Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Architecture |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | Irvine |
| Website | www.watg.com |
Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo, also known as WATG, is an award-winning architectural firm with offices in London, Singapore, Istanbul, Honolulu, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Chicago.[1] [2] They have designed projects in 160 countries across six continents.[3][4]
History
George ‘Pete’ Wimberly and Howard L. Cook started renovations on The Royal Hawaiian in 1945, and formed Wimberly and Cook in Honolulu, Hawaii.[5] In 1971, George Whisenand, Jerry Allison, Greg Tong and Don Goo joined Pete Wimberly; in 1988 the firm became Wimberly Allison Tong and Goo, also known as WATG.[6][7]
Recognition
WATG was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for its Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel and Rantau Abang Visitor Center in Terengganu, Malaysia.[8]
Notable projects
- Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island, the Bahamas
- Encore Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada
- Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- LEED Platinum Bardessono Hotel, Yountville, California [9]
- Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM), Muscat, Oman [10]
- Lisboa Palace, Cotai in Macau [11]
References
- ↑ Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), at Design Intelligence's Almanac of Architecture & Design 2014 Retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑
- ↑ Project: WATG - Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo at SwarmX; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ Construction Begins Feb 13 on the WATG-Designed Majestic Lisboa Palace in Macau, at Digital Journal, published February 17, 2014; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ Creating Hawai'i Tourism: A Memoir, by Robert C. Allen (p. 127-130); published 2004 by Bess Press (via Google Books
- ↑ [http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/02/17/news/story05.html Goo leaves architectural firm but keeps designing; by Kristen Consillio, at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin; published February 17, 2007; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ The Rebranding of Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo; by Amanda Hurley; at Architect; published March 14, 2008; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel, at the Aga Khan Development Network
- ↑ Bardessono Hotel Attains LEED Platinum Status, at Hospitality Design, published February 9, 2010; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ Royal Opera House Muscat puts Oman on the Cultural World Map", at The Middle East; retrieved March 13, 2014
- ↑ Construction Began Feb. 13 on Lisboa Palace in Macau, at Buildings.com; published February 17, 2014; retrieved March 14, 2014
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