Ed Chew is a registered architect with the Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM) and a former part-time lecturer at Taylor’s University, where he taught architecture and urban design from 2008 to 2024. He is now fully focused on his architectural practice, with a deep commitment to developing solutions that enhance the experiences and functionality for building users.
Over the course of his career, Ed Chew has garnered international recognition for his innovative designs. In 2011, he won the Grand Jury Prize in an international lighting competition organized by Inhabitat.com and Philips USA. Additionally, his 2015 entry to the UNESCO Bamiyan Cultural Centre Design Competition was one of fifteen designs, selected from 1,070 proposals from 117 countries, to be showcased at the Garden of Babur in Afghanistan.