Tensegrity

What Tensegrity does

Tensegrity Inc is a privately held architectural practice founded in 1995 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The firm was established by Joseph Khoo through the amalgamation of his two earlier practices, Architecture Bureau and Tensegrity I-D, and operates as an integrated design studio combining architecture, landscape, and interior design (interiorscape) disciplines. Its central technical framework is "Syn-Biofusion," a proprietary architectural philosophy that seeks synergistic symbiosis between Nature and Built-Form by unifying Architecturescape, Landscape, and Interiorscape in holistic design solutions. The firm serves institutional, industrial, commercial, and residential clients, with a notable project portfolio spanning Malaysia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Australia, and France, including cultural facilities (Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, OASIS Performing Arts Centre), educational campuses (Alice Smith International School, Lycee Francais de Kuala Lumpur), industrial developments (Aliaxis Factory, Taiko Glenmarie), commercial towers (Hanoi SCIC Financial Tower), and high-end residential projects across London, Geneva, and Bordeaux.

The firm operates a professional services, project-based revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing; engagements are scoped and quoted on an individual project basis depending on complexity, building type, and geographic requirements. Distribution is conducted through direct enterprise client engagement, supplemented by an organic social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. The firm is led by Principal and Founder Joseph Khoo (BSc Arch, D Arch N. London, M Urb Design Sydney, RIBA) and Director Hassan Sukiman (B Arch UPM, M Arch UTAS Australia), with a headcount of 11–50. International delivery is supported by a UK sister company, TSG Design Inc Ltd, which handles European and UK-based projects from a London office. No external institutional investors, public shareholders, or funding rounds are disclosed.

Name

Tensegrity

Legal name

TENSEGRITY Inc

Website

https://tensegrity-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tensegrity Inc is a Kuala Lumpur-based architecture firm founded in 1995 that delivers integrated architecture, landscape, and interior design services under its proprietary Syn-Biofusion philosophy for institutional, commercial, industrial, and residential clients across Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuala Lumpur

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Project-based architectural, landscape, and interior design services covering various building types including residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed-use developments. The firm combines multiple design disciplines to deliver holistic built forms.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tensegrity is an architecture firm providing professional architectural, landscape, and interior design services for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed-use developments. It unifies the three design disciplines into holistic built forms under its proprietary 'Syn-Biofusion' philosophy, and also delivers master planning and urban design services for large-scale developments.

Product overview

TENSEGRITY Inc is an architecture firm offering a unified design service that combines Architecture, Landscape, and Interior design disciplines into a holistic built-form approach. The firm provides professional services across multiple building typologies including residential (individual houses, condominiums), commercial (shopping centres, retail), institutional, industrial buildings/factories, hotels/resorts, and sports/leisure facilities. They also offer master planning and urban design services. The firm has developed a proprietary architectural approach called 'Syn-Biofusion' that seeks to integrate Nature and Built-Form synergistically. The practice was established in 1995 and operates primarily from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a sister company in the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Design Services

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TSG Design Inc LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK sister company established to handle projects in Europe and the UK. Originally an associate company set up in Switzerland in 1998 for a private foundation project, later re-established in the UK as TSG Design Inc Ltd.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MVRDV: Dutch architecture firm with strong sustainability and integrated-design focus, delivering projects internationally. Comparable in design-led positioning and cross-border portfolio composition.
• Grimshaw Architects: UK-headquartered architecture firm with international offices and broad typology coverage including transport, education, and commercial work. Comparable in international project delivery and UK operational base.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Global architecture firm known for innovative, sustainability-driven design across mixed-use, cultural, and residential typologies. Comparable in thought-leadership positioning and forward-looking design philosophy.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm with deep international project portfolio spanning continents. Comparable in cross-border delivery capability and typology breadth, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: International architecture firm with global project reach across institutional, commercial, and residential typologies. Comparable international delivery footprint to Tensegrity's cross-border project wins, though at materially larger scale.

Direct peers

• GDP Architects: Malaysian architecture firm of similar scale operating in the same local market across residential, commercial, and institutional segments. Most direct in-country peer for both client competition and talent pool.
• Veritas Architects: Malaysian architecture practice with comparable size and a similar multi-typology portfolio spanning residential, commercial, and institutional work in the Klang Valley region.
• Heatherwick Studio: UK-based design studio with an integrated, philosophy-driven approach to architecture and public realm work. Comparable design-led identity and similar international project mix, though typically operating at higher project scale.
• WOHA Architects: Singapore-based architecture firm known for biophilic, nature-integrated design and a similar integrated Architecture-Landscape-Interior philosophy. Comparable boutique size and design-led positioning make WOHA the closest peer in design approach.

Regional players

• RSP Architects Planners & Engineers: Singapore-headquartered multi-disciplinary design firm with broad Southeast Asian footprint. Comparable in typology coverage (residential, institutional, commercial) and regional project delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tensegrity-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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