 House is the first GBI platinum rated green house in Malaysia.

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References

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  5. Jannus, Antony H. (1911). "Learning How To Fly". Putra Architectural Exhibition PAX 2012. 104 (25): 624. Bibcode:1911SciAm.104..624J. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican06241911-624.
  6. "Malaysian Institute of Architects".
  7. "DrTanLokeMun".
  8. "S11House".
  9. "ArchiCentre".