Yee Foo Lai (Vincent) is the founder of STUDIO YEE FOO LAI. The studio is interested in pursuing the delineation of blurry contiguous narrative and forms, as means of approach to design. The works constantly oscillate between the vernacular and modern, presenting a sense of familiarity with a twist of novelty.
Lai and Douglas Lee founded Temporary Office, a multi-disciplinary design collaborative working on projects of myriad scales internationally. One of the collaborative most prominent project ‘Touch the Valley’, a 3D topographic puzzle designed for the visually-impaired, has won the recognition of Lexus Design Award 2023. On the Architecture front, 'common-sky', a communal space typology to reinvigorate old social housing, was presented on Swiss Architecture Museum symposium. Currently, Lai is also a Project Designer at Trahan Architects.
Lai holds a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from NUS Singapore, where he received the AKZO Nobel Gold medal for distinction in Architectural Design. He possesses extensive design and research experience, having previously worked at renowned international firms including Adjaye Associates, SOM, OPEN Architecture, Vo Trong Nghia Architects, and Aedas.
