About Paper Plane

Paper Plane Architects is a boutique studio based in Singapore. Founded in 2013, our international clientele includes Japan, China, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Through the years, we have had the privilege to work on a wide range of projects of different scales and genres, ranging from hospitality, residential, institution, commercial, and parks.

Design Philosophy

At Paper Plane Architects,
our practice is shaped by learning and unlearning—
a continuous journey of curiosity, humility, and reimagining.

We fold, refold, and sometimes unfold entirely.
Each line drawn is both question and possibility—
Each space shaped, a moment of becoming.

We learn from silence as much as structure,
from light as much as material,
from the forgotten edges as much as the center.

We do not approach projects as fixed answers,
but as open questions.
Not as structures to impose,
but as stories waiting to be uncovered.

We believe in the quiet power of architecture:
to listen,
to adapt,
to evolve.

Good design is never static—
it drifts,
it tilts,
it realigns with the people and places it serves.

Like the paper plane,
our designs are light in spirit,
precise in form,
open to the winds of change
and unbound by conventions.

We navigate by asking, not assuming.
We champion:
imperfection as invitation,
constraint as catalyst,
simplicity as depth.

In every space we shaped,
we create not monuments—
but moments:
moments of pause,
moments of connection,
moments of quiet transformation.

We are architects of unfolding
And in each project, we begin again.

People

Kwah Meng Ching

Registered Architect, BOA Singapore

M.Arch. (MAU, Tokyo)

B.Arch. (NUS, Singapore)

Meng is a registered architect trained in Singapore, UK and Japan. After his graduation, his initial years in architectural practice in Singapore built his foundation in housing and villa designs. His eight-years stint in Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai has further given him invaluable exposure to a variety of projects, different aspects of art, design, and management. Working in two of the world’s most prestigious architecture practices, Maki & Associates and Arata Isozaki & Associates, he was exposed to different design culture and thought processes, further honing his design and management skills.

Meng had further worked in the award-winning landscape architecture design studio, Cicada Pte Ltd, affording him different sensibility in landscape design which ultimately contributed to his fresh approach to architecture. Off work, Meng has written extensively for various magazines in Singapore, China and Japan, sharing with his views on art and architecture with the masses.

His critiques on spatial design were collated as part of a series of publications ‘Within Small Homes’, ‘Within Restaurants & Bars’, ‘Within Offices’, ‘Within Shops’ by Page One Publishing Pte Ltd in the year 2003. Meng is also active in academia, having served as a part-time tutor and guest critique at National University of Singapore and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Meng is also a certified Green Mark Manager.