Gibert&Tan

22/07/2026

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Asst. Prof. Dr. Mike Gibert on being recognised in Architizer’s 20 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Malaysia!

This achievement reflects his continued commitment to design excellence and innovation in architectural practice, while inspiring the next generation of architects through his teaching at UCSI University’s School of Architecture and Built Environment (SABE).

We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and look forward to seeing his continued contributions to the profession and our academic community.

Congratulations once again, Dr. Mike! 👏

28/05/2026

260528 stunor klcc

21/03/2026

260321 Gibert & Tan's Residence

Stepping inside, however, the experience shifts. The interior unfolds like a slow breath. Walls that once boxed the rooms into small dimmed compartments have been softened or removed. Light begins its journey from the reinstated backyard patio – a space that had long been sealed off and forgotten. Now revived, it casts a gentle brightness into the ground floor, guiding air and shadow as they slip across the polished concrete, the fair faced bricks and the timber desks, where work and life blur seamlessly. Furthermore, the tropical climate is not fought, but invited through openings positioned to capture movement; the house exhales as the day warms and inhales as evening cools. Upstairs, we stripped the ceiling back to its structural bones, letting the roof rise to its full height. In doing so, a new sense of volume emerged – an almost cavern-like openness that contrasts with the humbleness of the exterior. This expanded verticality allowed an attic to take shape, a tucked-away retreat that functions as additional living space, a loft for ideas, or a quiet refuge when the studio below hums with activity.

15/03/2026

26.03.15 Gibert&Tan’s Residence 

Gibert&Tan’s Residence did not begin with a grand gesture or a fixed masterplan. It began quietly, almost tentatively, in 2013 – a modest renovation with a modest budget, shaped more by curiosity than ambition. Over the years, it has grown with us, shifting and adjusting as our studio, our habits, and our understanding of space evolved. Today, Gibert&Tan’s Residence stands not only as our workplace in Kuala Lumpur, but as a home for ideas – a place that listens, adapts, and teaches in its own quiet way. 

The house is over half a century old, and its age is felt before it is seen. The street is lined with familiar facades, each carrying the patina of time. Gibert&Tan’s Residence does not announce itself. The front elevation has been preserved in its entirety – the old balcony, the slender window grilles, the entrance door – remains intact. This was deliberate. We wanted the building to continue speaking the language of its neighborhood, to stay grounded in the rhythm of the street, to belong.

13/01/2026

CR_260113

18/12/2025

YSL_251218 - YSL Residence

10/12/2025

YSL_251210 - YSL Residence

06/12/2025

Honored to have been nominated for this year’s award—even without making the shortlist. Receiving this copy in the mail this morning truly made our day 💛